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10-20-16

A CANDIDATE FOR LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF WALKED OUT OF AN INTERVIEW MONDAY AND CLAIMED THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING A CHIEF IS CORRUPT.  SAMUEL WYATT, WHO IS DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE L-S-U OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT, SAYS HE WAS TOLD THAT THE NEW CHIEF WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPOINT INTERIM CHIEF REGINALD THOMAS TO THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CHIEF.  THOMAS WAS ON THE PANEL INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES THIS WEEK, AND WYATT CALLED THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX DENIED THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THOMAS BE APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF AND THAT HE HAS ALREADY DECIDED WHOM HE WILL SELECT AS POLICE CHIEF.

 

AN ELDERLY LAKE CHARLES WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER A MAN, WHO IS HER NEIGHBOR.  LT. RICHARD HARRELL OF THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS 75-YEAR-OLD ELLA REED WAS TRAVELING ON PEAR STREET WHEN SHE SAW THE MAN STANDING ON HER FRONT PORCH, AND SHE ATTEMPTED TO RUN OVER HIM.  SHE THEN BACKED UP AND CHASED THE MAN, WHO WAS ABLE TO STAY AWAY AND CALL POLICE.  REED HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

 

TWO PORT BARRE POLICE OFFICERS, INVESTIGATING A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT, WERE ATTACKED BY RESIDENTS.  POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX SAYS ONE OFFICER WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A 15-YEAR-OLD WIELDING A FISHING POLE, AND THE OTHER OFFICER WAS INJURED WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A METAL FOLDING CHAIR ON THE ARM.  BACKUP ARRIVED TO HELP DISPERSE THE CROWD WITH PEPPER SPRAY, AND A WOMAN, LYBETH HARDY, AND HER TEENAGED SON AND DAUGHTER WERE ARRESTED.  BOUDREAUX TELLS THE ADVOCATE THE OFFICERS HAD TO DEFEND THEIR LIVES AND NEARLY HAD TO USE DEADLY FORCE BECAUSE OF AN AGGRESSIVE LIFESTYLE AND DISRESPECT THAT WAS TAUGHT FROM PARENTS TO CHILDREN.

 

Gov. John Bel Edwards says he won’t change his order requiring most state contracts to contain LGBT rights protection language, despite a loss in court on the issue.  On his monthly radio show Wednesday, the Democratic governor said he is exploring his legal options — but won’t rescind the requirement.  Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry has blocked dozens of contracts that contain the anti-discrimination language.   The judge didn’t rule on whether Edwards’ order was legal, but instead on the technical aspect of the attorney general’s authority in reviewing legal contracts.

 

NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE WILL RECEIVE A 500 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE STATE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.  PRINCIPAL JULIA WILLIAMS SAYS MOST OF THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PARTNER WITH AN INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY CALLED SOLUTION TREE.  SHE TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT THE COMPANY WORKS WITH TEACHERS TO HELP THEM TAILOR THEIR INSTRUCTION SO THAT IT WILL TARGET STUDENT’S NEEDS.  WILLIAMS SAYS SHE DOESN’T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT, THOUGH THEY ARE CONSIDERING HIRING A LIAISON, WHO WILL HELP BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENT’S PARENTS.

 

IT TOOK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS FOR A LAKE CHARLES MAN TO WALK THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, WHICH IS 2,189 MILES LONG.  52-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL WINKLE DID IT TO HONOR HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO DIED LAST YEAR, AND TO TEACH HIS CHILDREN TO NEVER GIVE UP.  WINKLE STARTED ON MARCH 23RD AND COMPLETED IT ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, AND SAYS HE HAD A LOT OF HELP AND SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WHO MAILED HIM FOOD ALONG THE WAY.  WINKLE SAYS IT WAS AMAZING WHEN HE FINISHED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, TELLING KPLC TV THAT IT FELT LIKE GETTING EVERYTHING YOU WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS.

 

POLICE IN ST. MARTINVILLE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL OVERNIGHT SHOOTING.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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Two Louisiana environmental organizations are calling on the state to end unlimited commercial collection of freshwater turtles, warning of the risks of unfettered turtle harvesting.  The Center for Biological Diversity and the Gulf Restoration Network petitioned the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Wednesday.  The organizations say in a news release that currently turtle traders can legally collect as many as they are able of 20 different types of turtles.

Elise Bennett, an attorney with one of the groups, says the proposed ban would not affect the state’s turtle farms, only commercial harvesting in the wild.