10-26-16
THE C-E-O OF THE LAFAYETTE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS STEPPING DOWN TO TAKE A NEW JOB. NATHAN NORRIS SAYS HE WILL STAY THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR TO HELP THE AUTHORITY WITH THE TRANSITION. NORRIS WOULDN’T SAY WHAT NEW JOB HE HAD ACCEPTED, BUT DID SAY HE WILL CONTINUE LIVING IN LAFAYETTE AND THE NEW JOB WILL INVOLVE A LOT OF TRAVEL. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTHORITY BOARD, PAT TRAHAN, SAYS THEY WILL QUICKLY FORM A TEAM THAT WILL SEARCH FOR NORRIS’ REPLACEMENT.
Louisiana’s voters can start casting their ballots for the upcoming election.
Secretary of State Tom Schedler is encouraging people to vote ahead of the Nov. 8 election, as the week-long early voting period opens Tuesday. It runs through Nov. 1. Early voting runs daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on Sunday, at local parish registrar of voters’ offices and other designated locations.
2,344 PEOPLE VOTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN CALCASIEU PARISH, ACCORDING TO REGISTRAR OF VOTERS ANGIE QUIENALTY. KPLC TV REPORTS THAT LINES STRETCHED FROM THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE OLD CALCASIEU COURTHOUSE. QUIENALTY REMINDS VOTERS TO BRING THEIR PHOTO I-D’S AND A SAMPLE BALLOT SO THEY KNOW HOW TO VOTE ON THE ISSUES. SHE SAYS CAMPAIGN MATERIALS CANNOT BE DISPLAYED WHILE WAITING IN LINE.
TODAY A CROWLEY FAMILY WILL RECEIVE THE REMAINS OF LAWRENCE JAMES SMITH, WHO DIED 65 YEARS AGO WHILE SERVING IN KOREA. SMITH WAS CAPTURED BY CHINESE FORCES IN FEBRUARY OF 1951 AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED IN A P-O-W CAMP IN NORTH KOREA. SMITH’S REMAINS WILL BE BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS FRIDAY AT TWO AT THE NORTH HANKS CEMETARY OUTSIDE CROWLEY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE THOSE WHO WISH TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS AT GEESEY FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME FRIDAY BETWEEN 11:30 AND 1:30.
LAFAYETTE-BASED HOME BANCORP POSTED A RECORD PROFIT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER. THE PARENT COMPANY OF HOME BANK HAD A PROFIT OF 4-POINT-4 MILLIOIN DOLLARS OR 61 CENTS PER SHARE. THAT COMPARES TO TWO-POINT-9 MILLION DOLLARS PROFIT A YEAR AGO, OR 41 CENTS PER SHARE. PRESIDENT AND CEO JOHN W. BORDELON SAYS THE RECORD WAS ACHIEVED DESPITE THE FLOODS THAT HIT ACADIANA AND BATON ROUGE IN AUGUST, AND ARE AN UPLIFTING EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE PULLING TOGETHER TO HELP ONE ANOTHER.
LAKE CHARLES FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING ON JAKE STREET. THE HOUSE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED BETWEEN 8:30 AND NINE, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET INSIDE. A COUPLE HAD BEEN ASLEEP IN THE HOUSE BUT MANAGED TO GET OUT SAFELY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.
A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN ABBEVILLE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A Southeast Texas man must serve five years of federal probation for killing two endangered whooping cranes while hunting. Trey Joseph Frederick was sentenced Tuesday in Beaumont. A magistrate also ordered the 19-year-old Beaumont man to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution, barred Frederick from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition and prohibited him from hunting or fishing in the U.S.
The two whooping cranes were shot about 115 miles west of Louisiana’s White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area, where dozens of whooping cranes have been released in efforts to create a self-sustaining flock.
