10-31-16
EARLY VOTING CONTINUES TODAY IN LOUISIANA. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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ONE LAKE CHARLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS USING THEIR ANNUAL BOOK FAIR TO HELP A BATON ROUGE SCHOOL, WHICH LOST NINETY PERCENT OF THEIR BOOKS IN THE RECENT FLOODS. T-S COOLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE THEIR SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR THROUGH FRIDAY AND ANY HARDBACK BOOK PURCHASED WILL GO TO TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. TEACHER PHYLLIS GUIDRY TELLS KPLC TV THEIR LIBRARY IS MOSTLY FULL AND ITS REWARDING FOR THE STUDENTS TO KNOW THEY CAN HELP OTHERS. THE LIBRARIAN AND PRINCIPAL WILL DELIVER THE NEW BOOKS TO TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY IN A FEW WEEKS.
IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL GOES TO TRIAL TODAY ON ALLEGATIONS OF COVERUPS AND ABUSE. CENTRAL TO THE CASE AGAINST ACKAL ARE THAT HE ALLEGEDLY ORDERED DEPUTIES TO BEAT INMATES AT THE PARISH JAIL. TEN OF ACKAL’S DEPUTIES HAVE PLED GUILTY INCLUDING SUPERVISOR GERALD SAVOY, WHO WAS TO GO TO TRIAL WITH ACKAL, BUT ON WEDNESDAY, HE REACHED A LAST MINUTE PLEA DEAL. THE TRIAL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS, WILL TAKE PLACE IN SHREVEPORT, BUT LIVE STREAMING OF THE COURT PROCEEDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH COURTHOUSE.
Gov. John Bel Edwards and his family hope to be back in the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion by the end of November, months after the devastating mid-August flooding displaced them. Edwards and his family were forced to leave the mansion when chest-high water filled the basement and electricity was shut off. They’re staying in a state police facility in East Baton Rouge Parish. Edwards has said it was the first time the mansion had ever flooded, and he’s said it took the worst damage of all state buildings in the parishes ravaged by the storm.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AT AROUND 2:30 A-M SUNDAY. 21-YEAR-OLD ADAM QUINN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 167 NEAR RIVER ROAD IN VERMILLION PARISH, WHEN HE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. STATE POLICE SAY HE THEN OVER CORRECTED, GOING ACROSS THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AND THE MEDIAN, WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO OVERTURN. QUINN, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED AND DIED AT THE SCENE, WHILE HIS 21-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH MODERATE INJURIES.
A BICYCLIST IN LAKE CHARLES WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF A TWO VEHICLE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF KIRKMAN AND ALAMO STREETS. LARRY MOSS OF THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE SAYS, AT AROUND 11:43 A-M FRIDAY, JAYLIN JACK FAILED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. JACK’S VEHICLE THEN SPUN AROUND HITTING BICYLIST SHAWN ALLISON, WHO WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETTE, WHERE HE LATER DIED. JACK WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND FAILURE TO YIELD.
A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED IN ST. LANDRY PARISH LAST NIGHT. BROOKS DAVID OF THE STATE POLICE SAYS THE PEDESTRIAN WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY ON L-A 182, JUST NORTH OF L-A 358 BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND SUNSET. THE IDENTITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. STATE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENT.
Beginning Tuesday, the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles will not accept cash for transactions. State officials say acceptable forms of payment will include debit cards, credit cards, checks, money orders and cashier checks for driver’s licenses, identification cards, mobility impaired hang-tag and vehicle transactions. For reinstatement transactions, debit cards, credit cards, money orders, and cashier checks will be accepted. All information regarding the policy is posted on OMV’s website at expresslane.org .
