10-8-26
THE SEARCH FOR TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINA MUNN HOLIDAY CONTINUES. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE I-FORTY-NINE CONNECTOR PROJECT IN LAFAYETTE HAS SECURED A FIFTY-MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT. IT WILL BE USED TO CONVERT THE KALISTE SALOOM ROAD AND HIGHWAY NINETY INTERSECTION INTO A GRADE-SEPERATED INTERCHANGE. CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE INTERCHANGE INCLUDE FLYOVER BRIDGES, RAMPS AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS DESIGNED TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ENHANCE SAFETY AND SUPPORT REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE FUNDING ORIGINATED FROM A COMPETITIVE NATIONAL GRANT PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE U-S-D-A.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES BROUGHT FAITH LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE TO A HOPE STARTS HERE EVENT IN BATON ROUGE. THEY ARE HOPING TO GET CHURCHES TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP IN FOSTER CARE. THERE ARE MORE THAN FORTY-THREE-HUNDRED CHILDREN IN LOUISIANA’S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM BUT ONLY TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED CAREGIVERS AVAILABLE. D-C-F-S SECRETARY REBECCA HARRIS SAYS THERE ARE MORE CHURCHES THAN CHILDREN NEEDING HELP AND SUPPORT.
A HUNTING GUIDE FROM CAMERON WAS CITED FOR ACCIDENTALLY TELLING HUNTERS TO SHOOT OUT-OF-SEASON BIRDS. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW MORGAN WAS GUIDING HUNTERS NEAR GUEYDAN WHEN HE TOLD THE HUNTERS TO FIRE ON A FLOCK OF BIRDS BEFORE REALIZING THEY WERE WOOD DUCKS. THEY SHOT FOUR BIRDS AND MORGAN TOLD THEM TO TOSS THEM IN A CANAL BEHIND THE HUNTING BLIND. HE WAS CITED FOR TAKING WOOD DUCKS OUT OF SEASON AND WANTON WASTE OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS.
A PORTION OF L-A NINETY-SIX IN SAINT MARTINVILLE IS BEING NAMED IN HONOR OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY. FRIENDS, FAMILY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY GATHERED YESTERDAY FOR THE CEREMONIAL UNVEILING OF THE PHILIP POPPA DAUTERIVE THE THIRD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PHILIP’S SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY. HIS MOTHER SAYS PHILIP DIED ON AUGUST TWENTY-SEVENTH OF TWENTY-NINETEEN WHEN A DISTRACTED DRIVER CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A VEHICLE THAT PHILIP AND HIS FATHER WERE TRAVELING IN.
THE LAFAYETTE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS COORDINATING WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON RELOCATION PLANS FOR TENANTS OF THE HIMBOLA MANOR APARTMENTS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LATWEETA SMYERS SAYS TENANTS SHOULD REMAIN IN THEIR APARTMENTS PAYING RENT WHILE THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE RELOCATION BEGINS. SHE SAYS RELOCATION CONSULTANTS WILL CONTACT TENANTS AND GIVE THEM THEIR OPTIONS. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE COMPILED A LIST OF SEVENTY-SEVEN NAMES TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE FAMILIES IN ACQUIRING TENANT PROTECTION VOUCHERS.
THE MAMOU POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A WARNING ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PEOPLE TO NOT TAMPER WITH OR DESTROY POLITICAL CANDIDATE’S SIGNS. POLICE CHIEF CHARLES HALL SAYS ENTERING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO DESTROY POLITICAL SIGNS IS A CRIMINAL ACT. HE SAYS PERPETRATORS COULD FACE CHARGES OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE OR TRESPASSING. HALL SAYS CANDIDATES PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR THEIR SIGNS AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE CAN BE REQUIRED TO MAKE FINANCIAL RESTITUTION.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE OVEY COMEAUX WORKFORCE INNOVATION ACADEMY IN LAFAYETTE COULD BEGIN TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR. TONIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW THE PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED. SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET SAYS THEY WILL TAP RAINY DAY FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT. THE NEW WORKFORCE ACADEMY WILL HOUSE THE W-D AND MARY BAKER SMITH CAREER CENTER AND E-J SAM ACCELERATED ACADEMY ALONG WITH OTHER WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH STUDENTS.
