10-8-21
LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF THOMAS GLOVER HAS BEEN FIRED BY MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY, WITH NO REASON GIVEN. GLOVER TOOK OFFICE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK POLICE CHIEF FOR LAFAYETTE. SERGEANT WAYNE GRIFFIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS INTERIM CHIEF. CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER JAMIE ANGELLE SAYS GRIFFIN WAS A FINALIST DURING THE LAST POLICE CHIEF SEARCH AND THE SEARCH COMMITTEE FOUND HIM HIGHLY QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS RESEARCHING AND EXPERIMENTING WITH A HORSE PATROL. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HASN’T COMMENTED ON IT, BUT NEW IBERIA RESIDENT NIKKI ELLIOTT TELLS KATC TV THAT SHE HAS TALKED TO DEPUTIES WHO TOLD HER THEY WERE INTERESTED IN TESTING HORSE PATROLS AS COMMON CRIMES LIKE CAR BREAK-INS BECOME MORE FREQUENT. SERGEANT CHRIS LASTER WITH THE MOUNTED POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY SAYS STUDIES SHOW A SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN CRIME WHERE HORSE PATROLS ARE USED ON A REGULAR BASIS. HE SAYS HORSES ARE VERY VISIBLE AND CAN SEE THINGS AND GO PLACES CARS AND BIKES CAN’T.
THE BODY OF A FORMER JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL COACH WAS FOUND IN CHICOT LAKE AT CHICOT STATE PARK. WHEN SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DANNY R. REED OF JENNINGS DID NOT RETURN HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A SEARCH WAS LAUNCHED BY LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES OFFICIALS. HIS BOAT WAS FOUND IN A COVE AT THE LAKE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE YESTERDAY AND HIS BODY WAS FOUND A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. THE EVANGELINE PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE WILL DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO WITH THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR THE STATE.
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A lawsuit in Louisiana over Republican lawmakers’ efforts to block coronavirus restrictions imposed last year by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has been dismissed by a state appeals court. The court in Baton Rouge didn’t rule on the merits of the case. Instead, it said the issue was moot because the executive order imposing the restrictions expired last November. House Republicans signed a petition last year ordering Edwards to rescind the restrictions.
A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT HER LAFAYETTE HOME WHEN SHE ANSWERED THE DOOR. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE HAS ISSUED A RESPONSE AFTER THREE LAWTELL MEN SAID THEY WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY A PRIEST IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES. THE DIOCESE, IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, SAYS THEY JUST BECAME AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE LATE FATHER JAMES QUEREN. THEY SAY, BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A DIOCESAN PRIEST BUT INSTEAD A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT JOSEPH, THE ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR OF THAT ORDER. THE JOSEPHITE ORDER LEADERSHIP TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY DECIDED THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
The Lafayette Parish school system has agreed to give its teachers a raise and a bonus. The Lafayette Parish School Board voted Wednesday to give teachers a $750 salary increase and also a $1,646 bonus check. The extra income will be available this month, though school officials have not provided an exact date. The school system said it was able to do both the big paycheck and the salary raise this year because of excess sales taxes from 2020.
