10-9-24
THOSE WITH OUTSTANDING MISDEMEANOR OR TRAFFIC WARRANTS ISSUED BY LAFAYETTE CITY COURT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID ARREST AND TO SETTLE CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES. THIS ONE DAY CHANCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER THIRTIETH AT NINE A-M. JUDGE JULES EDWARDS THE THIRD TELLS KLFY TV THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT TRYING TO EVADE CHARGES BUT ARE JUST APPREHENSIVE ABOUT APPEARING IN COURT. HE SAYS THE POINT OF THE WARRANT RECALL IS TO AVOID ARREST AND RESOLVE THE CASE.
SPIKE INVESTMENT HAS PURCHASED THE QUEEN CINEMA IN EUNICE FOR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE NEW OWNERS ANNOUNCED IN A FACEBOOK POST THAT THE QUEEN HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THEIR HEARTS. THEY SAY THEY ARE COMMITTED TO REVITALIZING IT WHILE PRESERVING WHAT MADE IT A MEMORABLE DESTINATION. THE QUEEN CINEMA OPENED IN NINETEEN THIRTY-SEVEN AND IS THE THIRD OLDEST MOVIE THEATRE STILL IN OPERATION IN THE STATE.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL HAS JOINED THIRTEEN OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SUING TIK TOK FOR VIOLATIONS OF STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS. SHE SAYS TIK TOK USES EXTREME CONTENT TO ADDICT YOUNG PEOPLE AND GENERATE MASSIVE PROFITS. MURRILL SAYS PARENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND LOUISIANA LAW REQUIRES TIK TOK TO STOP LYING. MURRILL SAYS SHE INTENDS TO HOLD TIK TOK ACCOUNTABLE AND PROTECT KIDS.
THE BEAUREGARD PARISH POLICE JURY LAST NIGHT VOTED TO JOIN AN ALLIANCE CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED C-O-TWO SEQUESTRATION PROJECTS. THE PROJECTS PROPOSE TO TAKE CARBON DIOXIDE GENERATED BY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES OUT OF THE AIR AND STORE IT DEEP UNDERGROUND. SOME CLASS FOUR CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSED IN BEAUREGARD PARISH, ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. THE ALLIANCE, WHICH IS FOUR PARISHES SO FAR, WOULD HIRE SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THEM REGARDING THESE PROJECTS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
A STUDENT AT SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LAFAYETTE WAS REPORTED ACTING ERRATICALLY WITH A KNIFE YESTERDAY. A BRIEF HOLD WAS PUT ON STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF IN ORDER TO LOCATE THE STUDENT. THE HOLD LASTED ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. THE STUDENT WAS FOUND, QUESTIONED AND DETERMINED NOT TO BE A THREAT.
AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN A YEAR LOOKING FOR HER LOST SERVICE DOG, ARMY VETERAN BLAIR WHIPP WAS REUNITED WITH THE DOG NAMED LAKOTA. A VETERAN ORGANIZATION DONATED LAKOTA TO WHIPP TO HELP WITH P-T-S-D AND WHEN LAKOTA RAN AWAY, WHIPP SAYS SHE WENT INTO DEPRESSION. PORT BARRE POLICE FOUND LAKOTA WANDERING IN A YARD WITH SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS AND HEARTWORMS, BUT THEY IDENTIFIED HER THROUGH A MICROCHIP. WHIPP, WHO BROKE DOWN WHEN SHE GOT THE NEWS, SAYS LAKOTA WAS THERE FOR HER AND NOW ITS TIME FOR HER TO BE THERE FOR LAKOTA.
YESTERDAY GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY PRESENTED HIS TAX REFORM PROPOSAL TO STATE LAWMAKERS TO REVIEW AND TO MAKE POTENTIAL CHANGES. THE PLAN INCLUDES A FLAT THREE PERCENT INCOME TAX AND REDUCES THE CORPORATE TAX RATE FROM SEVEN-POINT-FIVE TO THREE-POINT-FIVE PERCENT. IT ALSO SUGGESTS NEW TAXES ON SERVICES LIKE LANDSCAPING AND STREAMING SERVICES. THE LANDRY ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS THAT APPROVING THE PLAN WOULD MOVE THE STATE FROM THE BOTTOM TEN TO THE TOP TEN IN NATIONAL BUSINESS RANKINGS.
A SUPPLY DRIVE FOR HURRICANE HELENE SURVIVORS IS COMING UP SOON. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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