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11-12-19

PEOPLE ALL OVER ACADIANA ARE PREPARING FOR THE COLD WEATHER COMING THROUGH TODAY AND THAT INCLUDES HOMELESS SHELTERS.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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A PLANNED POWER OUTAGE FOR THE ELTON AREA AND THE COUSHATTA TRIBE HAS BEEN CANCELED.  JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC HAD PLANNED THE OUTAGE IN ORDER TO WORK ON THE TUPPER SUBSTATION TOMORROW NIGHT BEGINNING AT TEN.  IT WAS SCHEDULED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS.  HOWEVER, OFFICIALS DECIDED TO CANCEL THE POWER OUTAGE BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER.

 

A CROWLEY MAN DIED SATURDAY FROM INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A CRASH THAT HAPPENED THURSDAY.  56-YEAR-OLD TRACY GERARD MONCEAUX WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON L-A 13 SOUTH OF L-A 92 AT AROUND 11:45 THURSDAY MORNING WHEN HE WENT OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A UTILITY POLE.  HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.  TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE OBTAINED FROM MONCEAUX IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS IMPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

 

Louisiana’s governor says $10 million in hurricane recovery money will build about 50 houses for Louisiana National Guard members at a post in central Louisiana.  Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a news release Monday that the houses will replace mobile homes originally brought in for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  They’ll be built at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, providing a substantial improvement for soldiers and airmen who live on the post.

The money is from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, both of which hit Louisiana in 2008.

 

THE C-E-O OF IBERIABANK SAYS THEY WILL KEEP THEIR DOWNTOWN BANK LOCATION IN THE TWELVE STORY BUILDING ON WEST CONGRESS.  DARRYL BIRD TOLD THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER THAT THEY ARE NOT LEAVING THE BUILDING, WHICH THEY OWN.  THE QUESTION CAME UP BECAUSE OF A MERGER ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK WITH FIRST HORIZON IN MEMPHIS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE NEW COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS BEING BASED IN MEMPHIS.  THE NEW BANK WILL BE KNOWN AS FIRST HORIZON AND THAT WILL BE THE SIGN ON TOP OF THE BUILDING ONCE THE MERGER IS COMPLETED, WHICH IS EXPECTED IN THE SPRING.

 

THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES IS CONSIDERING LETTING A PRIVATE COMPANY TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE CIVIC CENTER.  CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN CARDONE SAYS THEY ARE DISCUSSING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH A-S-M GLOBAL, WHICH CURRENTLY MANAGES THE SUPERDOME AND THE RIVER CENTER IN BATON ROUGE.  HE BELIEVES THE DEAL WOULD RESULT IN MORE ATTRACTIONS BEING BROUGHT TO THE CIVIC CENTER WHILE SAVING THE CITY MONEY.  CARDONE SAYS NO EMPLOYEES WOULD LOSE THEIR JOB UNDER THE DEAL AND THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES WOULD STILL ULTIMATELY BE IN CHARGE OF THINGS LIKE RATES.

 

SOME NEW IBERIA CITY OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED THAT REPUBLIC SERVICES MIGHT BE PICKING UP RECYCLABLES AND TAKING THEM TO THE LANDFILL.  MAYOR PRO TEM DAN DOERLE SAYS THE CITY SPENDS ONE-POINT-6 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR THE RECYCLING PROGRAM AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING WHAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR.  THE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTING RECYCLING REPORTS FROM REPUBLIC AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.  DOERLE TELLS KLFY TV NEW IBERIA RESIDENTS ARE NOT RECYCLING LIKE THEY USED TO AS THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN.

 

The Southern Poverty Law Center is suing the Louisiana Department of Health, accusing the state of failing to provide children on Medicaid with adequate mental health services.  SPLC filed the lawsuit Thursday on behalf of five children, representing 47,500 children in the state who need mental health services.  The lawsuit says children on Medicaid in Louisiana have few options when they experience a mental health crisis. Instead of ready access to nearby mental health professionals and clinics, families often have to turn to law enforcement as their only option, particularly in rural areas.