11-16-23
A MAN SURRENDERED TO YOUNGSVILLE POLICE OFFICERS AFTER AN HOUR-LONG STANDOFF. IT HAPPENED AT A HOME LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GERALD AND FOUNTAINBLUE DRIVE. THE STANDOFF HAPPENED AFTER YOUNGSVILLE POLICE ATTEMPTED TO SERVE A WARRANT. THE MAN EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
THE OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL FOUNDATION HAS PARTNERED WITH OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL SPORTS MEDICINE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL DEVICES THAT AID IN A CARDIAC ARREST CRISIS TO THIRTY HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS ACADIANA. YESTERDAY WAS WORLD PHILANTHOPY DAY AND TO CELEBRATE, THEY DONATED AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, OR A-E-D’S, TO THE SCHOOLS. THE DEVICES ARE USED TO RESTORE RHYTHM TO A HEART AFTER IT STOPS DURING A MEDICAL CRISIS. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING MEASURES DURING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has appointed Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto, a former wildlife official from Donald Trump’s administration, to be the secretary of environmental quality. Giacometto, who will be the first Black woman to lead the state agency, will be responsible for ensuring the citizens of Louisiana have a clean and healthy environment to live and work in. Among other things, the state department regulates pollution sources and responds to environmental emergencies. Landry also has made clear that Giacometto “understands the balance between protecting our environment and ensuring job creation” in the oil and gas industry.
LAST NIGHT, THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A MOTION TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS AN INCENTIVE FOR A DEVELOPER WHO MIGHT WANT TO RENOVATE THE FORMER CAPITAL ONE TOWER. THE FORMER OWNERS LISTED THE STORM-RAVAGED BUILDING FOR SALE IN MARCH AFTER SETTLING WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN PUT IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT CONTROLLED BY THE CITY AND THE TIMELINE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE BUILDING EXPIRES NEXT NOVEMBER. MAYOR NIC HUNTER SAYS IF NOTHING IS DONE BY THEN, HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL MOVE TO TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF ESCROW AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.
A POLL CONDUCTED OVER THE PAST WEEK SHOWS THE LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT’S RACE IS TIGHT. FIVE HUNDRED ONE LAFAYETTE PARISH RESIDENTS WERE SURVEYED IN THE POLL CONDUCTED FOR KADN KLAF NEWS FIFTEEN. IT SHOWS MONICA BLANCO BOULET WITH FORTY PERCENT COMPARED TO THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT FOR INCUMBET JOSH GUILLORY WHILE TWENTY-TWO PERCENT ARE UNDECIDED. OF THOSE WHO ALREADY VOTED IN THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD, FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT CHOSE BOULET COMPARED TO THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT FOR GUILLORY.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE HAS DETERMINED THAT A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN CHURCH POINT SUNDAY THAT KILLED A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL, BEGAN IN THE LIVING ROOM. THE CAUSE IS STILL NOT KNOWN BUT THEY HAVE NOT RULED OUT ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION OR USE OF SMOKING MATERIALS. THE REPORT SAYS THE FATHER DID ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HIS DAUGHTER, WHOSE BODY WAS LATER FOUND IN THE LIVING ROOM. THE REPORT SAYS THE HOME LACKED WORKING SMOKE ALARMS.
A federal appeals court says a Louisiana lawyer who objected to the state bar association’s public statements on health tips and LGBTQ rights, among other topics, cannot be forced to join or pay dues to the association. The order, dated Monday, blocks the Louisiana State Bar Association from forcing attorney Randy Boudreaux to join the LSBA or pay its dues, at least for now. The ruling sends the case back to a federal district judge. It appears to leave open the possibility that mandatory membership and dues could be imposed on Boudreaux if the LSBA no longer takes public positions deemed “non-germane” to the regulation of lawyers.
PORT BARRE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO LED POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT ENDED WITH TWO OFFICERS BEING INJURED. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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