11-19-25
THE U-S HOUSE YESTERDAY VOTED FOUR-TWENTY-SEVEN-TO-ONE TO RELEASE THE FILES OF THE LATE CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN. THE LONE NO VOTE WAS CAST BY LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS. HE SAYS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE BILL THREE MONTHS AGO IS STILLWRONG TODAY. HIGGINS SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT RELEASING THE FILES TO A RABID MEDIA WILL ABSOLUTELTY RESULT IN INNOCENT PEOPLE BEING HURT.
LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCILMAN KENNETH BOUDREAUX HAS PROPOSED EXPANDING THE LAFAYETTTE MARDI GRAS ACTIVITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM THREE TO NINE MEMBERS. BOUDREAUX IS UNHAPPY WITH CHANGES TO THE MARDI GRAS PARADE ROUTE THAT REMOVED NEIGHBORHOODS FROM HIS DISTRICT. CITY PARISH ATTORNEY PAT OTTINGER POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN NINETEEN-NINETY-NINE, HAS NEVER OPERATED. THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO REVISIT THE ISSUE AT ITS NEXT MEETING ON DECEMBER SECOND.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEGUN AN ENFORCEMENT PERIOD WHERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SPEEDING WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. SHERIFF EDDIE LANGLINAIS SAYS ANYONE GOING TWENTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR OVER THE LIMIT MUST APPEAR IN COURT WHILE THOSE GOING AT THIRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR OR MORE OVER THE LIMIT WILL BE ARRESTED. HE SAYS THE GOAL IS NOT TO BURDEN DRIVERS BUT TO CREATE CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL DISCOURAGE DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR. THEY ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY, REDUCE SEVERE CRASHES AND CURB HEATED TRAFFIC ALTERCATIONS.
A KINDER MAN WANTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED YESTERDAY. BLAYNE SMITH WAS LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA NEAR THE INDIAN VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD IN KINDER. THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING SEVERAL CASES INVOLVING SMITH SINCE MAY. THEY RECEIVED HELP FROM THE U-S MARSHAL’S OFFICE AS WELL AS BOTH THE JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICES.
THE PROFESSIONALS OF LAGCOE ARE HOSTING A POBOY FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT GIVING CHRISTMAS BASKETS TO TROOPS STATIONED AT THE U-S BORDER. THE FUNDRAISER WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY FROM ELEVEN-THIRTY TO ONE AT TIGER SAFETY ON PETROLEUM PARKWAY IN BROUSSARD. EACH TICKET IS TEN DOLLARS FOR A BARBECUE POBOY AND CHIPS AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT L-P-DOT-CONSTANT CONTACT PAGES-DOT-COM. ORDERS OF TEN OR MORE MEALS CAN BE DELIVERED TO YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH IS SEEING SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC GROWTH. SALES TAX REVENUES HAVE EXCEEDED ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER LAST YEAR. BILL RODIER OF SAINT LANDRY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDITS A GROWING ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE THAT THE PARISH HAS BEEN CULTIVATING OVER SEVERAL YEARS. HE SAYS THE PARISH RECIEVES SEVEN TO TEN NEW BUSINESS APPLICATIONS PER WEEK FOR BOTH BRICK AND MORTAR AND ONLINE SALES.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO REPLACE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. CASSIDY SAYS AMERICANS PERCIEVE IT AS THE UNAFFORDABLE CARE ACT BECAUSE IT HAS NOT LOWERED COSTS. HE PROPOSES THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT TAKES THE MONEY CURRENTLY GOING TO INSURANCE COMPANIES AND SEND IT BASICALLY TO THE PATIENT. CASSIDY SAYS HE BELIEVES THEY CAN DECREASE PREMIUM HIKES AND ELIMINATE HIDDEN COSTS.
TODAY RESIDENTS IN JEANERETTE WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SHOP AT THEIR VERY OWN GROCERY STORE ONCE AGAIN. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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