11-2-18
CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS HAS REQUESTED THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ADDRESS LONG LINES AT THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT. AIRPORT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVEN PICOU SAYS BOTTLENECKS AT SECURITY SCREENINGS HAS CAUSED SOME PASSENGERS TO MISS THEIR FLIGHTS. THE PROBLEM IS THE RESULT OF AN INCREASE OF 25 THOUSAND PASSENGERS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. HIGGINS SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COULD HELP EXPEDITE THE SCREENING PROCESS BY ADDING A SECURITY LANE OR INCREASING STAFF DURING PEAK PERIODS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN WEDNESDAY IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ONE TORNADO FORMED AT SHELBY LANE IN CARLYSS AND CONTINUED FOR MORE THAN SIX MILES TO VINCENT SETTLEMENT ROAD WITH WINDS UP TO 109 MILES AN HOUR. THE SECOND TORNADO FORMED IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES AT MCNEESE STREET AND MANOR LANE WITH WINDS OF UP TO 107 MILES AND IT STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A MILE TO COMMON STREET. NO SERIOUS INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM EITHER STORM.
THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE HAS PLACED A JEANERETTE PASTOR ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE OVER ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPER BEHAVIOR WITH A MINOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS AGO. THE DIOCESE HAS REPORTED THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST REVEREND JODY SIMONEAUX OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN ST. LANDRY AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES. THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SIMONEAUX HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO ST. ANTHONY CHURCH IN EUNICE AND ST. ANNE CHURCH IN YOUNGSVILLE. THE DIOCESE HAS NOT RELEASED ANY DETAILS.
Louisiana voters will decide on a parish-by-parish basis next week whether to legalize cash-league fantasy sports contests through sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel. The companies have poured $1 million into pushing passage of the measure. Louisiana is one of nine states that don’t allow online fantasy sports betting. Though the games only will be permitted in parishes where voters authorize it, anybody will be able to log into the fantasy sports sites if they travel to those parishes.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING AT A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN ON TUESDAY, WHO WAS FLEEING IN HIS VEHICLE IN THE 16-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST PINHOOK. THE TWO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 38-YEAR-OLD DAMIEN JOSEPH BATISTE AND 22-YEAR-OLD TRISTAN JAMES GREENE. BOTH MEN ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR LOCATION ARE ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
A FLASHING YELLOW TURN SIGNAL WILL BE COMING TO MORE THAN A HUNDRED INTERSECTIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE SIGNALS ARE A SIGN TO MOTORISTS TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE TURNING. A NATIONAL STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT FLASHING YELLOW LIGHTS HELP DRIVERS MAKE FEWER MISTAKES THAN THE TRADITIONAL YIELD ON GREEN LIGHT. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON HOLDING SIX PUBLIC MEETINGS CONCERNING THE INSTALLATION OF THE FLASHING YELLOW LIGHTS.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK SEX OFFENDERS THAT MAY BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
VOICER T :25
A Louisiana court of appeals will decide whether pipeline companies seizing land under eminent domain are subject to state open record laws. The Advocate reports the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal heard the case Wednesday. A lower court sided with the company building the 163-mile crude oil pipeline called Bayou Bridge.
The Center for Constitutional Rights says Energy Transfer Partners should be subjected to open record laws because seizing private property is a right usually reserved for the government.
