11-20-19
LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL APPROVED THREE RAISES FOR PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS. MEGAN KELLY HAS THE DETAILS.
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A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED FOR TERRORIZING. ANOTHER STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL REPORTED TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT THE GIRL WAS TELLING OTHER STUDENTS THAT SHE HAD A BOMB IN HER BACKPACK AND WAS GOING TO BLOW THE SCHOOL UP. SHE WAS DETAINED BUT NO BOMB WAS FOUND IN HER BACKPACK. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TERRORISM AND IS BEING PROCESSED THROUGH THE MULTI-AGENCY RESOURCE CENTER.
THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT HAS ASSIGNED A RETIRED JUDGE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HEAR RECUSAL MOTIONS AGAINST JUDGE LORI LANDRY. THE 16TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS FILED MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED RECUSAL MOTIONS SEEKING TO REMOVE JUDGE LANDRY FROM CASES THEY ARE HANDLING IN IBERIA, ST. MARTIN AND ST. MARY PARISHES. THEY CLAIM LANDRY IS SO BIASED AGAINST THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE THAT SHE CANNOT BE FAIR OR IMPARTIAL. RETIRED JUDGE HARRY F. RANDOW WILL TAKE OVER THE MATTER OF THE RECUSALS, BUT NO HEARING DATES HAVE YET BEEN SET.
STATEWIDE MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICES REMAIN CLOSED THIS MORNING FOR ONGOING NETWORK RESTORATION. THEY ARE AMONG STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT WERE VICTIMS OF A RANSOMWARE ATTACK. IT’S POSSIBLE THE OFFICES WILL BE REOPENED THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, KAREN ST. GERMAIN, SAID THAT WORKERS HAD TO REIMAGE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, WHICH IS A BIG JOB.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS QUARTERBACK DREW BREES AND HIS FAMILY WERE IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY TO TOUR A NEW FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER THAT HE CO-OWNS. SURGE ENTERTAINMENT OPENS THIS SATURDAY WHICH WILL INCLUDE TRAMPOLINES, NINJA COURSES, TWO BOWLING ALLEYS, A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, GOLF SIMULATORS, BATTING CAGES AND VIDEO GAMES. BREES TOLD THE ADVOCATE THAT THEY WANTED TO CREATE AN EXPERIENCE IN THE LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY THAT’S FOR EVERYONE. THERE ARE PLANS TO OPEN OTHER SURGE ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE INCLUDING IN LAKE CHARLES BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
SOME STUDENTS AT A T-V PRODUCTION CLASS AT WASHINGTON MARION HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES HAVE PRODUCED A POWERFUL PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE AGAINST CYBERBULLYING. THEY WON A DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP WEEK CONTEST PUT ON BY THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD TECH DEPARTMENT, WHICH MEANS SIX NEW LAPTOPS FOR THEIR SCHOOL. THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SEEN BY MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE SO FAR AND OVER TWO HUNDRED HAVE SHARED IT. ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO CREATED THE VIDEO, KAYLA DUNCAN, TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY WERE AMAZED AT WHAT THEY COULD DO.
THE ASSIST AGENCY HAS RECEIVED A GRANT SO THEY CAN HELP LOW INCOME RESIDENTS IN ACADIA PARISH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A FINANCIAL EMERGENCY. SUCH EMERGENCIES INCLUDE A TEMPORARY DROP IN INCOME, AN UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH UTILITY BILL, ARE IN THE MEDICARE “DONUT HOLE”, AND MORE. IF YOU LIVE IN ACADIA PARISH AND BELIEVE YOU QUALIFY, YOU CAN CALL THE ASSIST AGENCY AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. CALL 788-75-50 EXTENSION 138.
Gov. John Bel Edwards spent his first four years in office tangling with conservative House Republicans who regularly fought his agenda. As Edwards heads to his second term starting in January, those tensions are likely to worsen and expand into the Senate. Many of the Democratic governor’s GOP allies in the Senate, particularly Senate President John Alario, are exiting because of term limits. And more conservatives were elected this fall to both legislative chambers.
Republicans in January will hold 27 of 39 Senate seats and 68 of 105 House seats.
