11-22-23
ONE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A VACANT HOUSE FIRE IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THERE WERE MANY RUNOFF ELECTIONS HELD IN LOUISIANA THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT ONE RACE WAS NOT DECIDED. JOHN GUILBEAUX AND VICTOR LEWIS EACH RECEIVED TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR VOTES IN THEIR RACE TO BE THE ALDERMAN FOR OPELOUSAS DISTRICT A. PARISH CLERK OF COURT CHARLES JAGNEAUX SAYS THERE WAS ALSO A TIE IN THE RACE FOR PORT BARRE MAYOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS DECIDED BY A COIN FLIP. IN THIS CASE, A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER SIXTEENTH.
ALLEN PARISH CLERK OF COURT STACEY HURST VERIFIED THAT A MISTAKE KEPT SOME PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE IN A POLICE JUROR RACE BETWEEN JOE PERKINS AND ROBERT COLE ON SATURDAY. SHE SAYS SHE LEARNED OF THE PROBLEM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THAT OCCURRED BECAUSE BOOKS HAD BEEN SWAPPED BETWEEN TWO PRECINCTS BUT IT WAS CORRECTED. THEY DETERMINED THE MISTAKE AFFECTED TWENTY-THREE VOTES BUT PERKINS WON BY A THIRTY-SIX VOTE MARGIN. SHE SAYS NEITHER CANDIDATE HAS REQUESTED A RECOUNT SO FAR.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE LIFTED THE STATEWIDE BURN BAN EFFECTIVE AT FIVE P-M YESTERDAY. A BURN BAN WAS PUT IN PLACE ON AUGUST SEVENTH BY THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE ALONG WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICES. THE BURN BAN HAD BEEN MODIFIED ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY-NINTH. THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE REMINDS RESIDENTS THAT ONLY VEGETATION AND YARD WASTE ITEMS CAN BE LEGALLY BURNED.
A HIT-AND-RUN ON MOUNT VERNON DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE AT AROUND ONE A-M MONDAY MORNING LEFT TWO CARS DAMAGED, AND ONE OF THEM WAS TOTALED. CHAS SMITH SAYS THE CARS BELONGED TO HER SON AND NEPHEW. SHE TELL KLFY TV SHE BELIEVES IF THE CARS WERE NOT THERE, THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE HIT HER HOME. SHE’S HOPING SOMEONE ON THE STREET HAS SECURITY CAMERAS THAT MAY HELP POLICE FIND THE HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER.
A FEW SENIOR CITIZENS FROM VILLE PLATTE, WHOSE VEHICLES WERE VANDALIZED IN OCTOBER, RECEIVED HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEM REPAIRED. ARTHUR SAMPSON JUNIOR OF THE VILLE PLATTE HOUSING AUTHORITY SOUGHT HELP FOR THEM AND SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES ALONG WITH THE MAYOR STEPPED UP. SCOTT’S PAINT AND BODY AND GLOBAL WINDOW REPAIR DID WHAT THEY COULD TO HELP GET TWO LADY’S CARS BACK ON THE ROAD. ONE OF THE TWO, BARBARA CHARLES, TOLD KLFY TV THAT SHE THANKED GOD FOR JESUS TOUCHING THEIR HEARTS.
L-S-U-E AND OCSHNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL HAVE TEAMED TO START A RESPIRATORY THERAPY PROGRAM. THE U-S BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS SAYS THERE WILL BE A TWENTY-THREE PERCENT INCREASE IN RESPIRATORY THERAPY JOBS BY TWENTY-THIRTY. THE HOSPITAL’S C-E-O PATRICK GANDY SAYS THESE POSITIONS ARE HARD TO FILL AND THE PROBLEM WAS MAGNIFIED DURING THE PANDEMIC. STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR COMPLETION BONUS TO HELP WITH COSTS THEY MAY FACE IN COMPLETING THE PROGRAM.
SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF AMERICANS PREFER SIDE DISHES TO THE MAIN ENTRÉE AT THANKSGIVING, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY. THEY ALSO FOUND THAT OVER HALF OF PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH JUST SIDES ON THEIR PLATE. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF SIDES FOR A THANKSGIVING DINNER IS FIVE. LOUISIANA’S FAVORITE SIDE DISH IS MAC AND CHEESE.
