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11-24-21

DEPUTIES IN IBERIA PARISH ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT ACCUSED OF ROBBING A CONVENIENCE STORE ON TUESDAY.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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THE OWNER OF RANDOL’S RESTAURANT TELLS GULF SEAFOOD NEWS-DOT-COM THAT THE DECISION TO CLOSE WAS BEST FOR HIS FAMILY.  SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD FRANK RANDOL SAYS THEY RECEIVED AN OFFER OUT OF THE BLUE TO BUY THE LAND WHERE RANDOL’S RESTAURANT SITS OFF OF KALISTE SALOOM ROAD IN LAFAYETTE.  HE SAYS ON MONDAY HE SAW A DOUBLE RAINBOW, WHICH HE TOOK AS A GOOD SIGN.  RANDOL’S RESTAURANT CLOSED FOR GOOD ON SATURDAY AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF BUSINESS.

 

JENNINGS POLICE SEIZED APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED XANAX PILLS AND MORE THAN EIGHT GRAMS OF COCAINE AFTER AN OVERNIGHT TRAFFIC STOP ON I-TEN.  AT AROUND TWO THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING, POLICE PULLED OVER A TWO THOUSAND NINE ACURA FOR IMPROPER LANE USAGE AND GOT PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE.  THIRTY-YEAR-OLD NATALIE SHEPHERD OF TEXAS WAS SEEN MOVING SOMETHING TO THE BACK OF HER LEG AND ADMITTED TO BE IN POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS.  THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DENIED ALLOWING HER TO BE BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL BECAUSE OF COVID-NINETEEN RESTRICTIONS, SO SHEPHERD WAS RELEASED PENDING CHARGES.

 

LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY IS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST A PROPOSAL BY THE GOVERNOR AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MANDATE THE COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE FOR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE.  HE SAYS, IF THE PROPOSAL BECOMES LAW, HE WILL LEGALLY CHALLENGE IT.  LANDRY CALLS IT AN OVERREACH BY THE GOVERNOR AND SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL STAND UP TO GOVERNMENT ABUSE AND BULLYING.  LANDRY IS PART OF THREE LAWSUITS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING VACCINE MANDATES UNLAWFUL.

 

CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE VALUED AT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.  THE RED, TWO THOUSAND-THREE HARLEY DAVIDSON ELECTRA GLIDE WAS STOLEN FROM IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE ON HAINS ROAD, SOUTH OF RAYNE SUNDAY NIGHT.  THE KEY HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CRIME IS URGED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.  UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

 

LAFAYETTE’S DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND DOWNTOWN UNLIMITED ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SHOP SMALL THIS SATURDAY.  IT’S THE THIRD ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND ORGANIZERS SAY THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS THE IDEAL DESTINATION FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING.  THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY TO PROMOTE THE EVENT.  ANITA BEGNAUD OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SAYS WHEN YOU SHOP AT SMALL BUSINESSES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU’RE KEEPING MONEY IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.  FOR A MAP OF DOWNTOWN AND A LIST OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, GO TO DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE-DOT-ORG.

 

Louisiana judges facing discipline from the state’s Supreme Court could be made to pay various costs arising from investigations into their conduct under new rules announced by the court. That would include requiring a suspended judge to cover the cost of installing a temporary replacement. The high court’s seven justices would decide whether, and how much, to charge a disciplined judge, based on recommendations from the state Judiciary Commission. The new rules also state that judges who retire or resign prior to the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings can be required by the Supreme Court to repay the costs incurred in the Judicial Commission’s investigation and litigation of the complaint.

 

ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES DELIVERED THANKSGIVING BASKETS FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS IN THE PARISH.  THE DEPUTIES DONATED NEARLY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TWENTY-FIVE THANKSGIVING BASKETS THAT WERE DELIVERED MONDAY.  IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID THAT THE EVENT WAS AS REWARDING FOR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AS IT WAS FOR THOSE IN NEED.