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11-26-18

THE OWNER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAKERY IN LAFAYETTE DIED SATURDAY.  SAMUEL PAUL GUILBEAUX WAS 71.  HE HAD CLOSED THE BAKERY EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER ALMOST FIFTY YEARS TO RETIRE.  A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY AT TEN A-M AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH.

 

McNeese State University will not renew the contract of football coach Lance Guidry.  In a statement this week, McNeese Director of Athletics Bruce Hemphill said a national search for a new head coach would begin immediately.  He did not say what sparked the decision regarding Guidry but wished him well in his future endeavors.  He compiled a 21-12 record in three seasons at McNeese but never took the team to the playoffs.

 

A HENDERSON MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED MULTIPLE VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN ST. MARTIN PARISH WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED 29-YEAR-OLD TRENT DUPLECHIN AFTER FINDING ITEMS BELIEVED STOLEN FROM OTHER VEHICLES IN HIS CAR.  THEY WERE ACTING ON A TIP ABOUT DUPLECHIN’S CAR, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE GEORGE DUPUIS AND DIXIE BOAT LANDING AREAS OF HENDERSON.  AMONG THE ITEMS FOUND IN DUPLECHIN’S CAR WERE SEVERAL CELL PHONES AND A KNIFE.

 

Early voting opened Saturday in Louisiana’s Dec. 8 runoff election, with a contested seat to be the state’s election chief at the top of the ballot.  Republican Kyle Ardoin and Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup are vying to be secretary of state, the top two vote-getters in the November primary. Though that election drew large numbers of voters in Louisiana, the runoff — competing with the holidays for attention — is expected to see fewer people show up at the polls.  The early voting period runs daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday at parish registrar of voters’ offices and other locations.

 

A SECOND HAND STORE IN LAFAYETTE IS BEING RECOGNIZED THIS WEEK AS THE EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR AT THE GOVERNOR’S OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN DISABILITIES AWARDS.  AT HANDS UP THRIFT, ALSO KNOWN AS HUT, HALF OF THE EMPLOYEES HAVE SOME FORM OF DISABILITY.  ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONLY 56 PERCENT OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES ARE EMPLOYED.  TIFFANY BALLARD, ONE OF THE MANAGERS AT HUT, TELLS KLFY TV THAT THOSE WITH DISABILITIES WORK HARD AND TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR WORK AND SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS THOSE WITHOUT DISABILITIES.

 

The owner of two Louisiana riverboat casinos says it may move one near Texas onto land, but probably will leave its Baton Rouge boat afloat.  The Advocate reports that Eldorado Resorts chairman and CEO Gary Carano said in a conference call this month that the company is considering moving the Isle of Capri in Lake Charles. He says work could begin in the second half of 2019, with a land-based opening in 2020.  A law passed this year lets riverboat casinos move onshore.

 

CROWLEY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING GUNSHOTS THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT, HALTING A FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN NOTRE DAME AND NEWMAN.  POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS THEY BELIEVE THE SHOTS WERE FIRED NEAR THE KATHY APARTMENT COMPLEX.  THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A WHITE SEDAN THROUGH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AS BEING LINKED TO THE SHOOTING.  RESIDENTS OF THE KATHY APARTMENTS TELL KATC TV THAT GUN VIOLENCE AT THE COMPLEX HAS BECOME A COMMON OCCURRENCE.

 

NO DEMOCRATS HAVE STEPPED FORWARD YET TO CHALLENGE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY IN HIS REELECTION BID.  LANDRY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RUN TO MAINTAIN HIS SEAT INSTEAD OF RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.  SOME OF THE NAMES FLOATED IN DEMOCRAT CIRCLES AS POSSIBLE CHALLENGERS INCLUDE HOUSE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE WALT LEGER THE THIRD OF NEW ORLEANS AND STATE SENATORS ERIC LAFLEUR OF VILLE PLATTE AND JP MORRELL OF NEW ORLEANS.  LANDRY SAYS HE PLANS TO MAKE TACKLING VIOLENT CRIME A MAJOR ISSUE OF HIS CAMPAIGN.