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11-4-15

Search and rescue teams have recovered the body of a missing boater from the Atchafalaya River.  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents and St. Martin Parish sheriff’s deputies Tuesday recovered the body of 56-year-old William K. Seal, of Butte La Rose, around 8 a.m. about two miles south of the Butte La Rose landing.  Authorities had been searching for Seal since his boat was found unmanned around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.  Seal’s body was turned over to the parish coroner’s office to determine a cause of death.

 

TONIGHT THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PUT “IN GOD WE TRUST” STICKERS ON POLICE AND FIRE UNITS.  COUNCILMAN RODNEY GEYEN SPONSORED THE ORDINANCE, WHICH HE SAYS IS PRIVATELY FUNDED, AND NO TAX DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT ON IT.  HE SAYS THE PHRASE DOES NOT PROMOTE A SPECIFIC RELIGION AND COURTS HAVE EVEN SAID THAT IT’S MORE PATRIOTIC THAN RELIGIOUS.  GEYEN TELLS KPLC TV THEY WOULD SIMPLY BE PROMOTING THE NATIONAL MOTTO.

 

THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF TEVIN LEWIS, AND THE INVESTIGATION OF A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT HIM IN THE BACK WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO RUN AWAY, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JIM CRAFT.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES SAYS BOTH CASES WILL BE BROUGHT TO A GRAND JURY THE NEXT TIME IT CONVENES.  IN SEPTEMBER, LEWIS TRIED TO RUN FROM AN OFFICER SERVING A WARRANT AND THE OFFICER SPOTTED LEWIS WITH A HANDGUN, ACCORDING TO CRAFT, AND ORDERED HIM REPEATEDLY TO PUT DOWN THE WEAPON BEFORE SHOOTING LEWIS IN THE UPPER LEFT SHOULDER.  VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED BY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, AND CRAFT SAYS IT WILL BE UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO DECIDE IF IT IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

 

Republican candidate David Vitter has made efforts to rework criminal sentencing laws a flashpoint in Louisiana’s governor’s race.  Vitter is running a TV ad saying his Democratic opponent John Bel Edwards wants to release “dangerous thugs” from prison. He ties Edwards to President Barack Obama, who has championed efforts to lessen penalties for nonviolent drug offenders.  While Vitter is attempting to frame the issue as Republican vs. Democrat, it hasn’t been a partisan debate in Louisiana or Washington.

 

FORMER MAYOR OF EUNICE CLAUDE RUSTY MOODY HAS DIED.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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FOUR ROUNDABOUTS ARE PROPOSED ALONG HAM REID ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES.  LAST NIGHT THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE ROUNDABOUTS.  THE ROUNDABOUTS ARE PROPOSED ALONG HAM REID ROAD AT THE INTERSECTIONS AT LAKE STREET, NELSON ROAD, ELLIOT ROAD, AND AT BIG LAKE ROAD AND GRAYWOOD PARKWAY.  THE LAST INTERSECTION WOULD BECOME AN EXTENSION OF HAM REID ROAD.

 

LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD’S FACILITIES COMMITTEE GAVE ITS SUPPORT TO ALLOWING SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD TO APPROVE SOME EXPENDITURES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGH SCHOOL IN YOUNGSVILLE, WITHOUT THE BOARD’S INPUT.  THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD TO APPROVE INDIVIDUAL EXPENSES UP TO 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND THE TOTAL OF THOSE EXPENSES CANNOT EXCEED 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST OF 2017, AND AGUILLARD TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS WOULD HELP KEEP THE PROJECT ON SCHEDULE.  THE PROPOSAL WILL GO BEFORE THE FULL BOARD TONIGHT AT 5:30.

 

THE PRINCIPAL AT SOUTH CROWLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS RECEIVED A NATIONAL HONOR FOR HELPING TURN THAT SCHOOL AROUND.  IRMA TROSCLAIR IS ONE OF SEVEN WINNERS OF THE TERREL H. BELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.  THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME LAST WEEK FROM THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN.  SHE AND THE OTHER SIX RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE THE AWARD AT A CEREMONY HELD NEXT MONDAY IN WASHINGTON D-C.