11-9-23
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND ANOTHER WOUNDED AFTER A SHOOTING AT A GAS STATION IN GRAND COTEAU AT AROUND TEN-THIRTY TUESDAY NIGHT. KLFY-TV IS REPORTING THAT TWO PEOPLE FIRED SHOTS AT A CROWD GATHERED AT THE GAS STATION. THE PERSON WHO DIED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SIDNEY MARCEL. FORMER MAYOR SHATERRAL JOHNSON, WHO KNEW MARCEL, SAYS PEOPLE LIKE TO HANG OUT IN THAT PARKING LOT WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF A MAJOR PROBLEM OF LOITERING IN THE TOWN.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD REVISED THE POLICY ON COATS. THE PREVIOUS POLICY EXCLUDED HOODIES AND THE COATS HAD TO HAVE THE SCHOOL’S COLORS. THERE WERE COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS WHO SAID IT WAS TOO LIMITING AND TOO EXPENSIVE FOR SOME FAMILIES. THE SCHOOL BOARD KEPT THE BAN ON HOODIES BUT THEY NOW ALLOW ANY COLOR JACKET.
Gov.-elect Jeff Landry named his top budget chief Wednesday, selecting former Louisiana House Speaker Taylor Barras, a Republican who frequently sparred with Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards over financial issues. In his new role as Commissioner of Administration, Barras will help draft the governor’s fiscal plan for the state, be the face of the administration’s financial negotiations and oversee agencies’ spending. Landry called the commissioner’s position critical and one of the most important jobs in state government. Because of his new job, Barras will be stepping down as Iberia Parish Assessor.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WERE ADVISED THAT A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS GOING TO A SCHOOL TO PICK UP A STUDENT FOR INAPPROPRIATE PURPOSES. KENNETH R. CRETCHAIN JUNIOR WAS LOCATED AND ARRESTED BY THE RESOURCE OFFICERS WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL. THEY FOUND HE HAD SENT EXPLICIT TEXT MESSAGES TO THE VICTIM ABOUT PICKING HER UP.
ONE PERSON DIED IN A THREE VEHICLE CRASH IN IBERIA PARISH. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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JAN SWIFT, WHO FINISHED THIRD IN THE PRIMARY FOR LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT, IS ENDORSING MONIQUE BLANCO BOULET IN THE RUNOFF. SWIFT SAYS SHE RAN BECAUSE SHE FELT LAFAYETTE IS HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOSH GUILLORY. BOULET THANKED SWIFT FOR HER COURAGE AND SUPPORT. GUILLORY RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES IN THE PRIMARY AT FORTY PERCENT, BUT SWIFT GARNERED TWENTY-SIX PERCENT.
A REMINDER THAT EARLY VOTING IS GOING ON AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK’S GENERAL ELECTION. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE COMPANY SPECTRUM IS BRINGING BROADBAND INTERNET, MOBILE, TV AND VOICE SERVICES TO THE RURAL AREAS OF ACADIANA. SPECTRUM ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE SERVICES TO HOMES AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN ACADIA, SAINT LANDRY AND EVANGELINE PARISHES. THEIR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK BUILDOUT IS PART OF THEIR FIVE BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN UNSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES IN TWENTY-FOUR STATES. ACADIA PARISH POLICE JURY PRESIDENT CHANCE HENRY SAYS SPECTRUM’S BROADBAND EXPANSION IS BRINGING UNMATCHED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO THE PARISH.
