12-12-24
FORMER PATIENTS OF CROWLEY SURGEON DOCTOR BEN SABBAGHIAN ALLEGED THEY WERE TOUCHED INAPPROPRIATELY BY THE DOCTOR. IT BEGAN A WEEK AGO WHEN A WOMAN MADE THE ALLEGATION ON FACEBOOK AND TWO OTHER WOMEN CAME FORWARD AS WELL. THE ATTORNEY FOR SABBAGHIAN, KEVIN STOCKSTILL, SAYS THE CLAIMS ARE FALSE AND THE EXAMINATIONS WERE DONE PROPERLY WITH A WITNESS PRESENT. HE TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROVIDE PROOF SABBAGHIAN DID NOTHING WRONG TO THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD, WHICH IS INVESTIGATING THE WOMEN’S CLAIMS.
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG AND GUN CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON MOSS STREET IN LAFAYETTE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A FOURTH PERSON RAN AWAY AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR HIM. OFFICERS WITH THE LAFAYETTE POLICE TACTICAL NARCOTICS TEAM SEIZED MARIJUANA AS WELL AS FOUR HUNDRED FORTY MILLILITERS OF PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE, WHICH HAS A STREET VALUE OF NEARLY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THEY ALSO SEIZED AN A-M FIFTEEN RIFLE.
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING ALLOWING ONLINE CASINO GAMBLING. CURRRENTLY USING A PHONE OR COMPUTER TO PLAY CASINO GAMES LIKE BLACKJACK AND SLOTS IS NOT ALLOWED IN LOUISIANA. ADVOCATES AND THOSE OPPOSED TO ONLINE GAMING MADE THEIR OPINIONS KNOWN BEFORE A STATE SENATE COMMITTEE. THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM LODGED THEIR OPPOSITION TO LEGALIZING ONLINE CASINO GAMBLING.
A THIRD MIDDLE TURN LANE IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO WEST SALLIER STREET IN LAKE CHARLES, BETWEEN MARINE AND LAKE STREETS. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN IEYOUB TELLS KPLC TV THE PROJECT WILL CAUSE A BIT OF INCOVENIENCE FOR AWHILE BUT THE END PRODUCT WILL BE FANTASTIC. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AROUND EIGHTEEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE, WEATHER PERMITTING.
VERMILLION CATHOLIC IS A STATE CHAMPION AGAIN. THEY DEFEATED OUACHITA CHRISTIAN THIRTY-THREE TO TWENTY-ONE YESTERDAY IN NEW ORLEANS TO TAKE THE DIVISION FOUR SELECT LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS THE EAGLE’S THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. VERMILLION CATHOLIC FINISHED THE SEASON UNDEFEATED WITH A FOURTEEN-AND-OH RECORD.
THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO THE RESCUE OF A KITTEN WHICH GOT STUCK IN EQUIPMENT THAT BROKE OFF OF A WASHING MACHINE. THE CAT BELONGED TO A FAMILY THAT LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND, WHEN THEY COULDN’T FREE THE CAT, THEY SOUGHT THE HELP OF FIREFIGHTERS. DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF CHRIS DOMINGUE SAYS IT TOOK THEM ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES USING A DRILL AND MULTI-TOOL TO CUT THE CAT OUT. THEY DID IT WITHOUT HURTING THE KITTEN, WHICH WAS RETURNED TO ITS FAMILY.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER YESTERDAY ESTABLISHING A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM. ITS JOB WILL BE TO MONITOR STATE SPENDING AND ENSURE THE GOVERNMENT IS OPERATING IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. IT WILL BE LED BY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY CZAR STEVE ORLANDO AND HAVE A MINIMUM OF NINE MEMBERS. THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE EACH APPOINTED FOUR MEMBERS.
AN ELDERLY NEW IBERIA MAN DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE LAST FRIDAY. GEORGE FAUSTE HAS MORE.
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