12-14-21
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAFAYETTE CHAPTER OF THE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P HAS CALLED FOR THE RESIGNATION OF LAFAYETTE CITY COURT JUDGE MICHELLE ODINET FOLLOWING A VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE OF ODINET AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE INSIDE OF HER HOME YELLING RACIAL SLURS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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FRIENDS, FAMILY AND STUDENTS OF VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND TEACHER, KRISTY HEBERT, GATHERED LAST NIGHT FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. HEBERT, WHO WAS FORTY-ONE-YEARS-OLD, DIED FRIDAY IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH. KRISTY’S FATHER, MIKE KLOESEL, THE MAYOR OF KAPLAN, AND HER SON BOTH GAVE EMOTIONAL SPEECHES AT THE VIGIL. KLOESEL TALKED ABOUT HOW PROUD HE WAS OF KRISTY AND ALL SHE HAD ACCOMPLISHED IN HER LIFE.
SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS OFFERING TWO SHORT TERM TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT BEGIN NEXT MONTH AT THEIR MAIN CAMPUS IN LAKE CHARLES. A THREE WEEK CULINARY FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM PREPARES STUDENTS TO ENTER THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AS ENTRY LEVEL COOKS. A TEN WEEK PIPELINE TECHNICIAN TRAINING COURSE BEGINS JANUARY TWENTY-FOURTH. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, SOWELA-DOT-E-D-U, OR CALL 421-65-60.
A DOW CHEMICAL LOBBYIST HAS BEEN NAMED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LOUISIANA MID-CONTINENT OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION. TOMMY FAUCHEUX (FOH shay) OF LULING WILL TAKE OVER AS PRESIDENT IN JANUARY. HE REPLACES INTERIM PRESIDENT LORI LEBLANC, WHO HAS SERVED IN THAT ROLE SINCE TYLER GRAY RESIGNED IN AUGUST. BOARD CHAIR LAVELLE EDMONDSON SAYS TOMMY BRINGS A WEALTH OF CORPORATE AND PUBLIC POLICY EXPERIENCE THAT WILL HELP THE ASSOCIATION REACH ITS GOAL OF BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE, CREDIBLE AND EFFECTIVE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
CAJUNDOME COMMISSIONER DUSTY GUIDRY OF YOUNGSVILLE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY ON SIX DRUG-RELATED CHARGES IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. THE CHARGES INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION, POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, PROHIBITED ACTS, TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PROCEEDS FROM DRUG OFFENSES AND MANUFACTURE OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON JAMIE ANGELLE SAYS THEY BECAME AWARE OF THE ARREST YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY IS LOOKING INTO IT TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION. GUIDRY ALSO WORKS IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, BUT HAS SINCE RESIGNED.
THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE IN BALDWIN. AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON RAILROAD AVENUE YESTERDAY EVENING SHORTLY AFTER FIVE THIRTY. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. DEPUTIES HAVE NOT RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM.
ACADIA PARISH VOTERS ON SATURDAY RENEWED A PROPERTY TAX THAT GENERATES ONE-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE. THERE ARE NO NEW PROJECTS PLANNED FOR ACADIA PARISH. POLICE JUROR A-J CREDEUR IS CHAIRMAN OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE MONEY WILL MAINLY BE USED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PARISH’S GRAVEL ROADS, THE EXISTING BLACKTOP ROADS AND TO CLEAN DITCHES OUT SO THAT THERE’S PROPER DRAINAGE.
