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12-17-19

TWO ACADIANA SCHOOLS HAVE ANNOUNCED CLOSURES.  MEGAN KELLY HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE ON HAND AT A CALCASIEU PARISH COURTROOM FOR THE OFFICIAL SWEARING IN OF JAMES D. CAIN AS A FEDERAL JUDGE.  CAIN, WHO WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE LAST SUMMER, IS A GRADUATE OF MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY.  HE THANKED SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA FOR PUSHING HIS CONFIRMATION.  CAIN SAYS HIS TWO GOALS AS A FEDERAL JUDGE ARE TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND TO APPLY THE LAW AS WRITTEN AND THE CONSTITUTION AS WRITTEN BY THE NATION’S FOUNDERS.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN ST. MARTIN PARISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  THE DRIVER OF A HONDA ACCORD WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN FROM L-A 347 ONTO CLAYTON CASTILLE ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY A NORTHBOUND DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK.  A PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE ACCORD, 26-YEAR-OLD CHAYCE GOBERT OF BREAUX BRIDGE, WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE DRIVERS OF THE ACCORD AND PICKUP TRUCK, WHO WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS, SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

 

Powerful storms have smashed buildings, splintered trees and downed power lines around the Deep South, leaving one person dead as a dangerous mix of thunderstorms and suspected tornadoes raked the region. Forecasters issued multiple tornado watches and warnings Monday as a cold front collided with warmer air in the severe weather outbreak. The sheriff’s office in Vernon Parish says one person died when an apparent tornado struck a home yesterday. Other damage was reported in parts of Mississippi and Alabama.

 

LAFAYETTE PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES HAS SUGGESTED THAT CITY AND PARISH FUNDS BE BLENDED TOGETHER.  HE SAYS THAT WOULD MAKE UNDEDICATED CITY REVENUES AVAILABLE FOR THE PARISH.  SEVERAL OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT CAN’T BE DONE BECAUSE THE CHARTER PROHIBITS IT.  STUTES SAYS THAT RESTRICTION APPLIES ONLY TO DEDICATED MONEY BUT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LORRIE TOUPS SAYS CITY PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS CANNOT BE USED FOR THE PARISH.

 

A BIG NAME WILL BE HEADLINING THE NEXT CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW IN LAKE CHARLES.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARY JO BAYLES ANNOUNCED THAT THE U-S NAVY’S BLUE ANGELS WILL BE PERFORMING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL DECADES.  THE CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW IS HELD EVERY OTHER YEAR.  THE NEXT SHOW IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE FOURTH TO SIXTH IN 2021.

 

TWO ANIMAL SHELTERS IN ACADIANA HAVE CONFIRMED CASES OF DISTEMPER AND HAVE STOPPED TAKING IN ANIMALS AND ADOPTIONS FOR NOW.  ACADIANA ANIMAL AID IN CARENCRO HAS TWO CASES AND ST. LANDRY ANIMAL RESCUE IN OPELOUSAS HAS ONE.  CANINE DISTEMPER IS A CONTAGIOUS AND SERIOUS DISEASE THAT ATTACKS A DOG’S RESPIRATORY, GASTROINTESTINAL AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.

 

The head of the Louisiana National Guard is retiring after 37 years in the military. Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis will leave his position as adjutant general on Jan. 10. He’s led the National Guard for eight years during the state’s response to disasters including massive floods, hurricanes and cyberattacks on government. Gov. John Bel Edwards’ announced Curtis’ retirement Monday at an event honoring Curtis and announcing Brig. Gen. Keith Waddell will take over the job upon Curtis’ retirement.