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12-18-19

AN INTERNAL AUDIT OF L-U-S FIBER FOUND SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN QUESTIONABLE PAYMENTS BY L-U-S TO SUPPLEMENT THE FIBER DIVISION.  LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX SAYS THAT THE POSSIBLE RULES VIOLATION WILL BE REPORTED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.  HE SAYS OTHER PATTERNS OF REVENUE MANIPULATION WERE ALSO FOUND IN THE INVESTIGATION THAT ARE HARD TO IGNORE BUT DO NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF NEEDING TO BE REPORTED TO THE COMMISSION.  ROBIDEAUX TOLD THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL THAT, IF YOU SUBTRACT REVENUES FROM L-U-S OPERATIONS AND THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, L-U-S FIBER LOST 83-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN ITS FIRST DECADE.

 

IT’S ESTIMATED THAT THREE HUNDRED HOMES IN BEAUREGARD PARISH WERE AFFECTED BY A TORNADO  ON MONDAY.  THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS A DISASTER RECOVERY TEAM IN THE PARISH CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE.  MANY FAMILIES LOST EVERYTHING SO THE RED CROSS SET UP A DONATION COLLECTION POINT AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GYM IN DERIDDER.  THEY’VE ASKED ANYONE WHO HAS SUFFERED DAMAGE TO CONTACT THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITH THE SPECIFICS.

 

A WOMAN POSTED A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF A BLACK BEAR THAT SHE SPOTTED CREEPING AROUND IN AN IBERIA PARISH NEIGHBORHOOD.  MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.

 

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Louisiana’s transportation department says it is boosting safety measures at its roadwork sites. Agency secretary Shawn Wilson announced the upgrades at a ceremony Monday honoring West Monroe area employee Johnny Cole, who was killed on the job this summer. Wilson says his department will require a “spotter” on two-person crews to watch traffic. A cone will be placed further back from a work zone, equipped with an alarm that sounds if hit.

 

LAST NIGHT WAS THE FINAL LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING AS NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE SEPARATE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS.  AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED GIVING THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ONE-POINT-TWO-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR HOUSING CITY PRISONERS.  THEY TRANSFERRED JUST OVER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE JUVENILE JAIL BUDGET TO THE JUVENILE ASSESMENT CENTER, WHICH HAD BEEN SUSPENDED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY SHERIFF MARK GARBER BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDING FROM THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT.  ALSO THE COUNCIL APPROVED A FIVE PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR LAFAYETTE CITY COURT EMPLOYEES.

 

A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR TAKING INAPPROPRIATE VIDEOS OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL.  46-YEAR-OLD DAMON P. LECHTENBURG IS ACCUSED OF PUTTING CAMERAS IN THE GIRL’S BATHROOM AND BEDROOM WITHOUT HERE KNOWLEDGE.  HE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO DETECTIVES THAT HE HAD BEEN FILMING THE GIRL SINCE JULY.  DETECTIVES FOUND VIDEOS AND STILL PHOTOS OF THE GIRL ON LECHTENBURG’S COMPUTER.

 

SOME CROWLEY POLICE OFFICERS TOOK SOME UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS SHOPPING AT WALMART FOR CHRISTMAS.  DURING THE ANNUAL SHOP WITH A COP DAY, THE KIDS ARE GIVEN CASH AND OFFICERS HELP THEM SHOP FOR THEIR FAMILY TO HELP THEM HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS.  POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD LAUDED HIS OFFICERS WHO TOOK OF THEIR FREE TIME TO HELP THE KIDS.  HE TOLD KATC TV THAT HE’S HUMBLED WHEN HE LOOKS AT WHAT HIS OFFICERS DO FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS WARNING PARENTS NOT TO GIVE LOTTERY TICKETS OR SCRATCH OFF GAMES TO THEIR CHILDREN AS STOCKING STUFFERS.  THEY SAY THE ODDS OF WINNING ARE SMALL IN COMPARISON OF YOUR CHILD DEVELOPING A GAMBLING HABIT.  THE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED STUDIES THAT SHOW ONE IN FIVE STUDENTS BETWEEN SIXTH AND TWELFTH GRADE PARTICIPATE IN SOME FORM OF GAMBLING SUCH AS SPORTS BETTING OR BINGO.  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE EARLIER A PERSON STARTS GAMBLING, THE HIGHER THE ODDS OF DEVELOPING A GAMBLING PROBLEM AS AN ADULT.