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The operator of Black Bayou bridge was killed when her clothing became stuck in a motor. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kim Myers says the accident happened early Tuesday. Myers says 58-year-old Dorothy S. Carter, of Grand Chenier, was pronounced dead at the scene.KPLC-TV reports deputies went to check on Carter about 4:30 a.m. after the Department of Transportation and Development asked them to because they could not contact her.
LAST NIGHT, LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSED REVISING WHICH EMPLOYEE GROUPS RECEIVE RAISES FROM A HALF CENT SALES TAX. THE DISCUSSION WAS PROMPTED BY SOME EMPLOYEE WHO HAVE ASKED WHY THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE RAISES AND BONUS CHECKS. THE SCHOOL BOARD’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVED A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE SALARY BENEFITS. IT’S RECOMMENDATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AT TONIGHT’S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
A ST. LANDRY PARISH GRAND JURY INDICTED HARRISON RILEY OF ARNAUDVILLE ON FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards faces a daunting task in the fewer than 50 days between winning his election and taking office Jan. 11. He must piece together an administration, pick the people who will lead a dozen state departments and devise an agenda for a state awash in financial problems — while also raising the money to pay for the entire transition operation. The transition period from election victory to governing may be the most high-intensity, yet least understood part of an administration, when a team and its policies are created largely from scratch. Terry Ryder, a lawyer who worked on the 1995 transition of Republican former Gov. Mike Foster, described it as a “multi-dimensional chess game and you’ve got to play all levels at the same time.”
ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS THE NEW JAIL HAS EXTRA SAFEGUARDS THAT MAKE IT HARDER TO GET CONTRABAND IN, SUCH AS CELL PHONES AND DRUGS. HEBERT TELLS KPLC TV THAT IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP CONTRABAND OUT OF THE OLD JAIL, BUT HE’S FOUND NOTHING SINCE THEY MOVED INTO THE NEW JAIL. ONE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS HELPED BECAUSE IT MEANS VISITORS HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE INMATES. VISITORS NOW GO INTO A ROOM AND TALK TO THE INMATE THEY ARE VISITING THROUGH A COMPUTER WHICH IS MONITORED BY BOOKING OFFICERS.
YESTERDAY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CARLOS MONJE JUNIOR, WAS IN LAFAYETTE TO TOUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY A PROPOSED I-49 CONNECTOR PROJECT. LAST YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT AWARDED LAFAYETTE A GRANT OF OVER 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP MITIGATE THE AFFECTS OF THE CONNECTOR, WHICH WOULD RUN FROM I-TEN TO THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE GRANT WAS MATCHED BY 196 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LOCAL FUNDS AND WILL PAY FOR URBAN PLANNERS AND A PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM THAT WILL IDENTIFY THE WISHES OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT AREA. MONJE TOLD A ROOM FULL OF CITY PARISH OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS THAT THE GRANT LAFAYETTE RECEIVED IS VERY HARD TO GET BECAUSE THERE’S LOTS OF COMPETITION FOR THE MONEY.
A PAYDAY LOAN BUSINESS IN NEW IBERIA WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT YESTERDAY MORNING. A MAN WEARING OVERALLS AND A BLACK SCARF COVERING HIS FACE ENTERED APPROVED CASH ADVANCE ON SOUTH LEWIS STREET AT AROUND 8:41. HE DEMANDED MONEY WHILE BRANDISHING A GUN AND LEFT WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE ROBBERY IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
A Baton Rouge judge says a jury must decide whether the Louisiana Inspector General’s Office defamed former state Alcohol and Tobacco Control chief Murphy Painter. The Advocate reports Painter says the office defamed him in a 2010 search warrant application, which accused Painter of stalking and sexually harassing his ex-administrative assistant. Janice Clark, a 19th Judicial District Court judge, refused to throw out the case Monday, saying a state court jury should resolve what she called genuine issues of material fact that remain in Painter’s 2011 defamation lawsuit against the Inspector General’s Office and Inspector General Stephen Street. The judge didn’t set a trial date.
