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12-2-21

THE LAFAYETTE PARISH COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW JAIL.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.

 

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A NEW EMERGENCY ROOM OPENED THIS MORNING IN NEW IBERIA.  IT’S LOCATED AT IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER’S NORTH CAMPUS, ACROSS TOWN FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THEIR MAIN CAMPUS.  C-E-O AND PRESIDENT DIONNE VIATOR TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED SO IT FELT GOOD TO DELIVER ON THAT REQUEST.  EMERGENCY ROOM MEDICAL DIRECTOR DOCTOR LESLIE GRECO SAYS AN EXTRA EMERGENCY ROOM WILL ALSO HELP PREVENT OVERCROWDING IF THERE’S ANOTHER COVID SURGE.

 

A METARIE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR CONTRACTOR FRAUD AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TOOK EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A LAKE CHARLES HOMEOWNER WHO HAD DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE LAURA, BUT NEVER DID THE REPAIRS.  THE HOMEOWNER FILED A COMPLAINT IN APRIL WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOUT FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JASON L. MEARS OF JASON MEARS ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION.  DETECTIVES LEARNED DURING AN INVESTIGATION THAT MEARS DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE.  HE WAS ARRESTED NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH IN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND WILL BE EXTRADITED TO CALCASIEU PARISH TO FACE CHARGES OF RESIDENTIAL FRAUD AND  FAILURE TO POSSESS A LICENSE.

 

HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS WITH THE LATEST COVID NUMBERS ACROSS THE STATE.

 

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THREE LAFAYETTE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ASKED THE COURT TO UNSEAL THE FILE OF IAN HOWARD, THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LAFAYETTE POLICE CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK AND WOUNDING THREE OTHER PEOPLE AT A CONVENIENCE STORE ON OCTOBER FIRST, TWENTY-SEVENTEEN.  HOWARD IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL IN APRIL ON THE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AND NO TRIAL DATE HAS YET BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE MURDER OF MIDDLEBROOK.  THE ACADIANA ADVOCATE, THE DAILY ADVERTISER AND KATC FILED A MOTION AFTER LEARNING THAT THE PARISH CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE REMOVED HOWARD’S FILE FROM THEIR ONLINE SYSTEM BECAUSE, THEY SAID, THE JUDGE HAD SEALED THE FILE.  ATTORNEY SCOTT STERNBERG, REPRESENTING THE ADVOCATE, SAYS A BLANKET SEALING ORDER RAISES A RED FLAG.

 

 

THE STATE IS OFFERING TO BUY OUT A COMMUNITY NORTH OF ABBEVILLE WHICH IS PRONE TO FLOODING.  UNDER THE LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE, THE STATE IS FUNDING A TEN MILLION DOLLAR VOLUNTARY BUYOUT OF PROPERTY IN VICTORIA ACRES, WHICH IS BASED ON THE APPRAISED MARKET VALUE.  IT APPEARS RESIDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE EAGER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  SIX OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE SAME PROGRAM, INCLUDING ONE IN SCOTT, BUT MAPS FOR THOSE AREAS HAVE NOT YET BEEN DRAWN.

 

Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into litigation to get a fair deal. Louisiana lawmakers said Wednesday those are the problems they’re seeing and hearing with the insurance industry as homeowners struggle to rebuild and recover from Hurricane Ida. Frustrated lawmakers urged Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon to help them devise ideas for improving the industry’s response to hurricanes as they see the same problems that Louisiana saw after last year’s Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta. Donelon said he’ll propose some ideas for the 2022 regular legislative session, but offered no immediate suggestions.

 

THE TOWN OF STEPHENSVILLE WILL HAVE ITS OWN STORYWALK.  IT’S AN OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE WHERE PAGES FROM A CHILDREN’S BOOK ARE PLACED ON SIGNS ALONG A WALKING TRAIL.  SAINT MARTIN PARISH LIBRARY DIRECTOR CHARLAR BREW SAYS IT’S AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO GET PEOPLE WALKING WHILE READING BOOKS.  THE PROJECT, FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE L-S-U AG CENTER’S HEALTH COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED NEXT YEAR.