12-24-19
ACADIAN AMBULANCE HAS ENTERED INTO AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BROUSSARD. ACADIAN AMBULANCE WANTS TO PARTNER WITH CITIES ON EXCLUSIVE AMBULANCE SERVICE AGREEMENTS, AND BROUSSARD IS THE FIRST CITY WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT GOES INTO EFFECT ON FEBRUARY FIRST. AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, ACADIAN AMBULANCE WILL PROMISE TO A RESPONSE TIME OF UNDER ELEVEN MINUTES ON EIGHTY PERCENT OF THEIR CALLS. THAT’S TWO MINUTES FASTER THAN THE AGREEMENT WITH LAFAYETTE PARISH AND WILL REQUIRE MORE RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL IN BROUSSARD.
A FOURTH PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A LAKE CHARLES MAN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 17-YEAR-OLD D’ATAVIOUS JEFFERSON IS BEING CHARGED WITH PRINCIPLE TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY AND CARRYING A WEAPON DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE. 24-YEAR-OLD BRACKUS GUILLORY WAS FOUND SHOT AT AROUND ONE A-M SATURDAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRENTWOOD AND TENNESSEE STREETS AND HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BELIEVE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING AN ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSACTION AND THE VICTIM WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE PARK.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT INJURED ONE PERSON MONDAY AFTERNOON. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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The Louisiana Department of Education has won a three-year grant totaling more than $33 million to make preschool more available to low-income children from birth to age 3. A news release Monday said starting in 2020 the federal Preschool Development Grant will create at least 600 free openings for young children. It also will double the number of pilot program networks to increase access to high-quality early childhood education and pay for community-based helpers to recruit and support families to apply for child care help. It also will establish and strengthen regional networks of people who provide approved child care services in their homes.
DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE HOSTED MORE THAN SIXTY EVENTS THIS YEAR AND SAW THEIR MEMBERSHIP ALMOST DOUBLE. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE DOWNTOWN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC FOR 2020. C-E-O ANITA BEGNAUD TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT NOW HAVING ALMOST TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS IS HUGE WITH MORE VOICES AT THE TABLE WITH IDEAS ON THE DIRECTION DOWNTOWN SHOULD GO. DOWNTOWN ENDED THE YEAR ON A HIGH NOTE WITH THE PENDING CONSTRUCTION OF THE 24 UNIT VERMILLION LOFTS ON VERMILLION STREET AND THE 34-UNIT BUCHANON HEIGHTS TOWNHOMES ON WEST SECOND STREET.
CAMERON L-N-G’S EXPORT FACILITY IN HACKBERRY HAS BEGUN GENERATING LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS FROM ITS SECOND UNIT. THREE UNITS WERE PLANNED FOR THE SITE AND THE FIRST UNIT BEGAN OPERATION IN MID-AUGUST. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY HAVE BEGUN STARTING UP THE SECOND UNIT WHICH, ONCE COMPLETE, WILL BE ABLE TO EXPORT UP TO TWELVE MILLION TONS OF L-N-G PER YEAR. CAMERON L-N-G IS THE FOURTH LARGEST L-N-G EXPORT FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY.
A Roman Catholic church in Vermillion Parish decided to disperse some blessings to a local town via crop dusters. A Facebook post from the Diocese of Lafayette on Sunday says members of St. Anne Church in Cow Island called upon crop duster pilots to help spread their blessing to the community. KATC-TV reports the Rev. Matthew Barzare and parishioners of the church loaded 100 gallons of holy water into the planes. The pilots sprayed the water onto the town and the nearby farms.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS ONE OF MORE THAN THIRTY GOVERNORS WHO HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT REFUGEES IN THEIR STATE. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWING STATES TO OPT OUT OF THE FEDERAL REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROCESS. LAST FRIDAY, GOVERNOR EDWARDS SENT IN THE PAPERWORK CONSENTING TO REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AT THE URGING OF THE LOUISIANA CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS. EDWARD’S SPOKESWOMAN, CHRISTINA STEPHENS, SAYS THIS WILL ALLOW CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VALUABLE SUPPORT AND LAWFUL REFUGE TO THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
