12-7-22
AN OPELOUSAS WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO ON HIGHWAY ONE-NINETY. STATE POLICE DETERMINED THAT THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AARON NATHAN WASHINGTON OF OPELOUSAS WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE WHILE HE WAS PUSHING A BICYCLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY. THE DRIVER FLED THE SCENE. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ARIANA WALKER WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL OVER THE WEEKEND ON CHARGES OF HIT AND DRIVING: DEATH OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE THE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED.
DURING A LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE RELOCATION OF THE HEYMANN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF GETTING A REAL I-D HAVE EXTRA TIME TO GET THE MANDATORY SECURITY UPGRADE TO THEIR DRIVER’S LICENSE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BOARD DOMESTIC FLIGHTS. THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCED MONDAY THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TWO YEARS TO MAY OF TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS CITED ISSUES AGENCIES HAD IN DEALING WITH THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AS THE REASON FOR THE EXTENSION. ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF VALID LOUISIANA DRIVERS ARE COMPLIANT WITH REAL I-D.
A NEW BUILDING FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES FOR LAKE CHARLES OPENED YESTERDAY. CROWDS CAME IN TO SEE THE NEW THREE MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING, WHICH IS LOCATED AT TOM WATSON ROAD AND BROAD STREET. THE NEW BUILDING IS FORTY-PERCENT LARGER THAN THE OLD BUILDING ON LAKESHORE DRIVE. AGENCY SECRETARY JACK MONTOUCET SAYS THE OLD QUARTERS WERE VERY CRAMP AND IT WAS TIME TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY THAT COULD MEET ALL THEIR NEEDS.
AN EVANGELINE PARISH CORRECTIONS DEPUTY IS FACING CHARGES AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH AN INMATE OVER THE WEEKEND. SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS INMATES WERE DETAINED AND PUT ON LOCKDOWN FOLLOWING A DISTURBANCE. HE SAYS THE DEPUTY, JUQUARIUS HAYWARD, CONFRONTED AND ASSAULTED AN UNIDENTIFIED INMATE DURING THE LOCKDOWN. GUILLORY SAYS HAYWARD WAS IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BATTERY AND MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE.
THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS MADE A DECISION THAT FAVORS THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. THE RANDOL FAMILY ASKED THE COURTS TO INTERVENE WHEN L-C-G ACQUIRED THEIR LAND ON LAKE FARM ROAD FOR A DETENTION POND. A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RULED AGAINST
L-C-G, SAYING THEY DID NOT SHOW A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR EXPROPRIATING THE LAND AND DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE BEST MODERN PRACTICES. HOWEVER, THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS OVERTURNED THE LOWER COURT RULING AND THE STATE SUPREME COURT DECLINED TO HEAR THE CASE, MEANING THE APPEALS COURT DECISION STANDS.
THE U-S TREASURY HAS APPROVED THE STATE OF LOUISIANA’S APPLICATION FOR ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS. THE MONEY COMES FROM THE TEN BILLION DOLLAR STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED IN TWENTY-TEN AND WHICH WAS EXPANDED LAST YEAR. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS CALLED IT SIGNIFICANT NEWS FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN LOUISIANA, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY STRUGGLED TO ATTRACT BUSINESS CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT. HE SAYS THIS WILL PUT SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING INTO CAPITAL PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS MOST IN NEED OF SUPPORT.
DURING THE RECENT FOOD NET FOOD FOR FAMILIES FOOD DRIVE, THE CROWLEY CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER RECEIVED DONATIONS OF MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD AND OVER FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH. DIRECTOR MARILYN LAWSON THANKED THE SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS IN CROWLEY WHO GAVE. SHE SAYS MISTER GATTI’S AND CROWLEY ONE PROVIDED FOOD AND DRINKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO RECEIVED, SORTED AND SHELVED THE DONATIONS. LAWSON THANKED THOSE WHO HELPED DESPITE MANY HAVING A DIFFICULT YEAR.
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