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A DISTRICT JUDGE HAS RULED THAT LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE’S PRIVATE EMAILS CAN BE USED IN HIS FELONY TRIAL. POPE IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL ON FEBRUARY 20TH WHERE HE FACES TWO COUNTS OF PERJURY AND FIVE COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. POPE IS ACCUSED OF USING HIS OFFICE TO CAMPAIGN FOR CHAD LEGER, WHEN HE RAN FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF AGAINST MARK GARBER. ON DECEMBER 18TH, POPE IS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND A HEARING IN WHICH A JUDGE WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS THAT HIS PROBATION SHOULD BE REVOKED IN A CIVIL CASE WITH THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
AS SNOW FALLS THIS MORNING, POWER OUTAGES ARE REPORTED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. ENTERGY IS REPORTING NUMEROUS OUTAGES IN CALCASIEU PARISH AFFECTING MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS, AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN CHURCH POINT. NEARLY 18-HUNDRED BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY POWER OUTAGES, MOSTLY IN ALLEN, BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. NEARLY 800 SLEMCO CUSTOMERS IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES ARE AFFECTED. CLECO IS REPORTING NEARLY TWO THOUSAND CUSTOMERS AFFECTED BY OUTAGES IN VILLE PLATTE, NEARLY 600 IN OAKDALE AND MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED IN THE DERIDDER-ROSEPINE AREA.
RAYNE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM IS 22-YEAR-OLD BLAKE BOUDREAUX. HIS BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MERVINE KAHN AVENUE AND AMERICAN LEGION DRIVE. 18-YEAR-OLD TYLER TREVAGHN FRANCIS IS SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING THE STABBING AND IS FACING A CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections is welcoming 23 new probation and parole officers to the department. The new officers took the oath of office Thursday during a swearing-in ceremony in Baton Rouge. They will be stationed in 13 of the 20 districts across the state covering areas including Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Leesville, and Ville Platte.
The academy began in August.
FIRE CREWS FROM DEPARTMENTS IN LAFAYETTE, SCOTT, CARENCRO AND ARNAUDVILLE BATTLED A MOBILE HOME FIRE THURSDAY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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THE SALVATION ARMY HAS OPENED AN EMERGENCY SHELTER IN LAKE CHARLES DUE TO THE WINTRY WEATHER. THE SHELTER, LOCATED AT 30-20 LEGION STREET, OPENED YESTERDAY EVENING AND WELCOMES MEN 18 AND OLDER. THEY CAN STAY FOR FREE FOR UP TO FIVE DAYS. HOWEVER, THOSE SEEKING SHELTER MUST PASS A BREATHALYZER TEST.
CATHOLIC NEW IBERIA WON ITS FIRST STATE TITLE SINCE 1962 LAST NIGHT. THEY DEFEATED NOTRE DAME 33-16 TO TAKE THE DIVISION THREE STATE TITLE. ANOTHER ACADIANA TEAM WAS A STATE CHAMPION AS WELL. LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN WON 10 TO NOTHING OVER ASCENSION CATHOLIC FOR THE DIVISION FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
MANY IN WELSH ARE IN OR HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS THIS MORNING. THAT’S BECAUSE THE WELSH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IS IN THE 2-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS. THE WELSH GREYHOUNDS PLAY AT NOON TODAY AGAINST THE ST. HELENA HAWKS. A REPORTER WITH KPLC TV VISITED WELSH YESTERDAY AND SAID MANY BUSINESSES WERE CLOSED.
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