12-8-22
A HOMEOWNER IN JEANERETTE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN DURING A HOME INVASION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED ENTERED THE HOME ON OLD JEANERETTE ROAD WITH TWO OTHER MEN. HE FIRED A SHOT AT THE HOMEOWNER BEFORE THE HOMEOWNER FIRED BACK, STRIKING AND KILLING THE INTRUDER. THE TWO OTHER MEN FLED THE HOME AND ARE STILL AT LARGE.
ON TUESDAY, THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS APPROVED PAY RAISES FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND HIS TWO TOP ADMINISTRATORS. THE MAYOR PRESIDENT’S SALARY WILL GO FROM ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND TO ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT WON’T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR. CITY COUNCIL CHAIR NANETTE COOK SAYS THE PAY SCALE FOR THE MAYOR PRESIDENT WAS WAY OFF IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MAYOR PRESIDENTS IN MUNICIPALITIES OF SIMILAR OR SMALLER SIZES. THE COUNCILS ALSO RAISED THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS SALARY TO ONE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND, EFFECTIVE IN FEBRUARY, AND THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER WILL BE PAID ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BEGINNING IN TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR.
UNITED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OUT OF FLORIDA ANNOUNCED IT WILL DISCONTINUE HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE POLICIES IN SEVERAL STATES NEXT YEAR INCLUDING LOUISIANA. THE COMPANY HAS THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND POLICYHOLDERS IN LOUISIANA. THOSE WHOSE CURRENT POLICY TERM IS SCHEDULED TO END IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE WILL RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTICE AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE COVERAGE END DATE. THOSE WHOSE POLICIES END BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST WILL GET AN INVOICE FROM U-P-C FOR THE EXTENDED COVERAGE PERIOD.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE INTERIM MAYOR OF ELTON WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY AT TEN A-M AT MOUNT PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. AVELLA ACKLESS DIED LAST WEEK. SHE WAS APPOINTED AS MAYOR WHEN THE PREVIOUS MAYOR RESIGNED IN FEBRUARY. A RUNOFF ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY FOR THE NEXT ELTON MAYOR, BETWEEN REPUBLICAN BRANDON KELLEY AND INDEPENDENT KESIA LEMOINE.
BEAU CHENE HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY MORNING DUE TO A THREAT TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE ANNOUNCED THAT AN INVESTIGATION BY NARCOTICS AGENTS IN NOVEMBER LED TO THE SEIZURE OF TWO AND A HALF KILOS OF COCAINE. THE DRUGS WERE VALUED AT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. A MAN FROM PENSACOLA, FLORIDA WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TERVARIOS SANCHEZ BINGHAM FACES ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE.
THE LEADERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, AT A LEGISLATIVE HEARING YESTERDAY, LISTED SEVERAL DOZEN ACTION ITEMS THEY PLAN TO TAKE TO STABILIZE THE AGENCY. THE DEPARTMENT HAS COME UNDER CRITICISM FOR ITS HANDLING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES AFTER THE DEATHS OF THREE CHILDREN IN TROUBLED CIRCUMSTANCES. THE FORMER HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARY MARKETA GARNER WALTERS, STEPPED DOWN LAST MONTH. INCLUDED IN THE ACTION ITEMS WERE PLANS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN WORKERS TO EASE PRESSURES ON THE STAFF AND BOLSTERING TRAINING.
DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE DUNBAR STREET BRIDGE IN OPELOUSAS, THE STATE CLOSED IT TO ALL VEHICLE TRAFFIC YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH PARKVIEW STREET, WAS CLOSED WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION OR COUNCIL. THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED FOR REPAIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ACCESS TO ALL DRIVEWAYS WILL BE MAINTAINED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CLOSURE.
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