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2-1-22

A ST. LANDRY PARISH GRAND JURY INDICTED AN OPELOUSAS MAN IN THE NOVEMBER MURDER OF HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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A SUSPENDED LAFAYETTE PARKS AND RECREATION WORKER CLAIMS HE WITNESSED A SUPERVISOR CALL TWO OTHER SUPERVISORS, WHO ARE BLACK, MONKEYS.  THE WORKER, DAVID GEORGE, GOT INTO A HEATED DISCUSSION WITH HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR OVER SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON THE PHONE.  GEORGE’S ATTORNEY, PAT MAGEE, TELLS KLFY TV TEN HIS CLIENT WAS UPSET AND FRUSTRATED AND ASKED TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE MONKEY REFERENCE.  MAGEE SAYS YESTERDAY GEORGE RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS.

 

Louisiana’s top GOP lawmaker is weighing legislative action against Gov. John Bel Edwards for “gross misconduct and the highest level of deceit” in his response to the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. House Speaker Rep. Clay Schexnayder’s comments Monday followed an Associated Press report that showed the Democratic governor was informed within hours that troopers arresting Greene engaged in a “violent, lengthy struggle” yet he stayed silent for two years as state police told a much different story to the victim’s family and in official reports: that Greene died from a crash after a high-speed chase.

 

FUNERAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE MAYOR OF WESTLAKE.  BOB HARDEY DIED SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-SIX, SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.  THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY AT ONE-THIRTY P-M AT THE SAINT JOHN BOSCO CATHOLIC CHURCH.  THE WESTLAKE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING SOON TO APPOINT AN INTERIM MAYOR.

 

A NEW IBERIA WOMAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY WHEN HER R-V WENT UP IN FLAMES WHILE SHE WAS APPARENTLY SLEEPING.  FIRE OFFICIALS SAY AN OLDER MODEL SPACE HEATER WAS PLACED TOO CLOSE TO BEDDING AND WAS POWERED BY AN EXTENSION CORD PLUGGED IN TO A POWER STRIP WITH EVERY OUTLET UTILIZED.  THE DAUGHTERS OF FIFTY-YEAR-OLD CONNIE BAILEY TELL KLFY TV-TEN THAT THEY DO HAVE PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP AND DIDN’T SUFFER.  THEY’VE SET UP A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT TO HELP PAY FOR CREMATION EXPENSES AND THE COST FOR DEMOLISHING THE

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MONCUS PARK IN LAFAYETTE WILL HOST FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS BEGINNING WITH THIS FRIDAY.  EACH FRIDAY, A FOOD TRUCK VENDOR WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE FESTIVAL LAWN NEAR THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF ELEVEN AND TWO OR BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN P-M.  THIS MONTH’S FOOD TRUCK VENDORS ARE LOCAL BLACK ENTREPRENEURS IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.  MONCUS PARK, WHICH OPENED FOR REGULAR OPERATIONS ON JANUARY FIRST, IS HOPING TO BECOME A MEALTIME DESTINATION.

 

Members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation say the state is expected to eventually get $111 million to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells under the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter say Louisiana could be eligible for additional money under the law’s $1.5 billion state performance grant program. They say the first phase of the “orphan well” program could bring Louisiana about $47.4 million in formula funding and initial grants. In its notice of intent to apply, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources said the state has just over 4,600 abandoned wells, and cleanup is likely to cost $401.7 million.

 

OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL HAS ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE OPENED A NEW FAMILY MEDICINE CLINIC IN CROWLEY.  IT’S IS A FULL-SERVICE FAMILY CLINIC, OFFERING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES AND AMENITIES NOT TYPICALLY FOUND IN RURAL AREAS.  JOSEPH MITCHELL, THE C-E-O OF OCHSNER ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAYS THE NEW FACILITY WILL FURTHER THEIR GOAL OF PROVIDING MORE ROBUST HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE IN AND AROUND CROWLEY.  THE CLINIC OPENED LAST WEDNESDAY AND ACCEPTS MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.