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A BROUSSARD CITY OFFICIAL SAYS THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN GETTING LUS FIBER, IF THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR THE LINES TO BE EXTENDED THERE. THIS WEEK, LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH PRESIDENT JOEY DUREL TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING LUS FIBER HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVICE TO NEIGHBORING CITIES. BROUSSARD MAYOR PRO-TEMP JOHNNIE FOCO SAYS IF LUS FIBER WANTS TO COME THERE, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PRIVATE INTERNET PROVIDERS. DUREL TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT ITS NOT A BIG DEAL IF BROUSSARD DOESN’T WANT THE SERVICE BECAUSE THIS WAS A RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WHO HAD ASKED FOR IT.
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SURPASSED THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN 2014. PRESIDENT AND C-E-O DENISE DUREL SAID SHE WAS THRILLED AND AMAZED AT THE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS, WHO HELPED THEM RAISE FOUR MILLION 188 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE DURING THEIR ANNUAL LEGENDS AND LEADERS MEETING AND VICTORY CELBRATION HELD WEDNESDAY IN LAKE CHARLES. AT THE MEETING, THEY GAVE THEIR THOMAS J. MORRIS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO RAYMOND STEINER.
IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE NOW WEARING BODY CAMERAS, THANKS TO AN ANONYMOUS DONATION. CAPTAIN RYAN TURNER SAYS THEY RECEIVED 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH WAS USED TO PAY FOR 99 BODY CAMERAS, WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED TO DEPUTIES THIS WEEK. TURNER SAYS THE BODY CAMERAS WILL RECORD AND DOCUMENT ANY ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS FROM DEPUTIES ON CALL. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE JOINS SEVERAL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT USE THE BODY CAMERAS, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CROWLEY, SCOTT AND OPELOUSAS, AND THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.
The administrator of claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill says more than half the payments from a $500 million second round of seafood industry claims have been distributed. Patrick Juneau said in a news release that the program has resulted in $296 million in payments to 2,647 claimants. The $2.3 billion Seafood Compensation Program set aside money within the larger 2012 oil spill settlement to pay commercial fishermen, vessel owners, and other seafood workers. Juneau’s Thursday statement said he expects second-phase payments of the remaining amount to continue over the next four to six months.
LAFAYETTE PARISH REACHED A RECORD IN RETAIL SALES, TOTALLING 6-POINT-41 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2014. SALES IN DECEMBER WERE MORE THAN 600 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS TWELVE PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT BY THE LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, OR LEDA, THE BEST PERFORMING SALES CATEGORY WAS BUILDING MATERIALS, WHICH WAS UP TWENTY PERCENT OVER 2013. LEDA PRESIDENT AND C-E-O GREGG GOTHREAUX SAYS RETAIL SALES ROSE BY ONE BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHICH SHOWS A STABLE ECONOMY AND A CONFIDENCE BY CONSUMERS TO PURCHASE BIG TICKET ITEMS.
GREENFIELD LOGISTICS PRESENTED THEIR PLANS FOR A 70 MILLION DOLLAR WORKER VILLAGE TO THE CAMERON PARISH POLICE JURY YESTERDAY MORNING, THAT WOULD BE BUILT IN HACKBERRY, HOUSING 25-HUNDRED WORKERS. HACKBERRY RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE, AS WELL AS POLICE JURY MEMBERS, EXPRESSED STRONG OPPOSITION. SAMMY PATE WITH G-L SAYS CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND ITS DECOMMISSIONING ARE UP TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WHERE IT WOULD BE BUILT. SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THOSE OPPOSED TO THE FACILITY INCLUDE INCREASED TRAFFIC, FOOD AVAILABILITY AND THE STRAIN ON FIRST RESPONDERS.
A 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FROM PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR CARRYING A REALISTIC GUN TO SCHOOL, AND FOR MAKING THREATS TO ANOTHER STUDENT. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A judge has set a sanity hearing for Desirae Greene Nelson, the Youngsville woman accused of second-degree murder in the 2001 death of her 3-year-old daughter. The court will hear the findings of Nelson’s mental evaluation on Aug. 20, District Judge Harry Randow decided during a status hearing in the case on Wednesday. Nelson is accused of disciplining her daughter, Dominique Greene, by placing her in scalding bathtub water. The girl suffered third-degree burns and died in a hospital Dec. 17, 2001, of an infection.
