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2-20-19

A DEDICATION CEREMONY WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE  CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK SCHOOL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLANTATION ELEMENTARY.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.

 

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THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS ORDERED A TRIAL COURT TO TAKE UP ISSUES RAISED BY THE DEFENSE LAWYERS FOR SEAN NEWTON OF LAKE CHARLES.  NEWTON WAS CONVICTED EIGHT YEARS AGO OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DRIVE BY SHOOTING OF 14-YEAR-OLD ALEXUS RANKINS.  NEWTON’S DEFENSE LAWYERS ARGUED THAT THE PROSECUTION WITHHELD FAVORABLE EVIDENCE.  CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN DEROSIER IS CONFIDENT THE CONVICTION WILL STAND.  HESAYS THE STATE SUPREME COURT DID NOT OVERTURN THE CONVICTION BUT ASKED THE TRIAL COURT TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF THESE ISSUES.

 

A Louisiana lawmaker with a competitive pistol shooting hobby can continue to receive free guns and ammunition and sponsorships from the firearms industry, with some conditions.  The Louisiana Board of Ethics told Republican state Rep. Blake Miguez he can accept the products if they’re not from a company or person that has a contractual or financial relationship with the Legislature or that is trying to influence specific legislation.  The board also said Miguez could work for a firearms company if it doesn’t have a business relationship with the Legislature.

Miguez, of Erath, has participated in shooting competitions around the world and on the reality TV show “Top Shot.”

 

Louisiana’s Republican Party is objecting to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plans to hold a business summit Thursday, calling it a taxpayer-financed campaign event.  The GOP suggests the Democratic governor has created the summit to bolster his bid for a second term in office.  Edwards’ office said the all-day event in Baton Rouge is aimed at linking business leaders with government officials and highlighting “economic development success stories.” Edwards faces two announced Republican challengers in the Oct. 12 election: U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone.

 

LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL APPROVED INCREASING THE SALARY FOR THE NEXT LUS DIRECTOR.  IT WAS SET AT 153 THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT THE CEILING IS NOW AT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX IS IN THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR A NEW DIRECTOR.  HE HAS SAID THAT THE INCREASE WAS MADE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO FIND A TOP QUALITY CANDIDATE TO TAKE THE JOB.

 

A shipping company was ordered to pay $2 million in fines by a federal judge after one of its tankers illegally dumped oily waste into the Gulf of Mexico.  Interorient Marine Services Limited was fined Feb. 13 by a U.S. District Court judge in Lake Charles after the company pleaded guilty to a felony charge of failing to accurately maintain the ship’s oil records.  The Justice Department said in a news release that officers aboard one of the company’s ships, the oil tanker Ridgebury Alexandra Z, intentionally bypassed the ship’s pollution prevention equipment in order to dump waste directly into Gulf waters. They say the ship’s record book was falsified to show 87,705 gallons of oily waste had been disposed of properly.

 

THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR A FATAL HIT AND RUN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY ELEVENTH.  78-YEAR-OLD JEANETTE CLIFTON OF CROWLEY WAS WALKING FROM A NEIGHBOR’S HOME TO HER HOME WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF LOVELL STREET.  A VEHICLE OF INTEREST, A LIGHT-COLORED EXTENDED CAB TRUCK, WAS CAPTURED ON HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL 789-TIPS.  UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

 

Louisiana’s higher education commissioner says the state is working through a cultural change she thinks could eradicate hazing on college campuses.  Kim Hunter Reed’s comments Monday came after nine members of LSU’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity were arrested on hazing charges last week.  WAFB-TV reports LSU has placed several administrators on leave while the university investigates if those officials ignored rumors about DKE hazing.  Reed told the Press Club of Baton Rouge the state must hold officials accountable so students feel comfortable to come forward with hazing complaints.