2-22-22
AN ARNAUDVILLE WOMAN, WHO WAS DRIVING DRUNK, WAS ARRESTED BY EUNICE POLICE AFTER SHE DROVE ONTO THE CAMPUS OF SAINT EDMUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. POLICE SAY TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD SKYLA BRILEY DROVE ACROSS A WALKWAY BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE CAFETERIA AND CAME TO REST IN THE PLAYGROUND JUST BEFORE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. BRILEY’S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS MORE THAN THREE-AND-A-HALF TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. THIS IS HER THIRD TIME BEING ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED SINCE JANUARY EIGHTH.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN NORTH LAFAYETTE MONDAY EVENING. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH YESTERDAY ISSUED A RECALL OF POWDERED INFANT FORMULA MADE BY ABBOT NUTRITION. THE COMPANY VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE FORMULA WHICH INCLUDES SIMILAC, ALIMENTUM, AND ELECARE, WHICH IS MANUFACTURED IN STURGIS, MICHIGAN. THE F-D-A CITED FOUR CONSUMER COMPLAINTS RELATED TO CRONOBACKTER SAKAZAKII AND SALMONELLA NEWPORT IN INFANTS. NONE OF THE CASES WERE IN LOUISIANA.
LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER SAYS THIS WILL BE A BIG YEAR FOR LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT. A NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS ARE PLANNED INCLUDING LAKE AREA ADVENTURES AND PAUL’S RIBSHACK OPENING A JOINT LOCATION. HUNTER SAYS FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND RENT PADDLE BOATS AND KAYAKS AND ENJOY THE WATERFRONT. THE MAYOR ALSO NOTES THAT THE OFFICE OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES ON THE BEACH WILL BE MOVED TO THE CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THAT PROPERTY WILL BE REPURPOSED.
A BROUSSARD WOMAN IS NOW A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DEJA CUMMINGS. NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE OBTAINED ARREST WARRANTS FOR TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CASSIDY LINCH ON CHARGES OF ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. LINCH IS DESCRIBED AS FIVE-SEVEN, TWO HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES. IF YOU KNOW HER LOCATION, YOU ARE ASKED TO CONTACT IBERIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
LAST NIGHT’S MEETING OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS GOT HEATED LAST NIGHT AS ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR DISTURBING THE PEACE. SOME RESIDENTS IN NORTH LAFAYETTE SAID THEY WERE TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIBRARY FOR NORTHEAST LAFAYETTE. KHADIFAH RASHAD TOLD KLFY TV THAT THEY WERE THERE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BOARD AND MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY THAT THE NORTH END OF LAFAYETTE DESERVES A LIBRARY. THE BOARD VOTED TO PURCHASE LAND FOR THE BUILDING OF A LIBRARY OR TO ALLOW THE LAND TO BE DONATED.
THE REDISTRICTING SPECIAL SESSION MAY NOW BE OVER BUT NOW IT’S UP TO GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS TO GIVE HIS APPROVAL. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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SOME CHURCH POINT RESIDENTS ARE UPSET AS THEY SAY THEIR WATER BILLS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SOME CASES. MAYOR RYAN MECHE SAYS THE MOST RECENT WATER BILL HAD NINE MORE DAYS ON IT THAN USUAL BECAUSE A FREEZE LAST MONTH CAUSED A DELAY IN READING THE WATER METERS. HE SAYS THE NEXT WATER BILL WILL HAVE NINE LESS DAYS ON IT. RESIDENTS WHO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THEIR WATER BILL SHOULD CALL THE TOWN HALL AND THEY WILL ADDRESS IT.
