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PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WILL BEGIN PLACING BARRICADES ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE IN LAFAYETTE THURSDAY MORNING AT EIGHT. THE ROUTE GOES FROM THE JEFFERSON BOULEVARD AND EAST SIMCOE STREET INTERSECTION TO THE VERMILLION AND JOHNSTON STREETS INTERSECTION. ON FRIDAY AT EIGHT A-M BARRICADES WILL BE PLACED ALONG THE REMAINING PARADE ROUTE THAT CONTINUES DOWN JOHNSTON TO COLLEGE DRIVE AND TO CAJUN FIELD. THE FIRST MOTORIZED PARADE TAKES PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT AT SIX-THIRTY.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF SAYS SOME VEHICLES ARE NOT LEGAL ON THE STREETS, EVEN DURING MARDI GRAS. CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THREE-WHEELERS, FOUR-WHEELERS, SIDE BY SIDES AND GOLFCARTS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON ANY PARISH ROADWAY. HE SAYS ANYONE CAUGHT OPERATING THESE NON-STREET LEGAL VEHICLES WILL BE CITED AND THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED. GUILLORY SAYS THEY WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A SAFE MARDI GRAS SEASON.
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAMARCUS ARDOIN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A RESIDENCE OFF OF WESTWOOD ROAD IN WESTLAKE. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR OLD KEVIN WILLIAMS OF EUNICE, WHO WAS WANTED FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, AND TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TORI LACHNEY OF LAKE CHARLES, WHO WAS WANTED FOR ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT, WERE FOUND AND ARRESTED YESTERDAY AT A RESIDENCE IN LAKE CHARLES. DEPUTIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN NED OF DEQUINCY FOR PRINCIPAL TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
ADVOCATES FOR SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS HAVE SHARED WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE NEXT STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, ASSIGNED TO HEAR FORMER LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF THOMAS GLOVER’S COMPLAINT OF UNLAWFUL TERMINATION, HAS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE CASE. HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS AGAIN WITH THE DETAILS.
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THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN FROM MIRE. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW JOHN MECHE WAS LAST REPORTED BEING SEEN IN NOVEMBER. HE IS A WHITE MAN, FIVE-NINE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND HAZEL EYES. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
THE JEFFERSON DAVIS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IS PLANNING AN OUTAGE FOR TOMORROW. THE OUTAGE AT THE JOHNSTON BAYOU SUBSTATION WILL BEGIN AT SEVEN A-M. IT’S EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS. OFFICIALS SAY THE OUTAGE IS NECESSARY SO THAT CREWS CAN PERFORM ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE WORK.
AN AUDIT REPORT OF THE TOWN OF GRAND COTEAU INCLUDED ELEVEN ADVERSE FINDING, NINE OF WHICH WERE REPEATS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AMONG THE FINDINGS WERE FAILURE TO PAY SOME INVOICES ON TIME, INCURRING LATE FEES. THE AUDITOR SAID THE GAS, WATER AND SEWER FUNDS HAD OPERATING LOSSES, AND ADIVSED THE TOWN TO INCREASE UTILITY RATES AND/OR DECREASE EXPENSES. THE AUDIT ALSO FOUND THE TOWN FAILED TO FOLLOW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING PAST DUE ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING PROPER CUT-OFF PROCEDURES.
