3-16-21
THE CARENCRO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO MONITOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. MAYOR GLENN BRASSEAUX REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH CRIME FIGHTERS OF LOUISIANA TO INSTALL THE CAMERAS. CRIME FIGHTERS IS WORKING WITH OTHER ACADIANA CITIES INCLUDING LAFAYETTE, NEW IBERIA, ABBEVILLE AND DUSON. SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY RIGHTS AND HOW DATA IS COLLECTED FROM THE CAMERAS.
THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE MAKING SEVERAL ARRESTS AFTER AN ACADIA PARISH GRAND JURY HANDED DOWN ELEVEN INDICTEMENTS. ONE OF THE ELEVEN IS A MINOR ACCUSED OF SIX ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. TWO OTHER TEENAGERS ARE SUSPECTED OF KILLING SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD EMORI CARTER IN MAY. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD TELLS KLFY TV THAT IT’S A HUGE DAY FOR CROWLEY AS DETECTIVES HAVE SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS ON THESE CASES AND THEY HAVE MANY MORE TO FINISH.
Officials are warning Louisiana residents about third-party websites that overcharge for vehicle registration services and gather personal data and credit card information. The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles said in a news release Monday that the websites aren’t affiliated with any state government agency and are owned by for-profit companies. The release says some private, unofficial websites collect and store personal information and charge unnecessary fees. While third-party websites often have advertisements, the Office of Motor Vehicles website does not, and it allows residents to renew their registration online using their renewal notice or previously issued registration.
LAKE CHARLES CITY OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED A SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND. IT WAS ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR TO HELP LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY COVID-NINETEEN. UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR FORGIVEABLE LOANS ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE PROGRAM. SIGN UP FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF CITY HALL BEGINNING MONDAY OR ON THE WEBSITE, CITY OF LAKE CHARLES-DOT-COM, AND THEY MUST BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL FIRST.
A COURT HEARING SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY TO DECIDE THE FATE OF THE ALFRED MOUTON STATUE IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE DAUGHTER’S OF THE CONFEDERACY ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE HE’S RECOVERING FROM HEART SURGERY AND IS NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION. FREDERICK PREJEAN WITH THE MOVE THE MINDSET GROUP THAT IS TRYING TO MOVE THE STATUE SAYS HE’S PLEASED THE JUDGE TOLD THE ATTORNEY HE MUST SHOW AT THE NEXT HEARING OR ASSIGN THE CASE TO ANOTHER LAWYER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY HAVE REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE.
ACADIANA TOWN’S MAKE UP TWENTY PERCENT OF THE LIST OF LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITIES IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA HAD ONLY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE STATE HAD FOURTEEN MORE DEATHS. COVID-NINETEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LOUISIANA DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY TWO. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS ALSO WENT DOWN BY TWO.
ACADIANA HAD FOUR FEWER COVID-NINETEEN CONFIRMED CASES AS VERMILLION AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES HAD THEIR TOTALS ADJUSTED DOWNWARD. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD TWENTY-SEVEN NEW CASES, INCLUDING TWENTY IN CALCASEIU PARISH. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN ACADIANA OR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
