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3-16-23

A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN OPELOUSAS YESTERDAY AT AROUND FIVE P-M.  THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF JEROME LOOP WHERE THE VICTIM ALSO DIED.  POLICE HAVE DETAINED SEVERAL PERSONS IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING.  NO OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED.

 

THE LAFAYETTE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HAS OVERTURNED A SEVEN DAY SUSPENSION FOR THE NORTH REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARIAN AND MANAGER.  CARA CHANCE INSTEAD WILL RECEIVE A LETTER OF REPRIMAND.  SHE WAS ORIGINALLY SUSPENDED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH LIBRARY DIRECTOR DANNY GILLANE OVER THE TONE OF SOME EMAILS AND HER ALLEGED DISRESPECTFULNESS WHEN MANAGEMENT TRIED TO ENGAGE HER IN TWO COACHING SESSIONS REGARDING HER EMAILS.  THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD DETERMINED, WHILE CHANCE MAY HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE TONE, SHE DID NOT EXHIBIT INSUBORDINATION.

 

LOUISIANA HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST JOBLESS RATES IN THE COUNTRY.  EMELIE SIMONS, THE WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY, SAID MONDAY THAT LOUISIANA’S THREE-POINT-FOUR PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS A HISTORIC LOW FOR THE STATE.  MEANWHILE, U-S SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY OF LOUISIANA IS CONCERNED THAT THE FIGHT TO LOWER INFLATION WILL RESULT IN JOB LOSSES.  IN A SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE HEARING LAST WEEK, HE SAID THE FED’S MONETARY POLICY REPORT SHOWS THAT TWO MILLION JOBS ARE LOST NATIONWIDE FOR EVERY PERCENTAGE POINT INFLATION DROPS.

 

A MISSOURI MAN WAS ARRESTED IN MISSOURI FOR LIVESTOCK THEFT IN ALLEN PARISH AND IS AWAITING EXTRADITION TO LOUISIANA.  L-D-A-F BRAND INSPECTORS OBTAINED THE WARRANT AGAINST SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOBBIE G. SMITH OF THAYER, MISSOURI AND HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL’S RURAL CRIMES INVESTIGATIVE UNIT.  AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT SMITH OBTAINED A TOTAL OF SEVENTY HEAD OF CATTLE ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND FAILED TO GIVE PROPER PAYMENT TO THE LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET.  THE ALLEGED THEFTS HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

 

A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE HAS RECOMMENDED DISMISSAL OF THE FOURTH VERSION OF A LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH LAWSUIT OVER A SAINT MARTIN PARISH DRAINAGE PROJECT.  THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT YESTERDAY AND NOW GOES BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE FOR A FINAL RULING.  THE SUIT IS OVER THE REMOVAL OF DECADES-OLD LEVEES ON PROPERTY PARTIALLY OWNED BY THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT.  SAINT MARTIN PARISH OFFICIALS SAY THE PROJECT WAS DONE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT WITHOUT PERMITS FROM SAINT MARTIN PARISH OR THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

 

A LAFAYETTE MAN, WHO ADMITTED IN FEDERAL COURT TO LURING A GAY MAN TO AN ISOLATED HOME WHERE HE ATTEMPTED TO MURDER HIM, REACHED A PLEA AGREEMENT IN STATE COURT.  CHANCE SENECA WAS SENTENCED TO FORTY YEARS IN PRISON WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PAROLE, PROBATION OR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS FOR COMMITTING A HATE CRIME.  THE SENTENCE WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH A FORTY-FIVE YEAR SENTENCE THAT HE WAS GIVEN IN FEDERAL COURT.  SENECA ALSO ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT THE DAY BEFORE THE ATTACK ON HOLDEN WHITE IN JUNE OF TWENTY-TWENTY, HE HAD TARGETED TWO OTHER MEN BUT WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE PLANS.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM THAT WILL FUND SINGLE-POINTS OF ENTRY ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES.  SINGLE POINTS OF ENTRY ARE CONSIDERED SCHOOL SAFETY BEST PRACTICES AMONG EXPERTS.  THE PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, METAL DETECTORS AND OTHER PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION RENOVATIONS TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY AT THE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY.  TWENTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE DIRECTED INTO THE STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT PROGRAM.

 

NEW IBERIA MAYOR FREDDIE DECOURT HAS GATHERED COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER IN A CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE GUN VIOLENCE.  THEY’VE STARTED A CAMPAIGN CALLED “NO MORE SILENCE…STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE.”  DISTRICT TWO COUNCILMAN MARLON LEWIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT THERE’S A SLOGAN THAT INFLUENCES MANY PEOPLE, WHICH IS “SNITCHES GET STITCHES.”  HE SAYS IT’S SAD THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE SOMEONE DIE BUT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TELL ON ANYBODY ANYMORE.