3-17-23
CGI ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THE CREATION OF MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED JOBS AT ITS U-S ONSHORE DELIVERY CENTER IN LAFAYETTE. ACCORDING TO A COMPANY PRESS RELEASE, CGI’S WORKFORCE IN ACADIANA SUPPORTS FEDERAL AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS ACROSS THE NATION UNDERTAKING CRITICAL DIGITAL TRANFORMATION PROJECTS. CGI ESTABLISHED A BASE OF OPERATIONS IN LAFAYETTE EIGHT YEARS AGO AND HAD NEARLY DOUBLED ITS ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF FOUR HUNDRED DIRECT JOBS, ACCORDING TO LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY DON PIERSON. MANDI MITCHELL WITH THE LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SAYS THE SEVEN HUNDRED-PLUS JOBS CREATED BY CGI HAS HAD A TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON THE REGION’S ECONOMY AS THEY SEEK TO DIVERSIFY THE LOCAL BUSINESS BASE.
OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A SHOOTING VICTIM ON JEROME LOOP WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD XAVIER BRYANT OF OPELOUSAS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE SHOOTING. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD LENTRELL GENTRIS OF OPELOUSAS WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he has regretfully accepted the resignation of the head of Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality. In a press release, Edwards announced the resignation of DEQ Secretary Chuck Carr Brown who has led the department since Edwards took office in 2016. Brown’s departure is effective March 31. Edwards says DEQ Assistant Secretary for Assessment Roger Gingles was named interim secretary.
A JENNINGS MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS FOUND HIDING UNDER A BED WEDNESDAY. THIRTY-YEAR-OLD DANIEL RISTER WAS WANTED ON SEVERAL DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES. DEPUTIES WITH THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WENT TO A RESIDENCE ON WEST PLAQUEMINE STREET TO SERVE A WARRANT AND FOUND RISTER ATTEMPTING TO HIDE UNDER A BED. RISTER REFUSED TO COME OUT AND DEPUTIES HAD TO GET HIM FROM UNDER THE BED TO MAKE THE ARREST.
AUTHORITIES SAY A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER CAUSING A CRASH THURSDAY MORNING ON JOHNSTON STREET. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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A HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN THE DEATH OF TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DEVONTE JAMAL COLAR OF NEW IBERIA, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND ON PRAIRIE HIGHWAY IN BREAUX BRIDGE SATURDAY. POLICE DO NOT HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE. KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT A SOURCE TOLD THEM COLAR’S BODY WAS APPARENTLY BURNED. HE WAS LAST SEEN BY FAMILY ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SECOND AND REPORTED MISSING ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH.
REPUBLICAN MIKE FRANCIS OF CROWLEY HAS ANNOUNCED HE PLANS TO RUN FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, TAKING ON THE INCUMBENT KYLE ARDOIN. FRANCIS, WHO IS A PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER, TELLS THE ADVOCATE HE DOES NOT PLAN ON RESIGNING FROM HIS SEAT ON THE COMMISSION WHILE HE RUNS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. FRANCIS HAS BEEN MEETING WITH CLERKS OF COURT AND HE SAYS MANY HAVE ASKED HIM TO RUN. IF ELECTED, FRANCIS SAYS HE WILL RUN THE OFFICE IN A BOTTOM-UP STYLE, SUPPORTING THE CLERKS WHO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS.
THE MORGAN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED PHOTOS OF A SUSPECT IN A THEFT THAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY. PHOTOS SHOW THE SUSPECT STEALING FROM A BUSINESS LOCATED NEAR L-A ONE-EIGHTY-TWO. HE MADE OFF WITH MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN MERCHANDISE AND FLED IN A DARK-COLORED DODGE CHARGER WITH ALUMINUM RIMS. ANYONE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT OR WHO HAS INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT MORGAN CITY POLICE.
