3-19-24
STATE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION TO THE DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN IN LAFAYETTE INVOLVING TWO PEDESTRIANS. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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TWO RESIDENTS OF GRAND COTEAU HAVE STARTED AN ONLINE PETITION TO RENAME GRAND COTEAU PARK. TAHAKA SONNIER AND CARLOS GUILBEAU WANT TO NAME THE PARK AFTER JOHN BOB, WHO WAS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYORS AFTER RECONSTRUCTION. GUILBEAU SAYS BOB GOT THE LOAN THAT HELPED START THE PARK AND GOT IT PAID OFF OVER SEVERAL DECADES. THEY SAY THEY ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY TO THEIR GOAL OF TWO HUNDRED SIGNATURES AND WILL PRESENT THE PETITION TO THE TOWN COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.
A NEW REPORT REVEALS THAT NOT ALL SCHOOL CAMPUSES ARE MEETING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS. THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR’S OFFICE CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF SCHOOLS AFTER THE STATE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR PASSED A LAW REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO PREPARE A CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE PLAN. AUDITORS SAID NOT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN MEETING BEST PRACTICES AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, ADDING THAT AROUND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT SCHOOLS WERE NONCOMPLIANT. AUDITORS ALSO FOUND LOUISIANA SCHOOLS RECEIVED ONE HUNDRED NINE THREATS IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO.
A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN WAS ARRESTED RECENTLY AFTER DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOUND BINDERS AND STORAGE UNITS FILLED WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION ON NUMEROUS PEOPLE. MULTIPLE BINDERS WERE FOUND DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN DECEMBER CONTAINING I-D CARDS, CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS, SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS AND MEDICAL FILES. DETECTIVES LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AND ISSUED A WARRANT ON MARCH SEVENTH FOR THE ARREST OF FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD EILEENANN LARGE FOR IDENTITY THEFT. SHE WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP MARCH TWELFTH, WHERE MORE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AND MAIL BELONGING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE FOUND AND SEIZED, AND SHE TOLD DETECTIVES ABOUT MORE INFORMATION SHE HAD IN TWO STORAGE UNITS.
THE LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD VOTED SIX-TO-ONE TO BAN DISPLAYS FOR EVENTS CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL. LAST MONTH THE INTERIM DIRECTOR SAID SHE WOULD ONCE AGAIN ALLOW THE DISPLAYS AFTER THEY WERE BANNED IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. THE BOARD VOTED TO OVERRIDE HER DECISION. THE MEETING ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WHO WERE BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE BAN.
NEW SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND SPEED RADAR DETECTION DEVICES ARE BEING INSTALLED ON THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN BRIDGE. THE INSTALLATION HAS JUST BEGUN AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE. CARS AND TRUCKS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AT A SPEED OF SIXTY MILES AN HOUR AND THOSE SPEEDING WILL NOTICE NEW FEEDBACK SIGNS WARNING THEM THAT THEY NEED TO SLOW DOWN. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CRASHES ON THE BRIDGE AND THE RESULTING TRAFFIC DELAYS.
TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR LOUISIANA’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION THIS WEEKEND. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A RUNAWAY TEEN FROM CROWLEY. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SOPHIA MARGARET LYNN BREAUX WAS LAST SEEN AT HER HOME ON MYRTLE DRIVE ON SUNDAY MORNING AT AROUND TEN-THIRTY. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS FIVE-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL DETECTIVE SERGEANT TREY SIMON AT SEVEN-EIGHT-EIGHT-EIGHTY-SEVEN-TWENTY-FIVE.
