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THE ABBEVILLE CITY COUNCIL HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CURFEW FOR MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. THE CURFEW LASTS FROM EIGHT-THIRTY P-M TO FIVE A-M SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTS AND IT BEGINS AT TEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. COUNCILMAN FRANCIS TOUCHET SAYS PARENTS WILL BE FINED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, SEVENTY-FIVE FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE AND, ON A THIRD OFFENSE, THE FINE GOES UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS PLUS COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. POLICE CHIEF MIKE HARDY IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE CURFEW, SAYING IT WILL HELP DECREASE JUVENILE CRIME.
NEGOTIATIONS TO PURCHASE LAND FOR A NEW NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY BRANCH IN LAFAYETTE HAS COLLAPSED. ESD INVESTMENTS WANTED SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PROPERTY ON LOUISIANA AVENUE NEXT TO INFINITY COLLEGE, BUT LIBRARY DIRECTOR DANNY GILLANE SAYS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY ABOVE THE ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH WAS THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND. GILLANE SAYS THEY SET A DEADLINE OF MARCH FIFTEENTH FOR A RESPONSE AND, SINCE THEY DIDN’T GET ONE, HE TAKES IT AS THEIR OFFER WAS REJECTED. SHERICA DAVIS, MANAGER OF ESD INVESTMENTS, SAYS THEY PAYED FOR THEIR OWN APPRAISAL, WHICH WAS SIX HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND.
BEGINNING THIS MORNING, THE LOUISIANA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION WILL CONDUCT LEAK TESTS IN THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS OF ELTON. MAYOR KESIA LEMOINE SAYS THEY WILL BE BLOWING A NON-TOXIC SMOKE INTO THE PIPES, WHICH COULD GET INTO THE HOMES, BRINGING WITH IT GASES AND ODORS FROM THE SEWER. ANY DEFECTS IN THE PIPES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER. LEMOINE SAYS THE TESTING IS EXPECTED TO LAST BETWEEN TWO AND THREE WEEKS.
CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS IS TAKING NEW STEPS TO HELP THE LOUISIANA SHRIMPING INDUSTRY’S FIGHT AGAINST IMPORTED SHRIMP. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD HAS MET WITH THE THREE AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE PARISH TO DISCUSS THE VALUE OF COMMUNICATION SO THAT RESPONSE TIMES ARE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. BELLARD SAYS HE LEARNED THAT THE AMBULANCE GROUPS, ACADIAN AMBULANCE, MEDEXPRESS AND SAINT LANDRY EMS, HAVE NOT MET AS A GROUP. BELLARD PLANS ON PUTTING AN ORDINANCE BEFORE THE PARISH COUNCIL TO ENSURE ALL AMBULANCE SERVICES WORK TOGETHER EFFICIENTLY AND WITHOUT OTHER COMPANIES BIDDING IN. HE SAYS HE PLANS TO INTRODUCE THE NEW ORDINANCE AT THE MAY MEETING.
A HEARSE FROM THE SYRIE FUNERAL HOME IN LAFAYETTE WAS STOLEN MONDAY NIGHT AND FOUND ABANDONED IN A FIELD ON TUESDAY. FUNERAL DIRECTOR BRYAN SYRIE SAYS THE GARAGE WAS BROKEN INTO AND THE GRAY, CHEVY SUBURBAN HEARSE WAS STOLEN. HE SAYS IT APPEARS THE THIEF OR THIEVES TOOK IT FOR A JOY RIDE, AS THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF MARIJUANA THAT WAS DETECTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED. SYRIE SAYS SOMEONE REPORTED SEEING THE HEARSE AROUND NINE TUESDAY MORNING NEAR GLORIA SWITCH WITH AN UNKNOWN MALE INSIDE.
THE MISSING PERSON’S CASE OF ELLA GOODIE HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ACCORDING TO KPLC TV. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS. NEW POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT TELLS KLFY TV ONE SOLUTION IS TO OFFER COMPETITIVE PAY TO ENTICE APPLICANTS AND TO HIRE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE CROWLEY AREA. HEBERT SAYS HE RECENTLY PULLED TWENTY-ONE RESIGNATION LETTERS AND NINETEEN OF THEM SAID THEY LOVE THE JOB BUT THEY HAVE TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. HEBERT SAYS HE ALSO PLANS MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO IMPROVE TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE.
