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3-26-18

OVER THE WEEKEND, VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS IN PARTS OF ACADIANA.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE RESULTS.

 

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THE CITY OF SULPHUR WILL HAVE A NEW MAYOR.  INCUMBENT CHRIS DUNCAN, A REPUBLICAN, WAS DEFEATED BY DEMOCRAT MIKE DANAHAY, A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND POLICE JUROR.  DANAHAY TOOK 58 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.  DUNCAN HAD SERVED TWO TERMS AS THE MAYOR OF SULPHUR.

 

EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF DUSON VOTERS VOTED FOR A NEW ONE CENT SALES TAX.  IT’S EXPECTED TO RAISE 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY.  THE MONEY WILL GO TO PAY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS OF THE ROADS IN THE CITY LIMITS.  THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE USED TO PAVE SOME GRAVEL ROADS.

 

Louisiana State Police are welcoming 35 new troopers to its ranks.  The agency announced the graduation of its 97th Cadet Class on Friday.  The cadets began their 20-week training last November in various subjects including crash investigation, emergency vehicle operations, impaired driving detection, traffic incident management and leadership in addition to a rigorous physical training regimen.  The newly graduated troopers will now deploy across the state where they will participate in a 10-14 week field training program while supervised by a senior trooper.

 

A PATTERSON POLICE OFFICER IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER SHOOTING AND WOUNDING A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY POINTED AN A-R-15 RIFLE AT HIM.  THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT, 25-YEAR-OLD MARCUS WHITE OF PATTERSON, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE FROM THE OFFICER IN HIS VEHICLE, WHICH HE CRASHED AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIVE OAK AND CLEVELAND STREETS.  HE GOT OUT WITH THE RIFLE AND RAN INTO A CHURCH PARKING LOT WHILE A SERVICE WAS IN PROGRESS.  CHIEF PATRICK LASALLE SAYS TWO RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS HELPED APPREHEND WHITE, WHO WILL BE FACING CHARGES THAT INCLUDE ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER, AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON.

 

Residents of a southwest Louisiana community are looking for help to restore its historic cemetery.  Lori Morehead and Louris Sherman are asking for help in clearing undergrowth, cleaning gravestones and identifying unmarked graves at the Botley Cemetery in Kinder.  Morehead, a descendant of the Botley family, says the grave site is in desperate need of a renovation. Sherman, who’s on the cemetery board, says the group plans in the future to build a fence around the grave site, purchase a marquee and add dirt to prevent standing water.

 

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR MONCUS PARK IN LAFAYETTE.  THE 100 ACRE GREEN SPACE ON JOHNSTON STREET WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A WORLD CLASS MULTI-USE CENTRAL PARK.  TO VIEW THE DETAILS ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE M-O-N-C-U-S PARK-DOT-COM.  THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW EVENING AT 5:30 UNDER THE LIVE OAK GROVE ALONG JOHNSTON STREET.

 

Louisiana’s state utility regulatory agency has a new top administrator, chosen from within the agency’s ranks.  The Louisiana Public Service Commission chose Brandon Frey to be its executive secretary, a position that oversees the day-to-day operations of the agency.  Frey had been working as interim executive secretary since Eve Kahao Gonzalez retired from the job in January. PSC spokesman Colby Cook says the five elected commissioners agreed unanimously to Frey’s appointment.