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3-29-18

A U-L LAFAYETTE STUDENT USED SOCIAL MEDIA TO WARN STUDENTS ABOUT A POSSIBLE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING NEAR THE CAMPUS.  IN A SERIES OF TWEETS, SHE SAID SHE SAW A MAN CLOSELY FOLLOWING A BLOND FEMALE STUDENT FROM THE CAMPUS TO HER LAMAR STREET HOME AND THEN WALKED AWAY.  SHE SAID THE MAN, WHO DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A STUDENT, HAD A WHITE CLOTH IN HIS HAND.  SHE CONTACTED POLICE WHO INTERVIEWED A PERSON MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION, BUT HE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT.

 

THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES IS SPENDING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO REHABILITATE SOME FAULTY SEWER LINES THAT LEAD TO PLANT A ON RYAN STREET.  THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AROUND NINE MONTHS AND FOCUS ON BASIN FOUR, WHICH IS BETWEEN I-TEN NORTH TO FITZENREITER ROAD AND BETWEEN NORTH SHATTUCK AND NORTH MALCOM STREET.  MAYOR NIC HUNTER TELLS KPLC TV THEY ARE TAKING CAMERAS INTO THOSE LINES AND LOOKING, NOT ONLY FOR CRACKS, BUT ALSO ROOTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AND CLEANING THEM OUT.  HE SAYS IT WILL NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WATER BUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

 

A police chief in Evangeline Parish has undergone emergency surgery after being stabbed in the face while making an arrest.  KPLC-TV reports Turkey Creek Police Chief Robert Leggett was attempting to arrest 24-year-old Zachery Shane Deville, Wednesday on a charge of criminal trespassing when the arrest turned into a physical altercation.  The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office says Deville brandished a knife and stabbed Leggett across the left cheek.  Leggett was transported to a hospital in Alexandria, where he underwent emergency surgery and is now in intensive care.

 

Gov. John Bel Edwards wants to spend two-thirds of a $123 million Louisiana surplus on road and bridge work, college building repairs and local construction projects around the state.  The Democratic governor released his proposal for divvying up the cash Wednesday. Lawmakers will determine how to use the dollars left over from the last budget year in their current legislative session.

Under Louisiana’s constitution, $12 million of the surplus must pay down retirement debt and nearly $31 million must be carved off the top for the state’s “rainy day” fund.

 

DUE TO ITS POPULARITY, THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING RAIN BARRELS FOR SALE AGAIN FOR A LIMITED TIME.  THE RAIN BARRELS COST 37 DOLLARS AND 50 CENTS FOR THE FIRST 300 PEOPLE FROM LAFAYETTE PARISH.  ADDITIONAL BARRELS ARE OFFERED FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE PARISH FOR 49-50.  ALL ORDERS HAVE TO BE PLACED BY APRIL 22ND AND THE BARRELS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP ON MAY FIFTH AT THE DEAN DOMINGUES COMPOST FACILITY ON DUGAS ROAD.

 

THE FIRE CHIEF AT THE STARKS FIRE DEPARTMENT QUIT LAST WEEK AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FIREFIGHTERS HAVE JOINED HIM.  ONE OF THOSE WHO QUIT, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TRAVIS ODOM, CITED INNER TURMOIL AND SAYS THEY DON’T HAVE THE SUPPORT AND TRUST THEY THINK SHOULD HAVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT’S BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.  ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM HOLLIE, WHO QUIT MONDAY, TELLS KPLC TV THAT IT’S LIKE HITTING A BRICK WALL WHEN YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING AND IT SHOULDN’T BE THAT WAY.  BOARD PRESIDENT WILLARD WHITE SAYS THEY DO HAVE AN ACTIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A NEW FIRE CHIEF HAS ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED.

 

TWO FIREFIGHTERS HAVE QUIT FROM THE PARKS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, ACCORDING TO KLFY TV.  THE RUMORS ARE THEY QUIT OVER FAULTY EQUIPMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT AND POOR LEADERSHIP.  SOURCES SAY A FIRE ENGINE WOULD DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF A JOB, AND ANOTHER ENGINE HAD A CRACKED WATER TANK THAT LEAKED.  ST. MARTIN PARISH FIRE DISTRICT COORDINATOR BRIAN CASTILLE TELLS KLFY THAT THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND THE TRUCK HAS BEEN BACK IN SERVICE FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.

 

Louisiana has ordered an emergency quarantine to try to slow the spread of a tiny invasive insect that destroys roseau (ROH-zoh) cane — a plant that holds together delicate wetland soil.  Roseau cane scale has damaged more than 100,000 acres of wetlands. A news release Wednesday from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry says the quarantine began Monday.  That area covers everything south of Louisiana Highway 10 from the Mississippi state line to the intersection of Highway 171 in Vernon Parish, moving south on 171 to Highway 190 in DeRidder and moving west on Highway 190 to the Sabine River.