3-29-23
YOUNGSVVILLE COUNCIL MEMBER KAYLA REAUX HAS BLAMED A CONCUSSION SUFFERED IN A CRASH FOR HER BEHAVIOR WITH POLICE SHOWN IN BODY CAM FOOTAGE. ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE, SHE WAS UNCOOPERATIVE AND RUDE WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS. SHE CALLED POLICE CHIEF RICKY BOUDREAUX AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH, WHO QUICKLY RESPONDED, THE ADVOCATE SAYS. BOUDREAUX ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE VIDEO SHOWS HE DID NOT, AT ANY MOMENT, IMPLY TO HIS OFFICERS THAT REAUX SHOULD BE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND HE DOES NOT CONDONE REAUX’S BEHAVIOR TOWARD HIS OFFICERS.
THE CROWLEY CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING INCREASING FINES FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. FOR INSTANCE, IF APPROVED, THE FINE FOR GOING ONE TO TEN MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WOULD GO FROM FIFTY DOLLARS TO ONE HUNDRED. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS FUNDS COLLECTED FROM TRAFFIC OFFENSES GO INTO THE CITY’S GENERAL FUNDS. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED INCREASES WILL BE HELD APRIL TWELFTH AT CITY COURT BEGINNING AT SIX P-M.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE MAKING PLANS FOR AN EIGHTY-NINE MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN TO ALERT STATE RESIDENTS ABOUT CHANGES TO MEDICAID ELIGIBILTY THAT COULD LEAD TO EIGHT PERCENT OF THE STATE’S POPULATION LOSING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY WAS EXPANDED DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ENDING THE EXPANSION IN THE COMING WEEKS. IT’S ESTIMATED THAT AS MANY AS THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND STATE RESIDENTS WILL LOSE COVERAGE UNDER THE PROGRAM, ACCORDING TO STATE OFFICIALS. STATE LAWMAKERS WILL HAVE TO APPROVE THE EIGHTY-NINE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CAMPAIGN TO ALERT RESIDENTS, WHICH THE GOVERNOR HAS REQUESTED.
THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ANNUAL MUNICIPAL WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION DOCUMENTS, WHICH GRADES THE THREE LARGE WASTEWATER PLANTS. UTILITIES MANAGER KEVIN HEISE SAYS PLANT D, WHICH SERVES THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY, GRADED BEST, WITH A LITTLE OVER A NINETY PERCENTILE. HE ASKS RESIDENTS NOT TO USE THEIR TOILETS AS TRASH CANS BUT ONLY BIODEGRADEABLE THINGS SHOULD BE FLUSHED. HE SAYS WIPES MAY BE FLUSHABLE BUT THEY ARE NOT BIODEGRADEABLE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE MANUALLY REMOVED FROM EQUIPMENT BY A PERSON.
ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN FOR AN HOUR YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER RECEIVING A TIP ABOUT A HANDGUN ON CAMPUS. THE FOCUS OF THE TIP WAS ON EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAKARI PETE, WHO, THE POLICE LEARNED, HAD LEFT THE CAMPUS IN HIS VEHICLE. SCOTT POLICE LATER DETAINED HIM AND CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON HIS VEHICLE, WHERE THEY FOUND A RIFLE AND NEARLY EIGHT GRAMS OF MARIJUANA. SCOTT POLICE ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT, AT NO TIME, DID PETE WALK ANYWHERE ON THE CAMPUS OF ACADIANA HIGH WITH A FIREARM.
A VILLE PLATTE POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED BY OPELOUSAS POLICE ON DOMESTIC CHARGES. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER REMI SIMIEN, WHO USED TO BE AN OPELOUSAS POLICE OFFICER, WAS ARRESTED BY OPELOUSAS POLICE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON THREE CHARGES OF BATTERY OF A DATING PARTNER, INCLUDING ONE THAT CITED STRANGULATION, AND ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE BATTERY. VILLE PLATTE POLICE CHIEF PERRY THOMAS SAYS SIMIEN IS ON LEAVE WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON D-C, WHERE HE’LL TESTIFY BEFORE THE SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LANDRY WAS INVITED TO SPEAK BECAUSE OF A LAWSUIT HE HELPED FILE THAT ALLEGES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DIRECTED SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO CENSOR AND SUPPRESS AMERICAN’S FREE SPEECH. THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN JANUARY TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES AND SOME PRIVATE COMPANIES HAVE CONSPIRED TO SUPPRESS CONSERVATIVE POINTS OF VIEW. THE LAWSUIT IS BEING HEARD BY CHIEF U-S DISTRICT JUDGE TERRY DOUGHTY OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, WITH THE NEXT HEARING SET FOR MAY TWENTY-SIXTH.
ONE ACADIANA MAN, WHO FOSTERS KIDS, SAYS THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CLOSED HIS HOME FROM EVER FOSTERING AGAIN. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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