3-31-23
AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE YOUNGSVILLE CITY COUNCIL, POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX REFUSED TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS POSITION. DANIELLE JOHNSON EXPLAINS.
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THAT’S TV-TEN’S DANIELLE JOHNSON. YOUNGSVILLE COUNCILWOMAN KAYLA REAUX ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION IN A LETTER, SAYING SHE MAY HAVE CAUSED PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT OPELOUSAS HIGH SCHOOL IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO MOLEST AN ELEVENTH GRADE MALE STUDENT IN A SCHOOL BATHROOM. THE STUDENT TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE OFFICER GRABBED HIS ARM AND ASKED HIM IF HE LIKED HIM AND KEPT ASKING INAPPROPRIATE QUESTIONS BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY. THE FATHER OF THE STUDENT SAYS HE’S REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE OPELOUSAS SCHOOL BOARD AND IS TRYING TO GET HELP FOR HIS SON. POLICE CHIEF GRAIG LEBLANC SAYS THE OFFICER HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROCESS WHEN AN OFFICER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE’S LOWER ENERGY COSTS ACT, DESIGNED TO INCREASE ENERGY PRODUCTION IN LOUISIANA AND OTHER STATES, PASSED IN THE U-S HOUSE YESTERDAY. ONLY ONE REPUBLICAN VOTED AGAINST IT AND FOUR DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR IT. SCALISE SAYS THE MEASURE, WHICH CONTAINED TWENTY BILLS, WOULD LOWER THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AND UNDERMINE INFLATION BY REDUCING RED TAPE THAT HAS SLOWED ENERGY PRODUCTION. THE LEGISLATION NOW GOES TO THE SENATE, WHERE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SAYS IT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN ITS CURRENT FORM.
A NEW ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH IS NEARING COMPLETION. THE BISSELL PET FOUNDATION PROVIDED A LARGE GRANT TO ENABLE THE BUILDING OF THE NEW FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE LARGER WITH MORE CAGES AND INCLUDE AIR CONDITIONING. SHERIFF’S DEPUTY KRISTA WEST SAYS THE NEW FACILITY SHOULD OPEN IN A MONTH. SHE SAYS LAST YEAR THEY TOOK IN ALMOST SEVEN HUNDRED DOGS AND THEY WERE ALL STRAYS.
CARENCRO POLICE SAY TWO SUSPECTS FIRED SHOTS AT VEHICLES ON BROCKTON DRIVE. MULTIPLE ROUNDS WERE FIRED BUT CARENCRO POLICE SAY NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ONE CAR WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE. POLICE HAVE TAKEN A PERSON OF INTEREST INTO CUSTODY.
A NEW PHOTO SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM THAT CITES ANYONE GOING TEN OR MORE MILES AN HOUR ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN SAINT MARTINVILLE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MOVED FORWARD WITH THE SYSTEM AFTER DOING A FIVE-DAY SPEED STUDY THAT FOUND AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES SPEEDING. YESTERDAY WAS THE BEGINNING OF A THIRTY-DAY PERIOD WHEN VIOLATERS WILL RECEIVE A WARNING IN THE MAIL WITH NO FINE. THE AUTOMATED SPEED ZONE WILL BE ENFORCED RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH OFFICER-MANNED CAMERAS.
THE THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOOK PART IN A FORUM IN BATON ROUGE YESTERDAY. STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN STEFANSKI OF CROWLEY, PROSECUTOR MARTY MALEY AND LANDRY’S LIEUTENANT LIZ MURRILL ALL LAUDED THE RECORD OF CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY. THE ADVOCATE REPORTS THEY PLEDGED TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS IN FIGHTING A SURGE IN CRIME. THE ONLY OTHER CANDIDATE SO FAR, PROSECUTOR JOHN BELTON, AN INDEPENDENT, DID NOT TAKE PART BECAUSE THE EVENT WAS FOR REPUBLICANS.
THE ACADIA PARISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS THERE’S BEEN AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ACADIA PARISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS THAT’S A GOOD THING. SHE TELL KATC TV THAT THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN A COMMUNITY IN THE KNOW AND INVOLVED AND THE SUCCESS OF THAT COMMUNITY.
