4-17-17
STONE ENERGY OF LAFAYETTE IS EXPECTED TO FORMALLY COMPLETE ITS CHAPTER ELEVEN BANKRUPTY CASE THIS WEEK. A COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THURSDAY IN WHICH A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE THE CASES INVOLVING STONE ENERGY, STONE ENERGY OFFSHORE, AND STONE ENERGY HOLDING. THE COMPANY FILED FOR CHAPTER ELEVEN BANKRUPTCY IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT. SINCE THEN STONE ENERGY HAS SOLD PROPERTIES IN THE NORTHEAST. PRESIDENT AND C-E-O DAVID WELCHS SAYS THE MOVE HAS ENABLED THEM TO EMERGE STRONGER WITH A FOCUS ON LOWER COST DEEPWATER PROJECTS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A PERSON FOR FIRING A SHOT AT A NIGHTCLUB EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY FIRED THE SHOT AT CLOUD NINE ON HIGHWAY 90, THOUGH NOT HITTING ANYONE, BUT, WHEN FLEEING IN HIS VEHICLE, HE HIT A PERSON, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. LATER, WHEN DEPUTIES TRIED TO ARREST THE SUSPECT AT AN EXXON GAS STATION AT THE CORNER OF U-S 171 AND MOELING STREET, HE TRIED TO FLEE BY RAMMING A SHERIFF’S OFFICE VEHICLE, PROMPTING A DEPUTY TO FIRE A SHOT INTO THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE. THE PERSON WAS NOT WOUNDED, AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
A TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN EUNICE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DEPUTY MARSHAL BRANT THOMPSON WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE SAYS THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE LIVING ROOM WHERE THE MOTHER WAS SLEEPING. SHE WOKE UP AND SHE, HER HUSBAND, AND THREE CHILDREN MANAGED TO EXIT SAFELY, BUT LATER, THE BODY OF TWO-YEAR-OLD SA’MYA LEBLANC WAS FOUND INSIDE THE HOME. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, WHICH HAPPENED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF COLLEGE ROAD, IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Louisiana’s state parks and historic sites don’t draw enough visitors or deep-pocketed donors to stay afloat without state subsidies, and the funds to operate them are getting tighter. The state’s continuing cash crunch has Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, who oversees Louisiana’s recreation and tourism department, searching for financing streams. He’s considering naming rights for parks, new attractions and any other idea that could help turn the facilities into moneymakers. He’s asking lawmakers to pass a measure letting him use partnerships with private sector companies to generate revenue.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE IN BROUSSARD. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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The Jefferson Davis Parish School Board is eliminating art and music programs next school year as part of $1.4 million in cuts, though school band programs will remain. The American Press reports that budget cuts unanimously approved Thursday will also include ending or reducing ACT boot camps, and reducing money for summer camps and for summer teacher professional development.
Superintendent Kirk Credeur says students will still be exposed to art and music, but it will be done by the regular classroom teacher. He says the school board cut $500,000 from this year’s budget, but it wasn’t enough.
A MISSISSIPPI MAN TURNED HIMSELF INTO KAPLAN POLICE AFTER HE WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 23-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW STEVENS IS ACCUSED OF CRASHING HIS VEHICLE INTO A BUSINESS, AT THE CORNER OF BOUDREAUX AND WEST VETERANS MEMORIAL DRIVE, AND THEN LEAVING THE SCENE. POLICE CHIEF BOYD ADAMS SAYS THE BUSINESS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. ADAMS THANKED THE COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOK FOR ASSISTING IN SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT.
Early voting is opening for the April 29 municipal elections around Louisiana.
The Secretary of State’s Office says voters can cast ballots for local candidate and proposition elections and to fill two legislative seats. Early voting ends Saturday. Elections are being held in 46 parishes.
