4-24-19
THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL HAS APPROVED TWO ORDINANCES WHICH WOULD GIVE POLICE OFFICERS AND L-C-G EMPLOYEES A TWO PERCENT PAY RAISE IN THE FUTURE. DALFORD JONES HAS MORE.
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THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORED A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY FOR HIS COURAGE AND BRAVERY DURING A SCARY SITUATION. ON MARCH TWELFTH, SPENCER HILLIARD AND HIS EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SISTER WERE BEING DRIVEN HOME FROM SCHOOL WHEN THEIR STEPDAD SUFFERED A SEIZURE BEHIND THE WHEEL. SPENCER TOOK THE WHEEL AND DIRECTED THE VEHICLE INTO THE PARKING LOT OF COTTON’S FAMOUS HAMBURGERS, HITTING A PARKING BARRIER TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SAVING THEIR LIVES. THE RESPONDING OFFICER, MARK FONTENOT, SAYS SPENCER DID SOMETHING THAT MOST ADULTS WOULDN’T THINK TO DO AND THE DEPARTMENT IS PROUD OF HIM.
EUNICE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR FOUR PEOPLE WHO SHOT A PERSON DURING A HOME INVASION. MONDAY NIGHT AT AROUND 10:30, THE SUSPECTS KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF A HOME ON CHILDS STREET AND WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED, THEY FORCED THEIR WAY IN. POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT SAYS THAT, DURING A STRUGGLE, THE VICTIM WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND THE INVADERS FLED. FONTENOT SAYS THAT THE VICTIM AND ANOTHER PERSON IN THE HOUSE TOLD POLICE THAT THE INVADERS REPEATEDLY TOLD THE VICTIM TO “GIVE IT TO ME”, BUT THEY DIDN’T KNOW TO WHAT THEY WERE REFERRING.
A proposal to legalize sports betting at Louisiana’s casinos and racetracks is advancing in the Senate. The measure by Kenner Republican Sen. Danny Martiny was sent to the full Senate with a 3-1 vote Tuesday from a Senate judiciary committee. Similar legislation failed to gain traction last year. New Orleans Democratic Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, who revealed a gambling addiction last month, voted against the bill.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM, WHO IS IN STABLE CONDITION, WAS SHOT AT AN APARTMENT IN THE 15-HUNDRED BLOCK OF LOUISIANA AVENUE. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TWO PEOPLE BUT POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING THEIR NAMES.
A PROPOSED BILL IN THE STATE HOUSE WOULD CREATE A TOLL AUTHORITY IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THIS YEAR, A TASK FORCE SUGGESTED BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE TO REPLACE THE I-TEN BRIDGE AND ADDING A TOLL THAT WOULD HELP COVER PART OF ITS COST. LAKE CHARLES REPRESENTATIVE MARK ABRAHAM, WHO SPONSORED THE BILL, SAYS THE PROBLEM IS FIGURING OUT A TOLL THAT MOTORISTS WILL PAY INSTEAD OF TAKING I-210 TO AVOID THE NEW TOLL. ABRAHAM TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE THINKS THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THIS WILL HAPPEN THOUGH NOTHING IS LOCKED IN CONCRETE.
PLANS TO HELP SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ACADIA PARISH WERE UNVEILED LAST NIGHT AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE OF THE SOUTH IN CROWLEY. THE COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP IMPROVE THE ECONOMY BY BRINGING ARTS, EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS TO EACH OF THE PARISH’S COMMUNITIES. THE GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER GONE TO COLLEGE GAIN WORK SKILLS. ACADIA ARTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT DESIREE DOUCET TELLS KATC TV THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE EACH AREA IN THE PARISH A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE AND WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE.
Women seeking an abortion in Louisiana would have to get lengthy background information about the doctor performing the procedure, under a proposal that won unanimous support from state senators. The measure by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell, of Franklinton, would require the written information about the doctor to include details about the physician’s board certifications, malpractice insurance and disciplinary actions. Mizell called the bill a health safety measure for women.
The House backed a separate measure that would ask Louisiana voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to say it doesn’t protect abortion rights.
