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4-4-17

EXCESSIVE SPEED IS BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN A FOUR VEHICLE CRASH ON WEST CONGRESS STREET IN LAFAYETTE MONDAY AFTERNOON.  28-YEAR-OLD BRAD COLBY WEDLOCK WAS KILLED WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR, ACCORDING TO CORPORAL KARL RATCLIFF OF THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE DRIVERS OF TWO OTHER VEHICLES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR ADRIEN’S SUPERMARKET, AND WEST CONGRESS WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHILE FIRST RESPONDERS CLEARED THE STREET AND EXTINGUISHED A VEHICLE FIRE.

 

BAYOU ANACOCO HAS REACHED A MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE WEEKEND RAINS.  ANACOCO TRAVELS THROUGH CENTRAL VERNON PARISH AND INTO BEAUREGARD PARISH.  VERNON PARISH SHERIFF SAM CRAFT TOLD KPLC TV THAT 18 HOMES WERE FLOODED IN THE PARISH, AND HIS OFFICE RESCUED NINE PEOPLE.  BUNDICK CREEK AT BUNDICK LAKE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH IS ALSO AT A MAJOR FLOOD STAGE.

 

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS VISITED ST. MARTIN PARISH YESTERDAY TO EXAMINE THE DAMAGE FROM THE RECENT SEVERE WEATHER.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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Louisiana’s multibillion-dollar road and bridge work backlog and the crippling traffic around the state’s capital city are driving a new push to hike the state gasoline tax.  The tax increase will be debated in the legislative session that begins April 10.  A task force created by the governor said Louisiana should spend $700 million more annually on road and bridge repair and upgrades.  Any increase will be tough to pass, needing a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate.

 

A SENIOR AT CARENCRO HIGH  SCHOOL, WHO WAS WEARING AN AFRICAN-THEMED DRESS, WAS DENIED ENTRANCE TO HER PROM SATURDAY NIGHT.  ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THE REASON WAS BECAUSE THE DRESS DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE LENGTH REQUIRED BY THE DRESS CODE.  THE MOTHER OF AMARI WILLIAMS, TROYNETTA WILLIAMS, SAYS SHE SHOWED A PHOTO OF THE DRESS TO THE PRINCIPAL AHEAD OF TIME AND GOT APPROVAL, BUT THE PRINCIPAL, MARY QUALEY, TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER SHE DOESN’T REMEMBER THAT.  QUALEY SAYS THE DRESS CODE IS ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY AND PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO TURN ANYONE AWAY.

 

U-S DISTRICT JUDGE PATRICIA MINALDI OF LAKE CHARLES IS FIGHTING EFFORTS TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PUT IN CHARGE OF HER PERSONAL AFFAIRS.  MAGISTRATE JUDGE KATHLEEN KAY, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY MINALDI, FILED THE PETITION, AND, ACCORDING TO HER ATTORNEY, IS ACTING IN HER CAPACITY AS MINALDI’S LONG TIME FRIEND.  MINALDI’S ATTORNEY, GLEN VAMVORAS, SAYS HIS CLIENT FEELS THAT THE PETITION FOR PERMANENT INTERDICTION IS HARSH AND OVERSTEPPING.  MINALDI HAS BEEN ON MEDICAL LEAVE FROM THE BENCH SINCE JANUARY.

 

STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SATURDAY NIGHT.  60-YEAR-OLD PHOSOWATH SENGPHONG WAS SHOT AFTER HE APPROACHED DEPUTIES BRANDISHING A KNIFE.  THE DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO SPENCER LOOP AFTER A NEIGHBOR SAW SENGPHONG’S SISTER BLEEDING.  IT WASN’T KNOWN IF SHE HAD BEEN KNIFED BY HER BROTHER OR HIT BY A CHAIN, WHICH HE WAS ALSO SEEN CARRYING.

 

A new audit says Louisiana’s Medicaid program paid what appears to be $1.4 million in improper, duplicate payments for services over a five-year period.

The report released Monday by Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera’s Office says auditors reviewed Medicaid eligibility files and claims data covering January 2011 through October 2016 to look for duplicate payments. Auditors found $2.8 million in duplicate claims and believe erroneous payments make up half the amount.

The Louisiana Department of Health says it is doing work routinely to catch duplicate payments and has recovered $1.4 million — though the auditor’s office says that’s not included in duplicate payments it found.