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4-5-23

LAST NIGHT THE ABBEVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A STRICTER CURFEW FOR MINORS THAT TAKES EFFECT IN THIRTY DAYS.  THE CURFEW NOW APPLIES TO MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN INSTEAD OF UNDER THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN.  THE CURFEW FOR MINORS WILL BEGIN AT EIGHT-THIRTY ON SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTS AND AT TEN O’CLOCK ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.  IF A MINOR IS CAUGHT DURING THE CURFEW WITHOUT A LEGAL GUARDIAN’S SUPERVISION, THE PARENT WILL BE FINED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE AND INCREASING AMOUNTS FOR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.

 

SYLVIA MASTERS HAS AN UPDATE TO A DEATH INVESTIGATION IN LAFAYETTE PARISH THAT BEGAN ON MONDAY.

 

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A NEW ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER HAS OPENED IN JENNINGS.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESHA ONELLION TELLS KLFY TV SHE’S SEEN AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY.  SHE SAYS THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER IS COLLABORATING WITH THE ZIGLAR ARTS MUSEUM TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY WITH A VIEW TOWARD SEEING THE COMMUNITY GROW.  ONELLION SAYS THE CENTER WILL OFFER SPACE FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO CREATE ART THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT.

 

Three years after becoming the leader of Louisiana’s Department of Health, Secretary Dr. Courtney N. Phillips is resigning. Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a news release Monday that Phillips’ resignation is effective Thursday. The governor says veteran attorney Stephen Russo, who has served as executive counsel since 2008, will replace her. Phillips’ resignation is the latest by an official in Edwards’ administration as the end of his term in the governor’s mansion nears.

 

IBERIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RAYMOND “SHOE-DO” LEWIS SAYS HE WAS TIRED OF THE LACK OF PROGRESS IN HIS SON’S MURDER CASE SO HE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GARON LEWIS OF NEW IBERIA WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN TWENTY-NINETEEN AT THE CORNER OF AUDREY AND RENE STREETS.  LEWIS SAYS THEY SOUGHT AND WERE ABLE TO GET A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND NOW ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE CASE.  LEWIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT ANY PARENT LOOKING FOR JUSTICE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PUSH LAW ENFORCEMENT LIKE HE’S BEEN PUSHING.

 

SUPER ONE FOODS WILL BE TAKING OVER THE OLD SHOPPERS VALUE LOCATION IN THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA STRIP MALL AT THE CORNER OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND DULLES DRIVE.  IT WILL BE THE FIFTY-FIRST SUPER ONE FOODS STORE.  A NEWS RELEASE FROM BROOKSHIRE GROCERY, WHICH OWNS SUPER ONE FOODS, SAYS THE NEW STORE WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY JOBS.  CHAIRMAN AND C-E-O BRAD BROOKSHIRE SAYS THEY HAVE SERVED LAFAYETTE SINCE NINETEEN-NINETY-SIX AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT FUTURE WITH AN EXPANDED TEAM IN THE COMMUNITY.

 

JEFF DAVIS PARISH DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF PARENTS FIGHTING IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN.  WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, BOTH PARTIES WERE INJURED AND BLEEDING.  THREE MINOR CHILDREN WERE IN THE RESIDENCE WHEN THE FIGHT HAPPENED.  THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD STACE DELEON WAS BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

 

CROWLEY POLICE DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING A JEWELRY THEFT THAT OCCURRED AT A RESIDENCE IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF FOREST DRIVE.  THE VALUE OF THE THEFT, WHICH HAPPENED IN DECEMBER, IS FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.  ONE PIECE STOLEN IS DESCRIBED AS A SAPPHIRE RING WITH TWO ONE-CARAT DIAMONDS ON EACH SIDE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS AND IF IT LEADS TO AN ARREST, A CASH REWARD OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE OFFERRED.