5-11-16
A RECORD 32-HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED YESTERDAY’S LEDA JOB FAIR, HELD AT THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER. RYAN LAGRANGE, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS THREE THOUSAND, SET IN 2009. NEARLY A HUNDRED EMPLOYERS MET WITH JOB SEEKERS YESTERDAY. HOWEVER, NONE OF THEM WERE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR, WHICH LAGRANGE SAYS IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE STATE OF THAT INDUSTRY.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY AND THE CORONER’S OFFICE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO EXPIDITE THE PROCESS FOR REBURYING 93 CASKETS THAT WERE DISPLACED BY THE RECENT FLOODING OF THE SABINE RIVER. THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE PROCESS HAS BEEN IDENTIFYING THE REMAINS. MOST OF THE CASKETS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED; ONLY FOUR REMAIN. THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED MUST APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE REBURYING.
THE OPELOUSAS BOARD OF ALDERMEN DEFERRED A REQUEST FOR TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP START UP A REGISTERED NURSING PROGRAM AT THE T-H HARRIS VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS. THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIRECTOR NATALIE HARDER. SHE SAYS SHE PLANS TO MAKE FUNDING REQUESTS AS WELL FROM THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL AND THE ST. LANDRY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, BECAUSE OF STATE CUTS TO THEIR OPERATING COSTS. THE BOARD’S BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER THE REQUEST BEFORE IT COMES BACK BEFORE THE FULL BOARD, POSSIBLY NEXT MONTH.
Louisiana lawmakers have agreed to toughen the criteria for doctors who perform abortions. With a 35-0 vote Tuesday, state senators gave final legislative passage to a measure that will require doctors who perform abortions to be either board certified or certifiable in obstetrics and gynecology, or family medicine. Medical students enrolled in residency programs for obstetrics and gynecology or family medicine are allowed to perform abortions if under the “direct supervision” of a board-certified doctor, under the bill. The measure — sponsored by Rep. Katrina Jackson, a Monroe Democrat — heads next to the governor’s desk.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AARON BROOKS JUNIOR, WHICH HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO. 24-YEAR-OLD DAVID ANDERSON OF LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HE ALSO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING A MAN THREE DAYS BEFORE DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. THE ARREST WAS THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY A SPECIAL TASK FORCE SET UP BY INTERIM POLICE CHIEF REGINALD THOMAS IN JANUARY TO LOOK INTO SIX UNSOLVED KILLINGS SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2014.
THE SULPHUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW SEWER CAMERA THAT COSTS MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT IT’S EXPECTED TO SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. DIRECTOR MICHAEL DAIGLE TELLS KPLC TV THE CAMERA HELPS THEM PINPOINT A BLOCKAGE IN A PIPE, WHICH REDUCES COSTS BECAUSE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO DIG. HE SAYS BEFORE IT USED TO BE A GUESSING GAME AS TO WHAT WAS CLOGGING THE PIPE AND THE LOCATION OF THE BLOCKAGE. HE SAYS THE CAMERA HAS ALSO HELPED THEM DISCOVER NEW SEWER PIPES.
ACADIA PARISH AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT WANTED IN A SHOOTING THAT SENT ANOTHER MAN TO THE HOSPITAL. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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A $745 fee has been set by Louisiana lawmakers for burials in state veterans’ cemeteries. But the cost won’t be shouldered by veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs says the federal government has been paying for veterans’ burials. But the agency says a recent attorney general’s opinion suggested the fee rate needed to be set in law by the Legislature.
