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AN INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER BROUSSARD POLICE CHIEF BRANNON DECOU HAS CONCLUDED AND, ON TUESDAY, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WERE BRIEFED BY THE ATTORNEYS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CHRIS GALVEZ WAS FIRED FOR FAILING TO PURSUE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS AND CAUSING A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR ALSO MANDATED ADDITIONAL SEXUAL HARRASMENT POLICY TRAINING. MAYOR BOURQUE SAYS THE CITY LEADERSHIP IS NOW FOCUSED ON SELECTING AN INTERIM POLICE CHIEF TO REPLACE DECOU.
PORT BARRE POLICE HAVE RELEASED A MAN WHO REPORTEDLY THREATENED A SCHOOL SHOOTING. A STUDENT WHO WALKS TO PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL TOLD SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT HE PASSED A MAN WHO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SHOOTING UP A SCHOOL. POLICE TOOK THE MAN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY MORNING BUT RELEASED HIM AFTER FINDING NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
Republican House lawmakers have started advancing a proposal to offer Louisiana residents receiving unemployment up to $1,000 to go back to work, but workers would have to give up their right to claim jobless benefits for six months. GOP lawmakers on the House labor committee added the language from Rep. Mike Echols into a separate measure that sought to modestly increase the maximum weekly unemployment benefit in Louisiana. The vote to add the incentive provision was 6-5. Republicans supported the measure and Democrats opposed it.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HOSTED THIS YEAR’S LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS YESTERDAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM JEFF DAVIS, BEAUREGARD, AND CAMERON PARISHES ALSO TOOK PART IN THE RUN. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN IS THE LARGEST YEAR ROUND FUNDRAISER FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. ALL FUNDS RAISED IN THE STATE GO TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS LOUISIANA.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE ASSISTING THE F-B-I WITH AN INVESTIGATION AT A LAFAYETTE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A Eunice man, accused of shooing at another man he allegedly discovered with his girlfriend, has been charged with attempted manslaughter. Authorities in Eunice were called to a home Wednesday afternoon, where they found a victim who had been shot in the arm. Investigators said David Haworth went to the house and saw his girlfriend with the victim. Police said Haworth climbed into the bedroom through a window and began fighting with the other man, eventually shooting him.
LOUISIANA HAD A LOW DEATH TOTAL IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITH JUST TWO MORE. THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES INCREASED BY THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE STATEWIDE. OVERALL HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-NINETEEN WERE DOWN BY TWO. BUT THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS WENT UP BY FOUR.
ACADIANA’S COVID-NINETEEN DEATH TOLL DECREASED BY ONE TODAY. THAT’S BECAUSE ST. MARTIN PARISH’S TOTAL WAS ADJUSTED DOWN BY ONE. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS. THERE WERE FORTY-SIX NEW CASES IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING SEVENTEEN IN ACADIA PARISH. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD SIXTEEN NEW CASES, HALF OF WHICH WERE IN CALCASIEU PARISH.
