5-22-18
LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE WAS BACK IN COURT ON MONDAY. JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.
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A NEIGHBOR AND A POSTAL CARRIER ARE CREDITED WITH HELPING SAVE AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. 80-YEAR-OLD MAGGIE ARCEMENT COLLAPSED NEAR HER BED ON MONDAY AND MANAGED TO CRAWL TO THE FRONT DOOR SO ANYBODY APPROACHING MIGHT HEAR HER. SHE WENT TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THE POSTAL CARRIER, LENA MORRIS, NOTICED THE MAIL PILING UP AND WENT TO A NEIGHBOR TO ASK ABOUT HER. MAGGIE NOW USES A WALKER AND CAN’T STAY BY HERSELF, BUT SHE SAYS SHE’S THANKFUL FOR HER NEIGHBOR AND LENA, WHO, IF NOT FOR HER BEING ON HER ROUTE, SHE SAYS, SHE MAY NOT BE HERE.
EUNICE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A WOMAN WHO CLAIMED SHE INJURED HERSELF BY BITING INTO A RAZOR BLADE IN A SANDWICH AT A MAJOR FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CHAIN. POLICE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CLAIMS BY 29-YEAR-OLD CORRILL BRADLEY THAT WERE MADE ON MARCH 15TH. POLICE LATER FOUND SECURITY FOOTAGE AT A LOCAL STORE THAT SHOWED BRADLEY STEALING A RAZOR BLADE FROM A PACKAGE, WHICH HAPPENED MINUTES BEFORE SHE WALKED INTO THE RESTAURANT. BRADLEY WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY ON CHARGES OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND THEFT.
Mass demonstrations at the Capitol, petitions to lawmakers and a statewide strike are among the actions a majority of teachers who answered a union’s survey said they are willing to take in a quest for pay raises. The Louisiana Federation of Teachers released the results of its online survey Monday. The union said 3,832 teachers responded. Sixty-one percent said they would be willing to take part in a statewide walkout.
The largest financial institution headquartered in Louisiana says it’s closing or consolidating 22 branch locations this year. News outlets reported Monday that Lafayette-based IberiaBank will have less than 300 locations across the southeastern U.S. following the closure or consolidation at the branches during the second and third quarters of 2018. IberiaBank Corp. said in a statement that the move is part of its strategy to improve efficiency, especially as it progresses toward digital banking. IberiaBank President and CEO Daryl Byrd says the new closures are intended to optimize the bank’s branch and ATM network.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING YESTERDAY. IT HAPPENED IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF TWELFTH STREET. A PERSON WAS SHOT AT MULTIPLE TIMES BUT WAS NOT INJURED. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT.
A VERMILLION PARISH MAN DIED WHILE BOATING IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR INTRACOASTAL CITY OVER THE WEEKEND. A GOOD SAMARITAN FOUND AN EMPTY BOAT EARLY SATURDAY AND NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES. THEY FOUND THE BODY OF 67-YEAR-OLD ARNOLD PETE LEGE OF MOUTON COVE AT AROUND 5:40 SATURDAY EVENING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY DON’T KNOW HOW HE ENDED UP IN THE WATER, BUT HE WASN’T WEARING A LIFE VEST WHEN THEY FOUND HIS BODY.
Gov. John Bel Edwards is backing a plan for the special session starting today that favors sales taxes to fill Louisiana’s budget gap. The Democratic governor is supporting renewal of up to half the 1 percent sales tax that expires in six weeks. He’s also proposing to permanently get rid of some sales tax breaks and continue charging sales taxes on business utilities. The question is whether the House will break through its partisan gridlock in the upcoming 14-day session after a February special session on taxes cratered.
