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A YOUNGSVILLE MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER LEADING LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE INTO VERMILLION PARISH. A SPOKESMAN WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER 30-YEAR-OLD JOHNNIE DEL CARTER VICE FOR SPEEDING ON VEROT SCHOOL ROAD. VICE TRIED TO SPEED AWAY, BUT EVENTUALLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VEROT SCHOOL AND ORANGEWOOD DRIVE, AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH. VICE WAS WANTED ON PREVIOUS WARRANTS OF SIMPLE BATTERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM.
A FORMER BOOKKEEPER FOR A FAMILY-OWNED SULPHUR OIL FIELD COMPANY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING MORE THAN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS WHILE SHE WORKED THERE. A FEDERAL JURY IN LAFAYETTE TOOK LESS THAN AN HOUR OF DELIBERATION BEFORE FINDING 51-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH ISTRE OF SULPHUR GUILTY OF THREE COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD. SHE FACES UP TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SHE’S SENTENCED. ISTRE ISSUED MORE THAN 800 FRAUDULENT CHECKS TO HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND DURING HER NEARLY TEN YEARS AT THE COMPANY.
A WATER BOIL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CUSTOMERS OF ST. LANDRY PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT TWO UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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The Louisiana House has backed a nearly $29 billion budget for next year that significantly scales back the spending sought by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The 63-40 vote for passage Thursday fell largely along partisan lines, with Republicans supporting the smaller spending plan and Democrats opposed. Republicans cut spending sought by Edwards across agencies. Heaviest hits would be taken by the health, education, prisons, public safety and child welfare departments.
ACADIAN AMBULANCE HAS MOVED BACK INTO CARENCRO WITH A BIGGER STATION. A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD WEDNESDAY FOR THE STATION, WHICH IS ACROSS FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ACADIAN AMBULANCE HAD STATIONED THEIR CARENCRO AMBULANCES AT THE NATIONAL E-M-S ACADEMY TRAINING FACILITY ON NORTH UNIVERSITY. THE NEW STATION WILL HOUSE TWO AMBULANCE UNITS WITH TEN MEDICS FOR CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CARENCRO AND THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
CALCASIEU PARISH OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER BANNING BOAT TRAFFIC ON PARTS OF THE CALCASIEU RIVER. THE BAN APPLIES TO THE RIVER NORTH OF THE I-TEN BRIDGE TO THE PARISH LINE. THE EMERGENCY ORDER WAS ISSUED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATERS PRODUCED BY THE RECENT RAINS AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL WATER LEVELS RETURN TO NORMAL. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE MARINE PATROL DIVISIONS WILL CONDUCT EXTRA PATROLS TO ENFORCE THE BAN.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ISSUED A NO WAKE ZONE FOR LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH. THAT INCLUDES THE AREAS OF STEPHENSVILLE AND BELLE RIVER. WATER LEVELS ARE HIGH THERE BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAINS AND WAKES FROM BOATS TRAVELING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO THROW WATER INTO YARDS AND HOMES ALONG THE BAYOU. THE NO WAKE ZONE IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
The commercial fishery for large coastal sharks in Louisiana waters is coming to a close. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the fishery is closing Thursday at 11:30 p.m.. The timing is concurrent with the National Marine Fisheries Service’s closure in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The department says the season for the commercial harvest of small coastal sharks in Louisiana waters will resume on July 1.
