6-11-21
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE UNDERGOING TRAINING DESIGNED TO HELP THEM RECOGNIZE POLICE MISCONDUCT AND PUT A STOP TO IT. OFFICERS REENACT SCENARIOS AND WATCH VIDEOS FROM REAL LIFE SITUATIONS. SERGEANT JOSHUA CHIPMAN TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP THEM NOTICE IF A PERSON OR SITUATION IS GETTING THE BEST OF A FELLOW OFFICER SO THEY CAN STEP IN AND PREVENT THEM FROM DOING SOMETHING HARMFUL TO THEMSELVES OR THE DEPARTMENT. OFFICERS WHO COMPLETE THE TRAINING WILL RECEIVE A SMALL BADGE FOR THEIR UNIFORM THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARE DEDICATED TO STOPPING POLICE MISCONDUCT.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER BEING SHOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTH PIERCE STREET. POLICE CHIEF THOMAS GLOVER SAYS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE GIRL AND THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE AFTER THE SHOOTING AND THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED A DESCRIPTION. NEIGHBORS TELL KLFY TV TEN THAT THE SUSPECT IS A YOUNG BOY.
AN AIRLINE COMPETITION, KNOWN AS S-T-O-L, OR SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING, IS COMING TO THE JENNINGS AIRPORT THIS WEEKEND. IT BEGINS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE NATION WILL BE IN JENNINGS TO WATCH OR PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION, WHICH INVOLVES PILOTS TRYING TO MAKE THE SHORTEST LENGTH TAKEOFF AND LANDING. JENNNINGS IS JUST ONE OF A FEW STOPS FOR THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION BY VISITING THE SWAMP S-T-O-L FACEBOOK PAGE.
Louisiana lawmakers have completed a nine-week legislative session. They’ve spent hefty sums of coronavirus recovery money, worked to overhaul the state’s tax structure and found themselves battling over social issues that nearly derailed the financial debates. The House and Senate brokered a bipartisan deal in the dwindling hours of the session on a complicated set of tax swaps that they hope to persuade voters to pass in the fall election. They also agreed to shift about $300 million a year in the sales taxes charged on vehicle purchases to roadwork in the future, taking it from the state general fund where it pays for government operations.
A long-recommended proposal to untie Louisiana’s income tax collections from federal tax payments won passage from lawmakers on the legislative session’s last day and will head to voters for a decision on the October ballot. The proposal would get rid of personal income tax and corporate tax deductions for federal income taxes paid in exchange for lowering the state’s income tax rates. Gov. John Bel Edwards could scuttle much of the overhaul if he vetoes individual pieces of a package that requires all measures to pass to take effect. But the Democratic governor said while he still needs to comb through the proposals, he expects to sign the bills.
SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKY MARTIN HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW JUVENILE CURFEW FOR THE CITY AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY FIRST. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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NEW SIGNS ARE POPPING UP IN LAFAYETTE ADVISING RESIDENTS TO CALL TWO-ONE-ONE BEFORE GIVING MONEY TO A PANHANDLER. THE OPERATOR DIRECTS CALLERS TO RESOURCES TO HELP PANHANDLERS OR THOSE IN NEED. ADVOCATES FOR THE HOMELESS, LIKE ARCH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEIGH RACHAL, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIGNS, WHICH SHE SAYS WILL NOT PREVENT PANHANDLING. ARCH REPORTS THAT HOMELESSNESS HAS INCREASED BY EIGHTY-TWO PERCENT SINCE JANUARY OF TWENTY-TWENTY.
ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT CRASHED INTO A RESIDENCE. THE DRIVER WAS SPEEDING ALONG LYMAN STREET BEFORE DRIVING OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHING INTO THE HOME. THE DRIVER THEN FLED THE SCENE AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD LEAD POLICE TO FIND THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER, CALL THE ABBEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
