6-12-25
TWO BATON ROUGE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO A-M GROCERY IN JEANERETTE. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER WYATT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ARSON WHILE TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JOE VEAL FACES A CHARGE OF PRINCIPAL TO AGGRAVATED ARSON. THE TWO WERE CAPTURED AFTER A VEHICLE CHASE THROUGH IBERIA AND SAINT MARY PARISHES. AFTER THEIR VEHICLE WAS DISABLED BY SPIKE STRIPS, THE TWO FLED ON FOOT BUT WERE APPREHENDED.
A FOOTBALL STADIUM FOR SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE IS NEARING COMPLETION. THAT’S ACCORDING TO ERIC DAVID, ONE OF SEVERAL SOUTHSIDE PARENTS WHO HELPED SPEARHEAD EFFORTS TO GET A STADIUM AFTER EIGHT SEASONS OF HAVING TO TRAVEL WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM. IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD ANNOUNCED FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR A NEW STADIUM. DAVID SAYS IT’S A SURREAL FEELING TO SEE A FOOTBALL FIELD AND STANDS IN PLACE FOR THE CROWD TO SIT IN.
THE IOWA TOWN COUNCIL REJECTED A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WOULD HAVE CUT NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THE DECISION WAS MADE AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY IN WHICH RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE CUTS. CHIEF KEITH VINCENT SAYS HE WAS PLEASED WITH HOW THE PUBLIC RALLIED AROUND THEIR OFFICERS. THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE HOLDING ANOTHER VOTE.
THE STATE HOUSE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A BILL THAT WOULD BAN PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS FROM OWNING PHARMACIES. SUPPORTERS SAY IT WOULD PREVENT BIG PHARMACIES FROM USING THEIR BUYING POWER TO SQUEEZE OUT LOCAL INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES RESULTING IN FEWER CHOICES FOR CUSTOMERS. C-V-S PHARMACY SAYS, IF THE BILL BECOMES LAW, IT WOUD FORCE THEM TO CLOSE ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN STORES IN LOUISIANA. GOVERNOR LANDRY BACKS THE BILL BUT IT FIRST NEEDS APPROVAL FROM THE STATE SENATE.
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE APPROVED TWO BILLS THAT EXPAND THE STATE’S ROLE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. A BILL BY STATE SENATOR BLAKE MIGUEZ OF NEW IBERIA REQUIRES STATE DEPARTMENTS TO DISCLOSE WHETHER PERSONS RECEIVING SERVICES ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS OR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN. ANOTHER BILL PROHIBITS INDIVDUALS OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS FROM OBSTRUCTING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OR CIVIL IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS. THE BILLS GO TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS SIGNATURES.
A SMALL CRACK IN A MAIN WATER LINE HAS LEFT HALF OF CECILIA WITHOUT WATER. BRUCE GUIDRY OF THE CECILIA WATER COMPANY SAYS IT’S DUE TO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE MAIN LINE IS THE WHOLE SUPPLY FOR THE EASTERN SIDE OF THEIR SYSTEM. EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY AND MUCH OF CECILIA IS UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. THERE IS NOT A TIMETABLE ON WHEN THE WATER SERVICE WILL BE FULLY RESTORED.
YESTERDAY, THE U-S ARMY LAFAYETTE RECRUITING STATION CELEBRATED THE ARMY’S TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY WITH THE MAYOR OF LAFAYETTTE AT CITY HALL. GEOREGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A FORMER DELCAMBRE AND KAPLAN POLICE OFFICER WAS SENTENCED TO SIXTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR TWO CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE RAPE. CHRISTOPHER MOOREHART PLED GUILTY TO THE CHARGES IN FEBRUARY. THE VICTIM WAS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD AND PROSECUTORS SAID IT HAPPENED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. THE CHILD’S MOTHER WAS DATING MOOREHART AT THE TIME.
