6-13-17
A PETITION TO RECALL LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE WAS FILED WITH THE PARISH REGISTAR OF VOTERS YESTERDAY. THE PERSON WHO FILED THE PETITION, WHO HAS DECLINED TO BE IDENTIFIED, HAS 180 DAYS TO COLLECT 27,500 SIGNATURES IN ORDER TO FORCE A RECALL ELECTION. POPE HAS HAD SOME LEGAL ISSUES SINCE TAKING OFFICE INCLUDING BEING SENTENCED TO SEVEN DAYS ON A CONTEMPT CHARGE FOR NOT TURNING OVER REQUESTED EMAILS TO THE INDEPENDENT. HE ALSO WAS INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN NOVEMBER ON FOUR COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND TWO COUNTS OF PERJURY.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A CHILD THAT OFFICIALS BELIEVE DROWNED IN THE CALCASIEU RIVER. IT HAPPENED AROUND 3:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS THE CHILD TRIED TO CROSS THE CALCASIEU RIVER WEST OF OBERLIN, WENT INTO DISTRESS, AND THEN WENT UNDER THE WATER. THE CHILD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY KATC TV AS 12-YEAR-OLD GARRICK NEIL JUNIOR OF GUEYDAN.
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED STATEWIDE IN FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAMS, BUT THERE’S A SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS. THE PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN THREE CECILIA SCHOOLS TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAMS THERE ARE NOT FULLY STAFFED. PEGGY FEEHAN, A LANGUAGE SPECIALIST FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH IN LOUISIANA, SAYS THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED ESCADRILLE (ehs cuh DREE) TO HELP GET MORE QUALIFIED TEACHERS. UNDER THE PROGRAM, YOUNG LOUISIANANS ARE SENT TO FRANCE FOR A YEAR WHERE THEY GET THEIR MASTER’S DEGREE IN EDUCATION.
Louisiana auditors looking for $55,000 in missing state-owned fishing equipment say they believe they found many of the items with two former state workers.
The missing equipment, including coolers, rods and reels, binoculars and spear guns, was bought by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries using money from BP after the Gulf Coast oil spill. The money was supposed to pay for seafood safety testing. Auditors say two former Wildlife and Fisheries employees had items totaling nearly $20,000 that matched descriptions of the missing equipment in their possession or offered for sale online.
OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN NORTH LAFAYETTE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING ITS ANNUAL FUN DAY EVENT AT THE CIVIC CENTER COLISEUM THIS AFTERNOON. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO MEET WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND SEE THEIR VEHICLES UP CLOSE. THERE WILL ALSO BE COTTON CANDY, FACE PAINTING, TRAIN RIDES, SACK RACES AND MORE. THIS FREE EVENT IS FROM ONE TO FOUR THIS AFTERNOON.
TWO OPELOUSAS MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE ARMED ROBBERY OF HEBERT’S BOUDIN AND CRACKLIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURED THE ROBBERY AND THE VEHICLE USED IN THE ROBBERY. HE SAYS THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT OF THE CAR AND APARTMENT BELONGING TO 41-YEAR-OLD JAMES HUDSON, WHERE THEY FOUND A STOLEN PISTOL, A MASK, AND SEVERAL CHECKS BELONGING TO THE STORE. GUIDROZ SAYS HUDSON WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE USED IN THE ROBBERY, WHILE 33-YEAR-OLD CORY BROWN IS THE ALLEGED ROBBER.
Prescriptions for highly addictive opioid drugs in Louisiana will be more difficult to obtain under bills signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards. Edwards on Monday signed three bills that had breezed through the Legislature in the just-ended regular session. They include a measure requiring physicians to consult a statewide prescription monitoring system before prescribing opioid drugs to patients, some of whom may be “doctor-shopping.” Another law will limit first-time prescriptions for acute pain to seven days, down from 30.
