6-15-21
A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY, LEFT UNATTENDED IN A HOT CAR IN IBERIA PARISH, HAS DIED. KATHERINE BREAUX OF THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF FOX ROAD AND DEPUTIES FOUND THE BOY, WHO HAD APPARENTLY BEEN LEFT UNATTENDED IN THE VEHICLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. THE IBERIA PARISH CORONER PRONOUNCED THE BOY DECEASED ON SCENE. BREAUX SAYS THE CASE HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
FORMER LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE ENTERED A PLEA DEAL WITH THE PROSECUTION IN HIS MALFEASANCE CASE. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, POPE PLEADS NO CONTEST TO ONE COUNT OF MALFEASANCE AND SIXTEEN OTHER MALFEASANCE COUNTS WILL BE DROPPED. POPE WILL SERVE THREE YEARS PROBATION AND MUST REPAY NEARLY EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FEES THAT HE POCKETED. POPE’S ATTORNEY, BRETT GRAYSON, SAYS HIS CLIENT IS TIRED AND BECOMING DESTITUTE, WHICH IS WHY HE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLEA AGREEMENT.
Louisiana state income taxes for 2020 are due Tuesday for most taxpayers around the state, but residents of five parishes struck by severe storms last month are getting an extension. The state revenue department says the filing and payment deadline is Aug. 16 for people whose homes and principal places of business are in Lafayette, Calcasieu, Ascension, East Baton Rouge, and Iberville parishes. Those parishes experienced heavy rain and flooding in mid-May. The agency says no late penalties or interest will apply to state income tax returns or tax payments submitted by people and businesses in those five parishes by the August deadline.
SOME RESIDENTS IN SULPHUR ARE TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TAP WATER. THE GROUP, WHICH WALKED FROM CITY HALL TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS YESTERDAY, HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, WHICH THEY BELIEVE IS UNSAFE. ONE OF THE PROTESTERS, KATHERINE VINCENT, TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE WATER TURNED HER BATHTUB ORANGE AND RUINED HER BRAND NEW SINK. CITY OFFICIALS SAYS THE WATER IS TESTED MONTHLY AND IS DEEMED SAFE TO DRINK.
A FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THAT WILL RUN ABOUT FORTY-ONE MILES ALONG I-TEN, WILL BEGIN TODAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE FIRST OF FIVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON THE DECONSOLIDATION OF THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT WAS HELD LAST NIGHT. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S INPUT ON A TWENTY-EIGHT PAGE DRAFT CONTAINING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PROTECT THE CITY COMMITTEE. THE DOCUMENT CAN BE CHANGED, ACCORDING TO COMMITTEE MEMBER RODNEY BERGERON, WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE SEEKING INPUT SO THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES. TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT AT THE CLIFTON CHENIER CENTER AND TOMORROW NIGHT, MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SOUTH REGIONAL LIBRARY AND THE ROBICHAUX RECREATION CENTER.
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE APPROVED A BILL LAST WEEK THAT ENDS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS. UNDER CURRENT LAW, SURVIVORS HAVE UNTIL THEIR TWENTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY TO FILE CIVIL CASES. ADVOCATES ARE HOPEFUL THAT GOVERNOR EDWARDS WILL SIGN THE BILL. IF IT BECOMES LAW, SURVIVORS OVER THE AGE OF TWENTY-EIGHT HAVE THREE YEARS TO FILE THEIR CASE.
THE MAYOR OF CROWLEY SAYS HE’S COMMITTED TO RESTORING ORDER AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. THIS COMES AFTER A RECENT COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER GOT INTO A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION. AT LAST WEDNESDAY’S MEETING, TIM MONCEAUX ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR THE COUNCIL’S ACTIONS. MONCEAUX HAS ALSO PUT FORWARD A LIST OF RULES THAT THE COUNCIL AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE MUST ABIDE BY.
