6-20-22
THE GEM COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN IDAHO IS REPORTING THAT THE BODY OF MISSING L-S-U-E BASKETBALL PLAYER EVERETTE JACKSON HAS BEEN FOUND. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF POSITION ENDED THIS PAST FRIDAY AND THERE ARE A TOTAL OF EIGHT APPLICANTS. ONLY ONE IS FROM OUT OF STATE, MARCUS OVERTON OF GREENBELT, MARYLAND, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION. IN MAY, AFTER ONLY RECEIVING FIVE APPLICATIONS, THE LAFAYETTE FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD EXTENDED THE APPLICATION PERIOD BY THIRTY DAYS. MAJOR MONTE POTIER HAS BEEN SERVING AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF SINCE LAST OCTOBER.
The Louisiana Legislature has ended a special session without agreeing on a new congressional map that must include a second majority-Black district as ordered by a federal judge. Observers said after the session ended Saturday that the mapping of new boundaries now appears likely to fall to the courts. The Advocate reports no proposed amendments could win the minimum 20 votes needed for Senate approval. Gov. John Bel Edwards blasted lawmakers on Saturday for failing to come up with a new plan.
TWO TEENAGERS WERE KILLED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE I-TEN SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD IN JENNINGS. A FAMILY MEMBER WAS HELPING THE TWO, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD KYLE H. VIDRINE OF LAKE ARTHUR AND SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRANNON J. ADAMS OF JENNINGS, WITH A DISABLED VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF A JEEP HIT THE TWO AND TOLD TROOPERS HE COULDN’T SEE THEM BECAUSE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE’S HEADLIGHTS. IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A COCKFIGHTING BUST IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH SATURDAY NIGHT LED TO THE ARREST OF EIGHTEEN PEOPLE. MAJOR GINNY HIGGINS OF THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY RECEIVED REPORTS ABOUT THE COCKFIGHTING IN A WOODED AREA NEAR THE TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF MAIN HIGHWAY. DEPUTIES ARRIVED TO FIND EIGHTEEN PEOPLE CONDUCTING COCKFIGHTS. ONE PERSON WHO WAS ARRESTED, THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM FRANCIS JUNIOR OF YOUNGSVILLE, ALSO FACES DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES.
A CRANE CAUGHT FIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-TEN NEAR THE SCOTT EXIT. THE CRANE OPERATOR SUFFERED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEGS, CHEST AND ARMS BUT SCOTT FIRE CHAD SONNIER SAYS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF NOT FOR THE ACTIONS OF A PASSING MOTORIST FROM TEXAS. THE MAN PULLED THE CRANE OPERATOR FROM THE VEHICLE BEFORE FIRE CREWS ARRIVED. SONNIER SAYS THE MAN DROVE OFF WHEN THEY ARRIVED, NOT WANTING ANY RECOGNITION.
A NEW STATE LAW PASSED IN THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION REQUIRES A MORE THOROUGH VETTING OF NURSING HOME’S EVACUATION PLANS. THIS COMES BECAUSE OF THE EVACUATION OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH DURING HURRICANE IDA TO A PARTIALLY FLOODED WAREHOUSE WITH INADEQUATE CLOTHES, HYGIENE AND FOOD. THE NEW LAW REQUIRES ALL NURSING HOMES IN THE STATE TO SUBMIT EVACUATION PLANS WHICH MUST BE APPROVED BY THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IF THE PLANS INCLUDE USING AN UNLICENSED EVACUATION SITE, SUCH AS A CHURCH OR SCHOOL, THAT SITE MUST BE INSPECTED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE ONLY GROCERY STORE IN MELVILLE IS CLOSING THIS MONTH AFTER NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN BUSINESS. CANATELLA GROCERY OPENED IN NINETEEN-TWENTY-THREE BUT HAS STRUGGLED BECAUSE FIFTY-TWO PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. THAT MEANS, WHEN CANATELLA GROCERY CLOSES, THE CLOSEST GROCERY STORE FOR RESIDENTS WILL BE THIRTY MILES AWAY. SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT JESSE BELLARD TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR THE TOWN TO SURVIVE AND THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP THEM.
