6-21-22
THE THIRTY DAY SUSPENSION OF A BROUSSARD POLICE OFFICER WAS UPHELD MONDAY ON APPEAL. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE FAMILY OF L-S-U-E BASKETBALL PLAYER EVERETTE JACKSON IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS BODY TO BE RETURNED TO LOUISIANA. JACKSON WENT MISSING JUNE ELEVENTH WHEN HE FELL FROM A TUBE HE WAS ON WHILE FLOATING ON THE PAYETTE RIVER IN IDAHO AND HIS BODY WAS FOUND SUNDAY. HIS COACH, BYRON STARKS, TELLS KLFY TV THAT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE THINGS IN LIFE THAT HAPPENED TO A VERY, VERY GOOD KID AND A VERY GOOD FAMILY MEMBER. ONCE EVERETTE’S BODY IS RETURNED, THE FAMILY WILL MAKE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed 17 recently passed bills, including legislation that would toughen criminal sentences and ban government entities from denying building entry based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccine status. In total, the Democrat has vetoed 23 bills passed during the 2022 regular legislative session, which adjourned on June 6. Under Louisiana’s constitution, a veto override session is automatically scheduled when a governor vetoes legislation. However, a majority vote of either the House or Senate can scrap the gathering.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR TWO TEENAGERS WHO WERE STRUCK AND KILLED WHILE STANDING IN THE ROADWAY AS A FAMILY MEMBER HELPED WITH THEIR DISABLED VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP WHO STRUCK THEM WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE IMPAIRED. THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD KYLE H. VIDRINE OF LAKE ARTHUR WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MIGUEZ FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WEDNESDAY AT ELEVEN-THIRTY. THE NEXT DAY AT TEN A-M, THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRANNON J. ADAMS OF JENNINGS WILL BE HELD AT THE MATTHEWS AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN JENNINGS.
THERE IS ONE MORE APPLICANT FOR THE LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF POSITION, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO NINE. THE NINTH APPLICANT IS A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER. ALSO, THERE IS A CORRECTION TO A REPORT ABOUT THE ONLY OUT OF STATE APPLICANT, MARCUS OVERTON OF GREENBELT, MARYLAND. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LISTED ON HIS APPLICATION. A COLLEGE DEGREE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE JOB. KATC TV CALLED OVERTON WHO TOLD THEM HE DID OBTAIN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE FROM BETHEL UNIVERSITY IN TENNESSEE.
HOUSEHOLDS IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH THAT HAVE PAST DUE ELECTRICITY BILLS CAN GET TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN AID IF THEY QUALIFY. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSE BELLARD SAYS THEY HAVE THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SURPLUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. HE SAYS BY JUNE THIRTIETH THEY HAVE TO SPEND IT OR GIVE THE MONEY BACK. BELLARD SAYS THEY HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE CONTACT THEM, SO THEY ARE GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THEY HAVE THE FUNDS.
CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SIX MONTHS CAN START RECEIVING THE COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE TODAY, AFTER THE C-D-C GAVE MODERNA AND PFIZER SHOTS APPROVAL OVER THE WEEKEND. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A HOUSE FIRE ON ODILE STREET IN LAFAYETTE MONDAY AFTERNOON WAS STARTED ACCIDENTALLY. FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE OCCUPANT WAS DOING LAUNDRY WHEN A GAS CAN WAS KNOCKED OVER. AN OPEN FLAME FROM A GAS WATER HEATER IGNITED THE VAPORS, AND THE FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT THERE WAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM AND SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE HOME.
