6-22-21
AN INTERIM CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF CROWLEY HAS RESIGNED CITING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. SARAH FONTENOT ACCUSES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THREATS, HARASSMENT AND A LACK OF LEADERSHIP, AND SHE CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE. FONTENOT SAYS THE CONSTANT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IS CAUSING THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO FAIL. FONTENOT WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR TWO DECADES IN MULTIPLE POSITIONS.
LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF THOMAS GLOVER SAYS HIS OFFICERS WILL BE ENFORCING A CURFEW FOR TEENS SEVENTEEN AND YOUNGER AS A WAY REDUCE JUVENILE CRIME. THE CURFEW BEGINS AT ELEVEN P-M ON SUNDAYS THROUGH THURSDAYS AND MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. HE SAYS A FIRST OFFENSE IS A WARNING BUT PARENTS WILL BE BROUGHT IN AN PENALIZED FOR A SECOND OFFENSE. THE RESULT OF THE THIRD OFFENSE IS A FINE FOR THE PARENTS AND TEEN AND THE TEEN WILL HAVE TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE.
Auditors found that Louisiana’s labor department paid out about $1 million in state and federal unemployment benefits to dead people. The review was released Monday by Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack’s office. It says payments went to 374 people after they died. The Workforce Commission says it’s working to recoup improper payments.
A TRAFFIC STOP IN LAKE ARTHUR LED TO THE ARREST OF A JENNINGS MAN. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD GLYNN OSER WAS PULLED OVER BY JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOR NOT HAVING A LICENSE PLATE LIGHT AND THEY FOUND A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE VEHICLE. AFTER TALKING TO HIM, THE DEPUTIES DETERMINED HE HAD COMMITTED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH THE JUVENILE. OSER WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF A SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM SAINT MARTINVILLE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING HIM. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE FINAL PROTECT THE CITY COMMITTEE TOWN HALL MEETING TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH HALL. THE COMMITTEE HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT AT THE ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. THE TOWN HALLS ARE BEING HELD TO GET PUBLIC INPUT INTO A DRAFT REPORT PUT TOGETHER BY THE COMMITTEE. THE CHAIRWOMAN JAN SWIFT SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED THEM TO LOOK INTO SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO POSSIBLE DECONSOLIDATION OF THE CITY AND PARISH.
The new president of the Louisiana State University System will be paid a $725,000 annual salary under the terms of his five-year employment agreement. The Advocate reports that the LSU Board of Supervisors approved the contract for William Tate at its meeting Friday with applause and little discussion. Tate’s contract begins July 6. The university system’s first Black president will receive an annual $35,000 housing allowance and a $15,000 per year vehicle allowance in addition to the salary.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS VOTED FIVE-TO-THREE AGAINST A PROPOSED TYPE ONE CHARTER SCHOOL FOR MAURICE. IN MARCH, THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH THE IDEA OF A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR AN ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED. THE SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH OVERCROWDING AT MAURICE SCHOOLS. THE CHARTER SCHOOL CAN NOW GO TO THE STATE BESE BOARD AND ATTEMPT TO GET APPROVAL FROM THEM FOR A TYPE TWO SCHOOL.
