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6-29-18

OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTIONS OF PURCHASING THE WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. THE SALE IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.  THE TERMS OF THE SALE HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.  THE TRANSACTION IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ANY JOB LOSSES.

 

A federal prisoner in Oakdale has pleaded guilty to trying to escape by climbing over a razor wire perimeter fence.  U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph, in a news release, says 41-year-old Lucas Gregory Woodard, entered the plea Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay to one count of attempted escape. Joseph’s office said Wednesday the plea becomes final when accepted by U.S. District Judge Robert G. James.

Authorities say Woodard and co-defendant 40-year-old Nicholas Bickel got ensnared in wire surrounding the Federal Correctional Center in Oakdale on Oct. 11.

 

A Jeanerette man has pleaded guilty to resisting, attacking and threatening a Chitimacha Tribe police officer.  U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph, in a news release, says 61-year-old Barry David Bryce, entered the plea Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to assaulting a police officer.  According to the guilty plea, the tribal officer pulled over Bryce’s vehicle on Sept. 23 on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. After conducting a number of field sobriety tests and observing Bryce, the officer arrested him,but Bryce began threatening the officer and kicked him.

 

A state senator says Louisiana’s health department should press harder to correct problems found by auditors who say the agency does a poor job overseeing billions in Medicaid payments.  Senate health committee chairman Fred Mills, a St. Martin Parish Republican, was dissatisfied with the department response to the audit. He wrote Health Secretary Rebekah Gee seeking more details about how her agency will correct shortcomings identified by the legislative auditor’s office.  Gee replied Thursday her agency is working on system upgrades and has increased penalties for managed care companies that don’t have accurate provider information.

 

U-L POLICE SAY THEY ARE ENDING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING STUDENT CAITLYN CHASE, BUT CAITLYN’S FATHER, BRYAN CHASE, SAYS HE STILL HASN’T HEARD FROM HER AND HE BELIEVES SHE COULD BE IN DANGER.  MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.

 

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A CAR SHOW AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER TOMORROW WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR AN INJURED CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY.  ON MARCH 31ST, DEPUTY PARKER VAUGHAN WAS OFF DUTY WHEN HE WAS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.  VAUGHAN HAS UNDERGONE SEVERAL SURGERIES AND IS CURRENTLY IN A REHAB CENTER IN TEXAS.  THE CAR SHOW STARTS AT TEN TOMORROW MORNING AND LASTS UNTIL FOUR, AND TICKETS ARE 25 DOLLARS.

 

A judge has ordered a New Iberia man to pay $2,500 because his juvenile son killed a Louisiana black bear in 2015, and the teenager has lost his hunting license for a year.  Spokesman Adam Einck says the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries also plans to sue 60-year-old Elie Dupre, for $7,500 to make up the bear’s $10,000 assessed value.  Einck says the teenager also must put in 100 hours of community service and retake a hunting education course. He said in a news release Thursday that the judge convicted Dupre of contributing to juvenile delinquency and his son of taking an animal during a closed season.

 

Louisiana’s prison population is dropping faster than expected after Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawmakers overhauled criminal sentencing laws.  The state has relinquished its title as the nation’s top jailer, with an announcement earlier this month that Oklahoma now has the highest incarceration rate in the country.  That switch had been expected. But a new report released Thursday shows Louisiana’s prison population decline of more than 7 percent also exceeded state projections.