6-3-22
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE PAY FOR THE POLICE CHIEF, SO THEY CAN ATTRACT MORE CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION. ACCORDING TO GUILLORY, POLICE CHIEF SEARCH FIRMS SAY THE CURRENT SALARY IS INADEQUATE FOR A CITY THE SIZE OF LAFAYETTE. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING THAT WOULD INCREASE THE POLICE CHIEF SALARY BY NEARLY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, BRINGING THE ANNUAL SALARY UP TO ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND. THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF POSITION THROUGH JUNE SEVENTEENTH.
THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING IN OPELOUSAS, THIS TIME INVOLVING A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD VICTIM. POLICE BELIEVE THE GIRL WAS IN A CAR WHEN SHE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LASTRAPES STREET AND RICE LANE. THE GIRL WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD IN LAKE CHARLES IS GETTING A NEW TWENTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLAR READINESS CENTER TO BE BUILT AT THE CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IT WILL HOUSE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SOLDIERS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. THEIR CURRENT FACILITY IN LAKE CHARLES, WHICH WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE LAURA, IS STILL BEING USED.
The Louisiana House is refusing to add exceptions for rape and incest to pending abortion legislation that will take affect if the Supreme Court allows states to outlaw abortion. Rep. Cedric Glover’s amendment died on a 37-62 vote Thursday as the House debated a Senate-passed prolife bill updating laws now on the books. A final vote on the bill was pending Thursday night. House members approved Senate-passed legislation by Sen. Sharon Hewitt, a Slidell Republican, making it more difficult to obtain abortion-inducing drugs.
Louisiana lawmakers have converted a bill doing away with the need for permits to carry concealed weapons into one allowing trained teachers and school administrators to carry guns on campuses. A state Senate revamped the bill Wednesday night while invoking the mass shooting last week in Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The author of the original “permitless carry” bill said Thursday that he was unsure whether he’d try to restore his original language to the bill. It’s unclear if either concept will survive as the legislative session nears its Monday night adjournment deadline.
TWO LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS FROM ACADIANA WERE AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS THIS WEEK. ADJUTANT GENERAL D. KEITH WADDELL SAYS SERGEANT CHRISTIAN M. JAUBERT OF BROUSSARD AND STAFF SERGEANT DILLON J. MANDEVILLE OF NEW IBERIA DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES WHEN RESPONDING TO A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. HE SAYS THEIR QUICK THINKING AND DECISIVE ACTION SAVED THE LIFE OF A VICTIM AND MITIGATED THE IMPACT OF THE TRAUMATIC EVENT FOR SEVERAL OTHERS. JAUBERT CREDITED HIS TRAINING FOR HELPING HIM TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND SAID HE FELT GOD PUT HIM IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FIND A COUPLE WHO WALKED OUT OF WALMART WITH ABOUT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF ITEMS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH STORE EMPLOYEES AND DURING A TUSSLE OVER THE SHOPPING CART, THE WOMAN WAS SEEN REACHING INTO HER FANNY PACK. THE STORE MANAGER WAS CONCERNED THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD A GUN AND LET THE COUPLE LEAVE. THE BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED PICTURES OF THE COUPLE ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.
ACADIA PARISH DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF CIGARETTES FROM A CHURCH POINT CONVENIENCE STORE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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