7-12-18
NEXT WEEK, THE CARENCRO CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A PAY INCREASE FOR POLICE OFFICERS. CITY MANAGER DON CHAUVIN TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS LOST FIVE OFFICERS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHO WENT TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR BETTER PAY. CHAUVIN SAYS THE MAYOR OF CARENCRO WANTS THE CITY’S OFFICERS TO STAY THERE AND, TO DO THAT, THEY NEED TO BE OFFERED COMPETITIVE SALARIES. THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER RAISING THEIR SALARIES TO ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND A YEAR.
Lake Charles police say a 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot when other people were playing with a gun — and not by a drive-by shooter, as reported earlier. Lake Charles Deputy Police Chief Mark Kraus says in a news release that the child was taken to a hospital immediately after the shooting about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday.
He says the boy is in stable condition. He said witnesses told police at first that the boy had been wounded by a drive-by shooter, but that report turned out to be false.
IF YOU SEE RAYNE POLICE OFFICERS AND HEAR GUNSHOTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE CONDUCTING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING SESSION. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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FORMER LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PAT COOPER HAS BEEN NAMED THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE LOUISIANA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. COOPER WAS FIRED BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 OVER ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLATING STATE LAW AND BOARD POLICY ALTHOUGH COURTS HAVE SINCE RULED THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR HIS TERMINATION. COOPER SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT HE’S EXCITED TO JOIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEAM AS THEY WORK TO MAKE THE SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT A MODEL OF EDUCATION EXCELLENCE. A SEARCH FOR A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE LOUISIANA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONGOING AFTER RALPH THIBODEAUX STEPPED DOWN TO TAKE OVER AS PRINCIPAL AT LAFAYETTE’S W-D AND MARY BAKER SMITH CAREER CENTER.
UNITED BLOOD SERVICES IN LAFAYETTE IS HOSTING THEIR TENTH ANNUAL RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK MARATHON BLOOD DRIVE TODAY AND TOMORROW. U-B-S HOSTS THE DRIVE EACH YEAR BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD DONATIONS DROPS USUALLY BY MORE THAN TWENTY PERCENT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THE DRIVE WILL BE HELD UNTIL TEN TONIGHT AT THE U-B-S OFFICES ON BERTRAND DRIVE AND FROM EIGHT TO FOUR TOMORROW. THEY ARE GIVING AWAY SEVENTEEN GRAND PRIZES INCLUDING A 49 INCH SMART TV, PLUS THERE WILL BE OTHER GIVEAWAYS FOR EACH DONOR INCLUDING A TEN DOLLAR AMAZON GIFT CARD.
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE CASES OF JUGGING IN SULPHUR AND LAKE CHARLES OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, AND POLICE BELIEVE THE CASES ARE CONNECTED. JUGGING HAPPENS WHEN A BURGLAR FOLLOWS SOMEONE WITH A BANK BAG OR ENVELOPE WHO IS LEAVING THE BANK, AND, WHEN THEY MAKE A STOP SOMEWHERE, THE BURGLAR BREAKS INTO THEIR VEHICLE AND STEALS THE MONEY THAT’S LEFT THERE. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A LOWES STORE IN SULPHUR WHEN THE BURGLAR BROKE OUT THE FRONT WINDOW OF THE VICTIM’S CAR. THE SECOND HAPPENED AT A GAS STATION NEXT TO THE LOWES AND SULPHUR POLICE BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME PERSON.
A NEW IBERIA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT REJECTED A PERMIT FOR A COMPANY THAT WANTED TO OPEN A WASTE PROCESSING PLANT ON CAMELIA STREET. THE FULL CITY COUNCIL COULD STILL APPROVE THE PERMIT REQUEST FROM MEDGREEN AT THEIR MEETING NEXT TUESDAY. THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WERE PACKED WITH RESIDENTS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED PLANT OVER CONCERNS THAT IT COULD HARM THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. THE PLANT WOULD PROCESS POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS BIOMEDICAL WASTE AND ANIMAL INSPECTION WASTE.
THE FORMER STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY AT A HEARING THIS WEEK IN WHICH THREE STATE TROOPERS ARE CHALLENGING THEIR DISCIPLINE FOR TAKING AN EXPENSIVE SIDE TRIP TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA. THE TROOPERS HAVE ALLEGED THAT MIKE EDMONSON RECOMMENDED THEY TAKE A MORE SCENIC ROUTE TO THE CONFERENCE RATHER THAN A DIRECT COURSE ON INTERSTATE TEN. THE TROOPER’S ATTORNEY, FLOYD FALCON, TOLD COMMISSIONERS IN AN OPENING STATEMENT THAT EDMONDSON DIRECTED THEM TO TAKE THE LONG JOURNEY IN A FORD EXPEDITION SO HE COULD HAVE SOMEONE AT HIS BECK AND CALL AND A DRIVER AT THE CONFERENCE.
