7-19-24
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH IS DEAD AFTER HIS TEN-YEAR-OLD BROTHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIM. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS INVESTING TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN THE ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN IBERIA PARISH. IT’S GOING TO THE EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS BRINGING IN A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR AIR SAFETY MAINTENANCE. THE INVESTMENT AIMS TO BUILD UP THE IBERIA PARISH AND LOUISIANA ECONOMY BY CREATING MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED JOBS. U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY SAYS THE INVESTMENT WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT FOR THE FACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT AND NEW CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SAYS HE BELIEVES IF THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN HIS SCHOOL CLASSROOM, MAYBE HE WOULDN’T HAVE SHOT AT TRUMP. LANDRY MADE THE COMMENTS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. THE NEW LAW REQUIRING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BE DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND STATE COLLEGE CLASSROOMS IS UNDER ATTACK. LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED CLAIMING THE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE BEAUREGARD DISTRICT THREE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AUCTIONING OFF A FIRE TRUCK TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE DEPARTMENT. A NINETEEN NINETY-ONE FORD F-EIGHT HUNDRED FIRE TRUCK IS BEING AUCTIONED OFF ONLINE AND IT WILL END ON JULY THIRTIETH. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY PLAN ON USING THE MONEY TO BUY FIRE SUITS, NEW HOSES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO FIGHT FIRES AND SAVE LIVES.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE FORMER YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX FOR DRUG POSSESSION. WHEN BOUDREAUX WAS POLICE CHIEF, METH WAS FOUND NEAR HIS OFFICE. HOWEVER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY DON LANDRY IS PREPARING PAPERWORK TO DISQUALIFY BOUDREAUX FROM RUNNING IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION FOR POLICE CHIEF. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A NEW STATE LAW THAT PREVENTS CANDIDATES WHO RESIGNED FROM OFFICE TO RUN IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY.
PAT’S FISHERMAN’S WHARF IN HENDERSON IS REOPENING NEXT MONDAY. THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE MAY WHEN THEY SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO. THE PORCH OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT WAS BLOWN AWAY AND ROOFS AT THE HOTEL AND THE ATCHAFALAYA CLUB WERE DAMAGED. OWNER PAT HUVAL SAYS IT WAS A VERY ROUGH EXPERIENCE BUT HE’S OPTIMISTIC AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING MORE MEMORIES IN THE FUTURE.
A NEW STATE LAW ATTEMPTS TO KEEP ACCOUNTABLE COMPANIES THAT KEEP TRACK OF ANKLE MONITORS. THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL, REPRESENTATIVE TIMOTHY KARNER OF JEFFERSON PARISH, SAYS HE’S HEARD NUMEROUS STORIES OF CRIMES OCCURRING BECAUSE THE COMPANIES FAILED TO NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THE ANKLE MONITOR OF A SUSPECT OR CONVICT WAS TAMPERED WITH. HE SAYS THE NEW LAW REQUIRES THE COMPANIES TO NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN ONE DAY OF A VIOLATION. FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD RESULT IN A FINE OF UP TO ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, A THIRTY-DAY JAIL SENTENCE AND THEY WOULD BE BANNED FROM OPERATING IN LOUISIANA FOR FIVE YEARS.
THREE HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BREAUX BRIDGE WERE ROBBED AND AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE ROBBERIES WERE CONNECTED. CODI DODGE OF THE PERNA GROUP CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SAYS NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ITEMS WERE STOLEN AT ONE OF THE SITES BUT ONE OF THE ROBBERY ATTEMPTS FAILED. DODGE SAYS AN OFFICER TOLD HIM THAT, ONCE THEY LOOK AT VIDEO CAPTURED AT THE SITES, THEY’LL PREPARE WARRANTS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.
