7-2-21
A NEW JUVENILE CURFEW IS NOW IN EFFECT IN SAINT MARTINVILLE AS OFFICIALS TRY TO GET AHEAD OF CRIME INVOLVING TEENS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation creating the framework for Louisiana college athletes to earn money from endorsements and sponsorship agreements. Thursday’s bill signing announcement came as players on some campuses already have started inking such deals. It also happened a day after the NCAA Board of Directors agreed to a temporary national policy allowing the compensation, pressured as more and more states authorized student athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. Louisiana’s bill by Marrero Republican Sen. Pat Connick setting the state’s rules took effect as soon as the Democratic governor signed his name to the measure.
U-L QUARTERBACK LEVI LEWIS CAPITALIZED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW N-C-A-A RULE THAT ALLOWS STUDENT ATHLETES TO BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THE USE OF THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. LEWIS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH LAFAYETTE TRAVEL TO PROMOTE ITS EAT LAFAYETTE CAMPAIGN. LEWIS SAYS IT FEELS GREAT TO BE LEADING THE WAY IN THE BRAND-NEW N-I-L REALITY AND SHOW WHAT’S POSSIBLE IN LAFAYETTE. BEN BERTHELOT, THE PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE LAFAYETTE CONVENTION AND VISITORS COMMISSION, SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT HE COULDN’T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON AND ATHLETE THAN LEVI LEWIS TO PARTNER WITH ON THIS HISTORIC OCCASION.
A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD KINDER MAN IS STILL MISSING AS STATE POLICE ISSUED A SILVER ALERT ON BEHALF OF THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. MORRIS WILLIAMS HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT MAY IMPAIR HIS JUDGEMENT, WHICH IS WHY STATE POLICE ISSUED THE SILVER ALERT. WILLIAMS WAS LAST SEEN WALKING AWAY FROM HIS HOME IN KINDER EARLY WEDNESDAY, HEADED SOUTH ON L-A THREE-EIGHTY-THREE, NOT WEARING SHOES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON WILLIAM’S WHEREABOUTS ARE ASKED TO CALL THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
SOME RESIDENTS IN RAYNE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DISCOLORED WATER FROM THEIR TAPS SHOULD SOON SEE IMPROVEMENTS. THE WATER HAS CHANGED COLORS FOR SOME RESIDENTS BECAUSE A CLARIFIER THAT REMOVES IRON AND MANGANESE FROM THE WATER WAS BEING REPLACED. RAYNE CITY ENGINEER BRETT BAYARD SAYS THE CLARIFIER IS IN PLACE AND WATER SHOULD BEGIN RUNNING THROUGH IT BY THIS TUESDAY, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS. HE SAYS THE WATER SYSTEM HAS OTHER UPGRADES TO COME BUT NONE WILL HAVE THE EFFECT THIS ONE DID.
Two-time Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jimmy Fitzmorris has died at age 99. Fitizmorris was an Irish Catholic from New Orleans whose charm and workaholic attitude carried him through 30 years in public live, but he fell just short of winning the political posts he most wanted: the jobs of New Orleans mayor and Louisiana governor. His popularity and drive were such that even his political opponents sometimes wondered how he missed out. His death was announced Thursday morning on his son-in-law’s Facebook page and in news releases from Louisiana’s current governor and lieutenant governor.
A LEGAL ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL ALFRED MOUTON STATUE FROM DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE ENDED UNSUCCESSFULLY. LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH ATTORNEY GREG LOGAN SAID SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS WERE UNFRUITFUL BUT WOULD NOT GO INTO DETAILS. A SOURCE TOLD THE AMERICAN PRESS THAT THE CITY OFFERED TO PAY TO RELOCATE THE STATUE TO ANYWHERE APPROVED OF BY THE THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY BUT THE DEADLINE TO ACCEPT THE OFFER WAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL GROUPS AND PEOPLE FROM LAFAYETTE HAVE CALLED FOR THE STATUE TO BE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY BECAUSE MOUTON WAS A SLAVE OWNER WHO FOUGHT FOR THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE LOOKING TO THE PUBLIC TO IDENTIFY A PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED A GUN OUTSIDE OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. POLICE SAY LAST SATURDAY, A CUSTOMER GOT INTO A VERBAL DISAGREEMENT WITH AN EMPLOYEE AT A BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF RAILROAD AVENUE AND THEN WENT OUTSIDE AND FIRED OFF SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM A HANDGUN. A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT CAN BE SEEN ON THE K-L-F-Y-DOT-COM WEBSITE. IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL SAINT LANDRY CRIME STOPPERS AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
