7-26-22
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING HE IS CHECKING INTO REHAB FOR POSSIBLE ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND UNTREATED POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. GUILLORY SAYS HE WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA AFTER HE COMPLETES HIS TWENTY-ONE DAY REHAB. GUILLORY SAYS, WHILE IN REHAB, HE WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE DIRECTION ON CITY PARISH MATTERS. HE SAYS ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REMAIN AVAILABLE AND IN DAILY COMMUNICATION WITH CITY-PARISH ATTORNEY GREG LOGAN AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER CYDRA WINGERTER.
ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED IN NEW IBERIA MONDAY AND CHARGED WITH POSESSING AND DISTRIBUTING A COCKTAIL OF COCAINE AND ANOTHER OPIOID LABELED GRAY DEATH. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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A JENNINGS MAN WAS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND FOR FIRING A WARNING SHOT AFTER HE NOTICED AN UNIDENTIFIED TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE HIS HOME. IT TURNED OUT THE TRUCK WAS THERE ALONG WITH FIRE TRUCKS INVESTIGATING A GAS LEAK CALL. JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY A CALLER ON A RECORDED LINE SAID HE FIRED A WARNING SHOT WITH A RIFLE AND WAS ABOUT TO PUT HOLES IN THE TRUCK. FIFTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD LINUS WHITLEY LANDRY WAS BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM AND RESISTING AN OFFICER.
TWENTY-FIVE LOUISIANA RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH MONKEYPOX, ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THAT INCLUDES FOUR NEW INFECTIONS. THE FIRST MONKEYPOX CASE IN LOUISIANA WAS IDENTIFIED ON JULY SEVENTH. THE C-D-C SAYS GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN MAKE UP A HIGH NUMBER OF THE CASES, BUT ANYONE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE INFECTED IS AT RISK OF GETTING SICK.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT A LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL MEETING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MANAGER OF THE NORTH REGIONAL LIBRARY BRANCH IN CARENCRO. KLFY TV REPORTS THAT CARA CHANCE HAS BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT CENSORSHIP AND HER SUPPORTERS SAY SHE’S BEING TARGETED FOR BEING OUTSPOKEN. THE BOARD DECIDED TO MOVE THE DISCUSSION OF HER EMPLOYMENT STATUS TO NEXT MONTH AND IT WILL BE A PRIVATE DISCUSSION.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE USING THE SUMMER MONTHS TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS. EACH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HAS SELECTED A FAMILY IN THEIR DISTRICT WITH WHOM TO KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT. IT’S HOPED THAT THOSE FAMILIES WILL BECOME AMBASSADORS FOR THE DISTRICT, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND FAMILIES WHILE OPENING UP LINES OF COMMUNICATION. THE COORDINATOR OF PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, TAWASHA THOMAS, TELLS KLFY TV THE INITIATIVE CREATES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHILE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILIES THEMSELVES.
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY FOOD GIVEAWAY TOMORROW MORNING IN ABBEVILLE. THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WITH FOOD TO COMBAT HIGH FOOD PRICES. REGIONAL DIRECTOR PAUL SCELFO SAYS THIS FOOD GIVEAWAY WILL HELP FAMILIES STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. THE DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM NINE TO ELEVEN A-M TOMORROW AT ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ISSUED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CITATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY CONDUCTED A SPECIALIZED DETAIL FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO COMPLY WITH LAWS THAT KEEP THEMSELVES AND OTHERS SAFE. OF THE ONE HUNDRED SIX CITATIONS ISSUED, SIXTY-SEVEN WERE NO SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS.
