7-29-22
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS ASKED STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY TO ISSUE HIS OPINION ON WHETHER HE CAN REMAIN IN POWER WHILE GOING THROUGH REHAB. ON MONDAY, GUILLORY CHECKED HIMSELF IN FOR A THREE WEEK STAY AT A REHABILITATION FACILITY FOR TREATMENT OF POSSIBLE ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND P-T-S-D. IN HIS LETTER TO LANDRY, GUILLORY SAYS HE’S LEARNED THE PARISH AND CITY COUNCIL CHAIRS HAVE ATTEMPTED OR ARE PLANNING TO APPOINT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO ACT AS INTERIM MAYOR PRESIDENT. PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON A-B RUBIN TELLS KLFY TV A DECISION HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE AND IT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
A FORMER NEW IBERIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS RETURNING AS THE SCHOOL’S PRINCIPAL. EMANUEL HARDING WILL ALSO BE THE FIRST BLACK PRINCIPAL AT HIS ALMA MATER. HARDING TELLS KLFY TV THAT, WHILE HE WAS IN THE OIL FIELD, HE REALIZED THAT HIS ASPIRATIONS WERE IN ADMINISTRATION AND HE DREAMED OF ENDING UP AT HIS OLD SCHOOL. HARDING SAYS HE HAS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN WITH A GOAL OF GETTING NEW IBERIA HIGH SCHOOL UP TO AN “A” GRADE LEVEL.
THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON THE STATE’S ABORTION BAN IS SET TO EXPIRE TODAY. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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MORE PEOPLE IN LAKE CHARLES ARE DONATING PLASMA AS A WAY TO MAKE MONEY. VLASTA HAKES WITH GRIFOLS PLASMA DONATION CENTER SAYS THEY OFFER COMPENSATION FOR DONATIONS AS A WAY TO KEEP DONORS COMING BACK. THEY ARE PAID BETWEEN FIFTY AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH DONATION AND HAKES SAYS A DONOR CAN MAKE MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH BY DONATING TWICE WEEKLY. HAKES SAYS IT TAKES TWELVE HUNDRED OR MORE DONATIONS TO MAKE ENOUGH MEDICINE FOR ONE PATIENT.
YOUNGSVILLE MAYOR KEN RITTER WILL SERVE A THIRD TERM AFTER HIS ONLY OPPONENT WITHDREW. KENNETH CHAMPAGNE, WHO QUALIFIED ON JULY TWENTIETH, DID NOT RETURN CALLS EXPLAINING HIS DECISION. RITTER JOINS EVERY INCUMBENT COUNCILMEN AND POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX IN BEING UNOPPOSED FOR THE NOVEMBER EIGHTH ELECTION. THERE IS ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT ELECTION, DIVISION E, WHERE SIMON CHAMPAGNE AND ANN ISTRE ATTEMPT TO REPLACE GARY WILLIAMS, WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY IN FEBRUARY.
A SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS RESTING AT HOME AFTER HE WAS STABBED TRYING TO ARREST A LAS VEGAS WOMAN WEDNESDAY. SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESPERSON GINNY HIGGINS SAYS TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY NICOLE BURTON IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PERSON WHO KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF A HOME ON THE CATAHOULA HIGHWAY AND ASKED FOR A GUN. HIGGINS SAYS DEPUTIES SPOTTERD BURTON’S VEHICLE AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP, BUT BURTON GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN. HIGGINS SAYS A DEPUTY CAUGHT BURTON AND WAS THEN STABBED, BUT HIS INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
STARTING MONDAY, POLICE IN LOUISIANA WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA AS PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEARCH A PERSON’S HOME WITHOUT A WARRANT AND SMOKING OR VAPING MARIJUANA IN A VEHICLE WILL BE ILLEGAL. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTS ARE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY. ALL CUSTOMERS OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE WATER SYSTEM SHOULD BOIL THEIR WATER BEFORE CONSUMING IT. IF BOTTLED WATER IS UNAVAILABLE, WATER SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO A FULL ROLLING BOIL FOR A MINUTE. THE ORDER WILL BE LIFTED ONCE THE WATER HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND SAFE.
