8-1-23
TWO PEOPLE, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER, HAVE DIED IN A SHOOTING IN VILLE PLATTE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX IS ACCUSED OF SENDING A THREATENING TEXT TO ONE OF HIS OFFICERS JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY. THE OFFICER IS TIM MIKHAEL, WHO IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS, WHICH IS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BOUDREAUX. KLFY TV RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ALLEGED TEXT FROM MIKHAEL’S ATTORNEY, WHICH SAYS IN PART TO REMEMBER WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, AND “I’M STILL THE CHIEF AND I STILL MAKE DECISIONS. WATCH WHAT IS COMING.” MIKHAEL’S ATTORNEY, ALLYSON PREJEAN, SENT A LETTER TO BOUDREAUX’S ATTORNEY PROMISING SWIFT CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RECOURSE IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER HARRASMENT OR THREATS.
SEVERAL NEW LAWS GO INTO EFFECT TODAY IN LOUISIANA. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD RECOVERED MORE THAN HALF OF THE FUNDS LOST IN A PHISHING SCAM LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR. THE SCAMMERS SENT SEEMINGLY VALID EMAIL REQUESTS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CHANGE THE PROFILES AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR TWO HURRICANE-RELATED CONTRACTORS. MORE THAN ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS WAS SENT TO THE WRONG BANK ACCOUNTS. BY ASKING THE BANK TO REVERSE THE PAYMENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER NEARLY EIGHT-HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS REMAINS UNRECOVERED.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO A EUNICE DAYCARE HAS LED TO ONE ARREST. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD ALYSSA EVE DUPRE OF OAKDALE WAS CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO JUVENILES. DUPRE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT PUMPKIN PATCH DAYCARE. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED.
COMPOST IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE FREE TO THE RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE AND THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH. RECYCLING SUPERVISOR GREG GUIDROZ SAYS MULCHING AROUND THE ROOTS OF TREES HELPS REDUCE HEAT STRESS ON THEM BY HELPING THEM ABSORB RAINWATER AND RETAIN SOIL MOISTURE DURING DRY PERIODS. ONE LOAD OF COMPOST PER RESIDENT PER WEEK IS PERMITTED AT THE DEAN DOMINGUES COMPOST FACILITY, LOCATED AT FOUR HUNDRED DUGAS ROAD. PROOF OF RESIDENCE IS REQUIRED TO GET THE FREE COMPOST AT THE FACILITY, WHICH IS OPENED SEVEN-THIRTY TO THREE ON WEEKDAYS AND UNTIL ELEVEN-THIRTY ON SATURDAY MORNING.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY RELEASED A VIDEO YESTERDAY ANNOUNCING HIS SUPPORT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY IN HIS RUN FOR GOVERNOR. LANDRY AND CASSIDY HAVE NOT BEEN POLITICAL ALLIES DURING THE FIFTEEN YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN POLITICS. MANY REPUBLICAN PARTY ACTIVISTS FEEL CASSIDY HAS BEEN TRYING TO REPAIR HIS CREDIBILITY WITH CONSERVATIVES AND TRUMP SUPPORTERS SINCE HE VOTED TO IMPEACH THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SPECULATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN THAT CASSIDY COULD FACE A MAJOR CHALLENGE WHEN HE RUNS FOR REELECTION IN THREE YEARS.
OFFICIALS WITH THE TOWN OF MAMOU AND EVANGELINE PARISH HAVE RESPONDED TO COMPLAINTS BY SOME RESIDENTS ABOUT A SEWAGE LEAK ON SAINT PETER STREET THAT HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN GOING ON FOR EIGHT YEARS. THE RESIDENTS TELL KLFY TV THAT THEY’VE BEEN GETTING THE RUNAROUND ON WHO’S RESPONSIBLE. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SEWER SYSTEM FOR MAMOU ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT AREA IS OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS AND IS SERVICED BY THE EVANGELINE PARISH POLICE JURY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE JURY BRIAN VIDRINE SAYS A CHECK WAS DONE ON THE SEWER SYSTEM AND NOTHING WAS FOUND THAT WOULD CAUSE A BACKUP.
