8-11-26
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET ANNOUNCED A SEVENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR INITIATIVE TO REDUCE CONGESTION ON THE ROADWAYS. THE PLAN WOULD GIVE DRIVERS MORE OPTIONS IN GETTING AROUND, HELPING EASE TRAFFIC. IT INCLUDES EIGHTEEN PROJECTS FOCUSED ON ROUNDABOUTS, ADDING TURN LANES, EXPANDING KEY CORRIDORS AND RETIMING AND SYNCHRONIZING TRAFFIC SIGNALS ACROSS THE PARISH. THE PROPOSED PLAN WOULD BE FUNDED BY AN EXISTING PROPERTY TAX THAT’S UP FOR RENEWAL BY VOTERS IN DECEMBER.
A JEANERETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER A SHOOTING IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA OF SAINT MARY PARISH. DEONDRE JOHNSON WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT MARY PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS. A MALE VICTIM WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.
LOUISIANA RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR HAVE EXTRA TIME TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS IN SIX PARISHES, INCLUDING SAINT LANDRY AND AVOYELLES PARISHES, HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER FIRST. THE PREVIOUS DEADLINE WAS AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA REQUESTED THE EXTENSION.
NEW VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED OF AN ARREST BY A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT. PREVIOUSLY RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS A HANDCUFFED MAN BEING SLAMMED TO THE GROUND. THE NEW VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW CORPORAL RICKY FONTENOT KNEEING THE MAN IN THE HEAD WHILE HE IS ON THE GROUND BEING RESTRAINED. THE ARRESTED MAN’S ATTORNEY TELLS KADN TV THAT HIS CLIENT IS RECEIVING MEDICAL ATTENTION AND THEY ARE CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION.
SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO NUMEROUS BURGLARIES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE BURGLARIES HAPPENED AT THE OLD F-D-F ENERGY BUILDING ON THE I-TEN SERVICE ROAD NEAR THE ESTHERWOOD EXIT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY STOLE COPPER WIRING AND VARIOUS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT VALUED AT BETWEEN EIGHTY AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE SEVEN ARRESTED WERE REPORTEDLY NOT WORKING TOGETHER.
A NEW LOUISIANA LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT AUGUST FIRST GIVES COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES WHEN POLICE ARE NOT AROUND, ACCORDING TO REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL BAYHAM WHO AUTHORED THE NEW MEASURE. HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY SELF-DEFENSE CHEMICAL SPRAY ON CAMPUS. BAYHAM SAYS THEY WORKED WITH THE UNIVERSITIES ON THE POLICY. HE SAYS STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CARRY THE SPRAY TO EVENTS WITH LOTS OF SECURITY SUCH AS FOOTBALL GAMES.
MOSQUITO CONTROL CREWS IN ACADIANA ARE GETTING PREPARED FOR AN UNUSUAL PARTNERSHIP THAT COULD BECOME IMPORTANT AFTER A MAJOR STORM. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A RAYNE MAN HAS HAD MORE YEARS ADDED ON TO HIS FEDERAL SENTENCE BECAUSE OF A NEW CHARGE. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD RAYLIN RICHARD WAS ALREADY SERVING A SEVENTEEN-YEAR SENTENCE FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BECAUSE HE SECRETLY FILMED THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND. U-S DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES CAIN JUNIOR ADDED FORTY-SIX MONTHS AFTER RICHARD THREATENED BODILY HARM TO HIS FORMER PARTNER IF SHE EVER REPORTED HIM TO THE POLICE AGAIN. RICHARD, WHO IS BEING HELD AT THE OAKDALE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, USED A CONTRABAND CELLPHONE TO MAKE THREATENING SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES.
