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SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE GRANDPARENTS OF IRIS DAVIS, THE TEENAGER WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST MONTH AND WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND DAYS LATER LYING IN A FIELD NEAR HER HOME. EUGENE AND GRACE TAYLOR HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A JUVENILE AND GRACE HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. IRIS’ BROTHER, DORIAN SAVOY, WHO PREVIOUSLY WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO REPORT A HOMOCIDE, NOW ALSO FACES A CHARGE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A JUVENILE. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE RELEASED.
SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT AT A RESTAURANT WEDNESDAY. LAYNE MILLER HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO KEEP THEIR CALENDARS OPEN BETWEEN OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD AND NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH FOR A POTENTIAL SPECIAL SESSION ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING. THE SUPREME COURT COULD OVERTURN THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, WHICH WERE RECENTLY REDRAWN. THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE MAPS. SOME LAWMAKERS SAY IT’S PREMATURE TO PLAN FOR A SPECIAL SESSION SINCE A DECISION ON THE CASE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED UNTIL AS LATE AS JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
A DRY CREEK FAMILY IS REBUILDING AFTER A FIRE LAST MONTH DESTROYED THEIR HOME. THE LANDRENEAU FAMILY MADE IT OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH NONTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK. THIS WEEK, JESSE MCCOY, OWNER OF MCCOY’S SPECIALTY CUTS IN MOSS BLUFF, DONATED AN ENTIRE DAY’S PROCEEDS, MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, TO HELP THE LANDRENEAUS. JEREMY LANDRENEAU TELLS KPLC TV THE COMMUNITY HAS BLESSED THEM LIKE HE NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AND THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN DOING.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD SAYS FIREFIGHTERS IN GRAND COTEAU ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN TO THE JOB. THEY HAD STAGED A WALKOUT OVER THE FIRING OF FIRE CHIEF RILEY “SKIPPY” GRISHAM BY MAYOR PATRICK RICHARD. BELLARD SAYS SOON THE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY STAFFED. RICHARD SAYS HE HAS TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AS MAYOR WHICH SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE.
THE TERMINATION OF A YOUNGSVILLE POLICE OFFICER WAS UPHELD BY THE CITY’S FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. FORMER OFFICER LLOYD HENRY WAS FIRED FOR EXHAUSTING HIS SICK LEAVE FOLLOWING A CRASH IN WHICH HE WAS REAR-ENDED WHILE IN HIS POLICE UNIT. HENRY USED SIXTY WEEKS OF SICK LEAVE AND HOPED TO RETURN TO LIGHT DUTY LAST SEPTEMBER, BUT HE INSTEAD WAS FIRED. HENRY’S ATTORNEY PLANS TO APPEAL THE BOARD’S DECISION TO DISTRICT COURT.
THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE IS USING NEW ENVELOPES FOR VOTERS WHO REQUEST ABSENTEE BALLOTS. VOTERS WILL SEE THE NEW ENVELOPES BEGINNING WITH THE OCTOBER ELEVENTH ELECTION. SECRETARY NANCY LANDRY SAYS THE REDESIGNED ENVELOPES COME WITH LARGER PRINT AND EASIER TO READ INSTRUCTIONS. SHE SAYS THE ENVELOPES WILL ENSURE VOTERS KNOW HOW TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL WHILE MAINTAINING STRINGENT ELECTION SECURITY MEASURES.
LANDOWNERS ALONG THE WHISKEY BAY PILOT CHANNEL IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH ARE FACING LOSS OF LAND AND PROPERTY DUE TO EROSION. ONE LANDOWNER, JOSEPH BREAUX, TELLS KLFY TV THAT HIS PROPERTY WAS FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE FEET BUT NOW IT’S THREE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET LONG BECAUSE OF CAVE-INS CAUSED BY THE RIVER. HE SAYS THEY’VE TRIED TO STOP IT, BUT THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE AREA NEXT TO THE SHERBORNE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IS A POPULAR HUNTING AREA BUT THE EROSION IS THREATENING ITS FUTURE USE.
