8-23-22
BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL THIS WEEK, THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS MAKING SANDBAGS AVAILABLE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ALL LOCATIONS ARE SELF-BAGGING AND RESIDENTS MUST BRING THEIR OWN SHOVELS. SOME OF THE LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE NORTH DISTRICT SITE AT FOUR HUNDRED DUGAS ROAD, OFF OF NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE, AND PICARD PARK. THERE ARE ALSO SANDBAG LOCATIONS BEHIND BROUSSARD CITY HALL AND BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN CARENCRO.
BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN THAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY, AUGUST FOURTEENTH. THE BODY OF FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CAMILLE ANGELLE WAS FOUND IN A DITCH OFF OF THE POYDRAS HIGHWAY. POLICE FOUND ITEMS FROM A VEHICLE IN THE AREA INCLUDING A SIDE MIRROR SUBMERGED IN THE DITCH NEAR THE BODY. AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD RYAN ROBICHEAUX, WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN AND HE WAS BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF HIT-AND-RUN WITH A DEATH.
A FEDERAL LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF JUVENILES FROM BRIDGE CITY TO ANGOLA. THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF LOUISIANA. THEY SAY IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT TRANFERRING JUVENILES TO ANGOLA PUTS THE YOUTH AT IMMINENT AND GRAVE RISK OF SERIOUS HARM. A HEARING DATE ON THE LAWSUIT IS PENDING.
THE SALVATION ARMY IN LAKE CHARLES IS SEEING A DECREASE IN DONATIONS THIS SUMMER. LIEUTENANT TIM MORRISON SAYS THEIR LOCATION IS DOWN OVER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAYS, THEY ARE GETTING MORE REQUESTS FOR HELP FROM PEOPLE FOR UTILITY, FOOD AND CLOTHING ASSISTANCE. FOOD, CLOTHING, AND MONETARY DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT THEIR LOCATION AT THIRTY-TWENTY LEGION STREET.
LAFAYETTE UTLITY SYSTEM WILL BE HOSTING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS STARTING TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR COST FOR SERVICE AND A RATE PROPOSAL. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS THE DETAILS.
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AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A BODY FOUND IN A PARKING LOT OFF SOUTH LEWIS STREET IN NEW IBERIA EARLIER THIS MONTH. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL LAICHE OF LAKELAND WAS BOOKED WITH FAILURE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE. SHE TURNED HERSELF INTO IBERIA PARISH DEPUTIES YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BODY WAS IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JACOB ADAMS OF LIVINGSTON.
A JUDGE MADE A RULING IN FAVOR OF HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE SUING D-R HORTON, THE MAKER OF THEIR HOMES IN LOUISIANA. THE COMPANY WANTS TO MOVE THE CASE OUT OF THE COURTS AND TO ARBITRATION, BUT HOMEOWNERS WANT TO KEEP THE CASE IN COURTS SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THE HOMEOWNER’S ATTORNEY, LANCE UNGLESBY, SAYS JUDGE JOHNSON FROM THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT RULED THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE, WHICH D-R HORTON HAD CUSTOMERS SIGN. UNGLESBY SAYS THEY ARE OPPOSED TO ARBITRATION BECAUSE IT IS DONE IN SECRET AND IT’S NOT GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE POLICE CHIEF FOR ESTHERWOOD HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR POSTING RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ON THE DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE. POLICE CHIEF WAYNE WELSH TELLS KLFY TV THAT, ONCE HE WAS MADE AWARE THAT IT WAS PROHIBITED, HE DELETED THE CAMPAIGN POSTS. WELSH SAYS THERE WAS NO FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO HIS TAKING OFFICE. HIS OPPONENT, ROBERT KEFFLER, SAID HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG BUT HE DIDN’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
