8-27-19
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND D-O-T-D SECRETARY SHAWN WILSON WERE IN LAFAYETTE FOR A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF A WIDENING PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 90. THE 63-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT INVOLVED THE WIDENING OF HIGHWAY 90 TO SIX LANES BETWEEN ALBERTSON’S PARKWAY AND AMBASSADOR CAFFERY. WILSON SAYS THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY FOR THE SURROUNDING REGION. CURRENTLY THAT CORRIDOR SEES 42 THOUSAND MOTORISTS A DAY AND IT’S EXPECTED TO RISE TO 67 THOUSAND VEHICLES A DAY WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.
THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED SECURITY FOOTAGE IN HOPES OF GETTING HELP IN IDENTIFYING A BURGLARY SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT IS SEEN BREAKING INTO THE CLUB HOUSE AT THE VILLAGE GREEN APARTMENTS ON ERNEST STREET ON AUGUST 14TH. HE TOOK SEVERAL ITEMS INCLUDING A TV SET. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING SEVERAL 18-WHEELERS SHUT DOWN I-TEN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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The owners of a suburban New Orleans landfill have reemerged as two of the state’s top political donors, even as a civil suit that claims some earlier political contributions were tantamount to bribes moves forward again. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that Jim Ward and Fred Heebe, owners of the River Birch landfill in Waggaman, are some of the largest financial backers of the effort to reelect Gov. John Bel Edwards. Companies controlled by the men have donated to a political action committee that’s given at least $200,000 to Gumbo PAC, an organization that could play a crucial role in Edwards’ reelection bid. Their political donations were at the center of a four-year federal criminal probe that eventually ended without any charges being filed.
SUSPENDED LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL ON SEPTEMBER 16TH ON 17 COUNTS OF MALFEASANCE. A MOTION HEARING IS SET FOR THIS THURSDAY. POPE IS ACCUSED OF TAKING 85 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CITY COURT FEES AND USING IT FOR PERSONAL USE. POPE’S LAWYERS CONTEND THE ACCUSATIONS ARE VAGUE AND DO NOT SPECIFY HOW POPE ILLEGALLY TOOK PUBLIC FUNDS.
A JEFF DAVIS PARISH FARMER IS THE OWNER OF A FIVE LEGGED CALF. MATT ALEXANDER TELLS KATC TV HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO BID ON THE CALF AT A RECENT AUCTION AND WAS TOLD BY OTHERS THE CALF WOULDN’T LIVE LONG. ALEXANDER SAYS THAT, TEN DAYS LATER, THE CALF, WHICH HIS FIANCEE NAMED ELSIE, IS GOOD AND HEALTHY. THE TWO HAVE STARTED AN ELSIE’S JOURNEY FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CALF.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A PICKUP TRUCK THAT HIT A PEDESTRIAN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND FLED THE SCENE. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS SEVERELY INJURED BUT IS HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION. THE PICKUP TRUCK IS, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, DARK BLUE, A CHEVY OR G-M-C, BETWEEN 2012 AND 2014, WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE GRILL. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS VEHICLE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE KYLE ARDOIN WILL UNVEIL THE FALL 2019 “I VOTED” STICKER TODAY IN LAFAYETTE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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