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8-3-16

The Social Security Administration is declining comment on a case in which the ACLU of Louisiana is seeking Social Security benefits in a same-sex marriage case.  The ACLU says Gerald Beem and William Floyd Conley of  Lafayette had been Louisiana residents since 1997 when they were legally married in California in 2014. Conley died before Louisiana recognized gay marriage in accordance with a 2015 Supreme Court decision.  The ACLU says Beem was denied benefits even after the high court’s decision.

 

THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES, SAMUEL BAYNES, SAYS ITS TIME TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL’S IMAGE.  THE SCHOOL IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW LEADERSHIP MODEL DESIGNED TO GIVE STUDENTS MORE CONTROL OF THEIR EDUCATION.  ACADEMIC DIRECTOR ERIN HARLESS TELLS KPLC TV THE GRADE “D” SCHOOL HAS MADE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME, BUT THEY NEED TO MAKE A LARGE CHANGE IN ORDER TO GET OVER THE HUMP.  SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR LAGRANGE HIGH INCLUDE RAISING FACULTY STANDARDS AND INCLUDING STUDENTS IN HELPING TO CREATE GOALS AND CHANGES FOR THE SCHOOL.

 

CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A WANTED FUGITIVE.  34-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN HABETZ OF CROWLEY IS WANTED FOR SECOND DEGREE CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE.  HE IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE, FIVE-EIGHT, 160 POUNDS, WITH DIRTY BLONDE HAIR.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS LOCATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIANA AT 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A ONE THOUSAN DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED.

 

THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER REPORTS THAT LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HIRED THE DAUGHTER OF A KEY ENDORSER, DESPITE HER HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD.  GERI BROUSSARD BALONEY, WHO FINISHED THIRD IN THE PRIMARY LAST YEAR, WENT ON TO ENDORSE JEFF LANDRY OVER THE THEN-INCUMBENT BUDDY CALDWELL.  LANDRY HIRED HER DAUGHTER, QUENDI, DESPITE HAVING PLED GUILTY IN 1999 TO THREE COUNTS OF CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND THEFT.  BALONEY WAS INSISTENT TO THE NEWSPAPER THAT SHE NEVER DISCUSSED HER DAUGHTER’S EMPLOYMENT WITH LANDRY, AND IT WAS THE FURTHEST THING FROM HER MIND WHEN SHE ENDORSED HIM.

 

A LAFAYETTE WOMAN IS IN JAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING MORE THAN 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  JEFF HORCHEK HAS MORE.

 

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THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT WAS HELD YESTERDAY, DESIGNED TO PROMOTE CAMARADERIE BETWEEN POLICE AND THE CITIZENS THEY PROTECT.  THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL NIGHT OUT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AND NORTH LAKE CHARLES.  POLICE CHIEF DON DIXON SAYS IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO SEE THE SUPPORT AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND THEM.  LAKE CHARLES RESIDENT MARY MENARD TOLD KPLC TV THAT IT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION OF POLICE OFFICERS AND JUSTICE FOR BOTH POLICE AND CITIZENS.

 

A FAMILY IN CECILIA LOST THEIR MOBILE HOME AND DOG TO A FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING.  IT TOOK 15 MINUTES FOR CECELIA FIREFIGHTERS TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORING FIRE DEPARTMENTS.  THE DORE FAMILY MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE HOME SAFELY BUT LOST EVERYTHING.  JOSHUA DORE TOLD KPLC TV THAT THE FIRE STARTED NEAR AN OUTLET AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT.

 

LOUISIANA HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HEIGHTENED ALERT AFTER REPORTS OF A ZIKA OUTBREAK IN A NORTH MIAMI NEIGHBORHOOD.  DR. FRANK WELCH WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SAYS WHAT HAPPENED IN MIAMI IS A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR LOUISIANA, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN PARISHES.  GLENN STOKES OF MOSQUITO CONTROL CONTRACTORS URGES SOUTH LOUISIANA RESIDENTS TO BE DILIGENT IN MONITORING THEIR PROPERTIES FOR STANDING WATER, WHICH ARE BREEDING SITES FOR MOSQUITOES.  THE LAFAYETTE GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM PLANS AN INTERNAL FACULTY MEETING FOR NEXT WEEK WITH D-H-H REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR TINA STEFANSKI TO TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN FOR ZIKA PREVENTION AND DETECTION.