8/3/22
THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCIL CHAIRS HAVE SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN REHAB FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE AND P-T-S-D. GUILLORY HAS ASKED FOR AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON WHETHER HE CAN CONTINUE WITH HIS ARRANGEMENT TO HANDLE CITY BUSINESS VIA PHONE AND COMPUTER WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION WHILE HE’S IN REHAB. THE CITY-PARISH CHARTER SAYS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MUST TAKE HIS PLACE IF THE MAYOR PRESIDENT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR MORE THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. THE LETTER FROM THE COUNCIL CHAIRS SAYS THE ABILITY FOR CITIZENS TO GET TO OR USE THE DIRECT SERVICE OF THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED THUS HIS AVAILABILITY TO LAFAYETTE PARISH DOES NOT EXIST.
A EUNICE MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S NINETEEN-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER IN FEBRUARY OF TWENTY-THIRTEEN. VICTORIA RENEE LEJEUNE WAS RULED TO HAVE DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ROBERT MILLER WAS LIVING WITH THE CHILD AND HER MOTHER WHEN THE DEATH HAPPENED. ONE TRIAL IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN ENDED WITH A MISTRIAL, BUT AFTER ANOTHER TRIAL, MILLER WAS CONVICTED OF NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE AND HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON AUGUST EIGHTEENTH.
DRIVERS TRAVELING ON THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN BRIDGE WILL SOON SEE NEW SIGNAGE WARNING ABOUT SPEEDING ACROSS THE EIGHTEEN MILE BRIDGE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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STUDENTS WHO ATTEND HACKBERRY HIGH SCHOOL WILL GET TO GO TO A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL BUILDING THIS YEAR. HACKBERRY RESIDENTS VOTED TO BUILD THE NEW FACILITY AND, ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, IT IS READY FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS THURSDAY, AUGUST ELEVENTH. CAMERON PARISH SUPERINTENDENT CHARLIE LEMONS SAYS THE OLD BUILDING WAS SHOWING ITS AGE WITH MILLIONS SPENT ON REPAIRS AND TO FIX HURRICANE DAMAGE. LEMONS SAYS THE NEW FACILITY HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED IN A MODERN DAY SCHOOL.
TICKETMASTER’S CONTRACT WITH THE HEYMANN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THE CAJUNDOME EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. JACKIE LYLE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PASA, PERFORMING ARTS SERVING ACADIANA, WANTS THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER ANOTHER VENDOR. SHE SAYS TICKETMASTER WAS ONCE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN BUT NOW THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHERS. SHE SAYS PEOPLE ARE PAYING HIGH TICKET PRICES FOR EVENTS BECAUSE OF SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING EXCESSIVE ONLINE TICKET FEES.
RAYNE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN WANTED FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY. FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SHANTEL RENEE DUGAS IS ACCUSED OF STRIKING HER ESTRANGED BOYFRIEND WITH HER CAR WHILE HE WAS WALKING ON THE SHOULDER OF A ROAD. DUGAS IS BLACK, FIVE-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. IF YOU KNOW HER LOCATION, YOU CAN CALL THE TIPS LINE AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS AND YOU CAN RECEIVE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HER ARREST.
STATE EDUCATION LEADERS MET TUESDAY TO DISCUSS HOW THEY CAN KEEP KIDS OF ALL AGES SAFE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS IN NEW IBERIA ARE HOSTING A GUN BUYBACK EVENT THIS SATURDAY. IT’S THEIR RESPONSE TO RECENT GUN VIOLENCE. APOSTLE FELTON HOGAN SAYS THEY ARE OFFERING ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SMALLER WEAPONS AND BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ASSAULT RIFLES. THE GUN BUY BACK TAKES PLACE SATURDAY AT BUNK JOHNSON PARK IN NEW IBERIA.
