8/2/22
A BROUSSARD MAN WAS SHOT SUNDAY NIGHT BY HIS ROOMATE, ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, WHO SPOKE ANONYMOUSLY WITH KLFY TV. HE SAYS THE TWO HAD BEEN DRINKING AND GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. SIXTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD EDWARD LEE WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
TROY HEBERT WILL BE ALLOWED TO RUN FOR CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF AFTER A JUDGE RULED, HE MET THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAID HEBERT HAD NOT LIVED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. MULTIPLE WITNESSES TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF HEBERT AT MONDAY’S COURT HEARING. HEBERT, AFTER THE HEARING, TOLD KLFY TV THAT THERE WERE NO HARD FEELINGS, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO AN OPINION IN COURT.
A former Louisiana Democratic Party leader who resigned from the state Senate earlier this year has now pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge. Former Sen. Karen Carter Peterson entered the plea Monday. Prosecutors say Peterson diverted campaign funds for personal use, including for gambling expenses, and they said she arranged for companies run by her associates to be hired by the state party. Prosecutors say those associates did little or no work for the party and gave part of the money back to Peterson.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES IS INVESTIGATING TWO INCIDENTS IN CALCASIEU PARISH WHERE BOATERS WERE INJURED AFTER BEING HIT BY THE PROPELLERS. ON SATURDAY AT AROUND FIVE, A BOATER IN THE OLD SABINE RIVER LOST CONTROL, FLIPPING THE BOAT, AND HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER WHEN HE WAS EJECTED. SEVERAL NEARBY BOATERS RETRIEVED HIM AND HE WAS TAKEN TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. A COUPLE HOURS LATER ON THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL, AN OPERATOR TRYING TO JUMP OFF THE BOAT, SLIPPED AND FELL, AND SUSTAINED SEVERAL PROPELLER STRIKES.
U-L’S SUMMER COMMENCEMENT TAKES PLACE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AT TEN AT THE CAJUNDOME. SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE SO BALLOONS, SIGNS, WRAPPED GIFTS AND OTHER LARGE ITEMS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN. THEY ARE ALLOWING SMALL PURSES OR CLUTCHES, EQUIPMENT BAGS FOR ESSENTIAL MEDICAL ITEMS, DIAPER BAGS, AND BINOCULARS IN A CLEAR BAG OR IN A CASE WITH THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS PURSES. TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED AND THE EVENT IS BEING LIVE-STREAMED AT U-L LAFAYETTE’S FACEBOOK PAGE.
IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH, WHAT HAS BEEN A HEADACHE FOR YEARS CONTINUES TO GROW AND BECOME AN EVEN BIGGER EYESORE. SYLVIA MASTERS EXPLAINS.
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The state’s three abortion clinics have been relying on rulings and temporary restraining orders to allow them to continue operations. But procedures came to a screeching halt Friday afternoon after an appeals court ruled in favor of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and ordered that he be allowed to enforce the ban while ongoing legal challenges play out in court. The clinics are still open, however. Staff members are calling patients to notify them of the ban and urge them to seek resources in other states.
IBERIA PARISH WILL RECEIVE A FIVE-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT TO EXPAND BROADBAND SERVICES. CAJUN BROADBAND WILL EXPAND IN THE COTEAU AREA WHILE SOUTHERN LINK WILL EXPAND IN THE LOREAUVILLE AND JEANERETTE AREAS. PARISH OFFICIALS SAY THE NEW FIBER PLAN WILL BE MORE RELIABLE BECAUSE IT WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE GROUND, MAKING IT STORM PROOF. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND TAKE THREE TO FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
