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RUMORS OF A POSSIBLE SPACEX PROJECT IN VERMILLION PARISH HAVE GENERATED QUESTIONS ACROSS ACADIANA. THE RUMORS ARE OF A PURCHASE OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OF MARSHLAND NEAR PECAN ISLAND FOR A POTENTIAL AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT THOUGH IT’S NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY SPACEX, EXXONMOBIL OR PARISH OFFICIALS. STATE SENATOR BOB HENSGENS SAYS IF THE RUMORS PROVE TRUE, A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE COULD DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY OF THE REGION. OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON HUNTING, FISHING, SHRIMPING AND THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING ITS ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS. YESTERDAY IN MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSSED PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS THE BUDGET’S FOCUS IS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING ROADS, BRIDGES AND DRAINAGE. A SPECIAL JOINT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD IN EARLY SEPTEMBER TO ADOPT A FINAL BUDGET.
A HOUSTON MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY RECEIVING MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FRAUDULENT BENEFITS FROM THE LOUISIANA STATE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS DYER, REPORTEDLY FAILED TO NOTIFY THE STATE OF HIS MOTHER’S DEATH. HE ALLEGEDLY CONTINUED TO RECEIVE AND USE THE RETIREMENT FUNDS. INVESTIGATORS SAY DYER TRANSFERRED THE FUNDS FROM HIS DECEASED MOTHER’S BANK ACCOUNT AND PUT IT INTO AN ACCOUNT UNDER HIS NAME.
A TEN-HOUR POWER OUTAGE IS SCHEDULED BY THE JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AND WILL BEGIN AT SIX A-M NEXT FRIDAY. THE OUTAGE IS REQUIRED TO CONNECT THE HACKET SUBSTATION IN SWEET LAKE TO THE TWO HUNDRED THIRTY KILOVOLT TRANSMISSION FEED. MEMBERS SOUTH OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATER WAY INCLUDING CAMERON, CREOLE, GRAND CHENIER AND HOLLY BEACH, WILL BE AFFECTED FOR FIVE HOURS. MEMBERS IN GRAND LAKE, BIG LAKE AND DEATONVILLE WILL BE AFFECTED FOR THE DURATION OF THE OUTAGE.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR NEW IBERIA POLICE CHIEF TODD D’ALBOR WAS HELD YESTERDAY WITH FULL LAW ENFORCEMENT HONORS. MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT ACADIANA ATTENDED. D’ALBOR DIED SATURDAY AFTER A BRIEF BATTLE WITH CANCER AND ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF BRANDON WILLIAMS HAS TAKEN OVER AS INTERIM CHIEF. D’ALBOR WAS CHOSEN TO HEAD THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT EIGHT YEARS AGO.
THE FAMILY OF AMY LOUVIERE, WHO DIED NEARLY A YEAR AGO IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, HAS STARTED THE AMY LOU PROJECT. THEIR GOAL IS TO COLLECT SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND OTHER ESSENTIALS FOR LOCAL FAMILIES WHILE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE CONTINUING THE GENEROSITY THAT DEFINED AMY’S LIFE. THE PROJECT’S FIRST COMMUNITY SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY TAKES PLACE AT THE JOCKEY LOT IN LAFAYETTE TODAY FROM ELEVEN TO ONE-THIRTY.
THE LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION ADOPTED A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REMOVE DERELICT CRAB TRAPS ALONG THE COAST. THE DEPARTMENT WILL MAIL NOTICES TO ALL COMMERCIAL CRAB TRAP LICENSE HOLDERS AND CRAB BUYERS IN THE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE. THE FIRST CLOSURE WILL HAPPENED BETWEEN FEBRUARY FIRST AND FOURTEENTH IN THE VERMILLION TECHE BASIN BETWEEN THE ACADIANA NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL AND THE WESTERN SHORE OF VERMILLION BAY. ANOTHER CLOSURE WILL HAPPEN IN THE CALCASIEU BASIN AND IN THE WEST COVE PORTION OF CALCASIEU LAKE BETWEEN FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH AND TWENTY-EIGHTH.
FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE, PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL’S LAST RIDE TRADITION IS DONE AS THE TRADITION HAS BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE BY THE ADMINISTRATION. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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