9-11-25
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON A NEW BUC-EE’S STORE IN LAFAYETTE. DEVELOPING LAFAYETTE HAS REPORTED THAT THERE IS ACTIVE DIRT WORK AND GRADING AT THE SITE ON LOUISIANA AVENUE, JUST OFF OF I-TEN. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT SAID IN JULY THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS ON PAUSE BECAUSE OF DESIGN DELAYS AND POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. THAT PUSHED THE TIMELINE ON THE STORE’S OPENING BY TWO YEARS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET FOR NEXT YEAR.
POLICE WERE ON CAMPUS AT EUNICE HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE CALLS ABOUT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER CONTACTED THE EUNICE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE FIRST CALL. OFFICIALS INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THE CAMPUS TO BE SAFE. POLICE STAYED ON THE CAMPUS UNTIL THE END OF CLASSES AS A PRECAUTION.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR PRETENDING TO BE A JUDGE TO GET AN INMATE RELEASED FROM JAIL. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ADRIAN SAINT ROMAIN IS ACCUSED OF MAKING A PHONE CALL TO THE CALCASIEU CORRRECTIONAL CENTER IMPERSONATING A JUDGE AND GETTING AN INMATE’S BOND CHANGED TO RELEASED ON RECOGNIZANCE, LEADING TO THE INMATE’S RELEASE IN JUNE. THREE MONTHS LATER SAINT ROMAIN ATTEMPTED TWO MORE CALLS TO HELP THE SAME INMATE WHO HAD BEEN BOOKED BACK IN THE PRISON. SHERIFF STITCH GUILLORY SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS MADE CHANGES TO PREVENT THIS SITUATION FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CRITICIZED U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY FOR HIS SUGGESTION THAT THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL COULD GET AROUND FEDERAL HURDLES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE COVID VACCINE. HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY HAS PROPOSED NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR ADMINISTERING THE COVID VACCINE, WHICH PHARMACIES BELIEVE MEANS A PRESCRIPTION WOULD BE REQUIRED. CASSIDY SAID LOUISIANA SURGEON GENERAL RALPH ABRAHAM COULD ISSUE A BLANKET PRESCRIPTION ALLOWING PHARMACIES IN THE STATE TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINE AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. LANDRY SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT CASSIDY, WHO IS A DOCTOR, SHOULD LEAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE DANGEROUS COVID SHOT AT HIS DISTRICT OFFICE AND ANYONE COULD SWING BY AND GET THE SHOT.
AFTER MONTHS OF TALKS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE A FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION VOTE TODAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A MAMOU CITY COUNCILMAN HAS ACCUSED A LOCAL ACTIVIST OF CRIMINAL TRESPASSING ON HIS PROPERTY LAST FRIDAY. THE COMPLAINT BY COUNCILMAN DERRELL THOMAS HAS LED TO AN INVESTIGATION BY THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE ACTIVIST, RUFUS SERILE, SAYS HE WAS SERVED A WARRANT FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING TUESDAY AND HIS CELL PHONE WAS TAKEN BY AUTHORITIES TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS ON THE PROPERTY. SERILE SAYS HE WAS NOT ON THE PROPERTY BUT ON THE STREET THE WHOLE TIME, AS HE WAS TAKING PICTURES FOR A WOMAN WHO WAS SEEKING INSURANCE FROM THE COUNCILMAN.
A TRUCK DRIVER AND A PASSENGER WERE KILLED TUESDAY MORNING IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON I-TEN NEAR IOWA. THE IDENTITY OF THE TWO PEOPLE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN. THE DRIVER OF A KENWORTH TRUCK WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN IT WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A GROUP OF TREES. THE TRUCK THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
A NEW TRUSTEE DORM BUILT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL IS HELPING WITH OVERCROWDING. BUT SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN THE TRUSTEE DORM IS NOT WHERE HE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SO OVERCROWDING IS STILL AN ISSUE. ONLY INMATES WITH IDEAL BEHAVIOR WHO COMMITTED A CRIME THAT WAS NOT VIOLENT CAN BE PUT IN THE TRUSTEE DORM. SO FAR ONLY TWENTY-EIGHT INMATES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE DORM, WHICH HAS A CAPACITY OF SIXTY-EIGHT.
