9-12-19
OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS IN LAFAYETTE AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP TUESDAY NIGHT. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A Calcasieu parish man convicted of murder in the death of a 6-year-old boy in 1992 is appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. KPLC-TV reports Ricky Langley has filed the appeal to get his conviction thrown out. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 1994 for the death of Jeremy Guillory in Iowa. Langley’s currently serving a life sentence without parole.
A MAN FROM RAYNE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBLITY OF PAROLE FOR THE RAPE OF AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. AN ACADIA PARISH JURY FOUND 36-YEAR-OLD NOAH DRAKE PRIMEAUX GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RAPE OF A JUVENILE AFTER A FOUR DAY TRIAL IN JUNE. PRIMEAUX HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDING PLEADING GUILTY TO CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE BACK IN 2009 IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. HE SERVED THREE YEARS IN JAIL FOR THAT OFFENSE.
LOUISIANA RANKED NUMBER 34 IN THE NATION FOR AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. THE AVERAGE WAS 954 DOLLARS, WHICH IS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS BEHIND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. WAGE GROWTH IN LOUISIANA WAS AT TWO-POINT-FIVE PERCENT, BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF TWO-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT. THE FASTEST WAGE GROWTH IN THE STATE WAS IN CALCASIEU PARISH, UP FIVE-POINT-ONE PERCENT OVER THE LAST YEAR. WAGES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH GREW RIGHT AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE STAFF AT LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SYSTEM BEGAN WORK THIS WEEK TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ENSURE FUTURE SUCCESS. THEY ARE MEETING WITH THE CONSULTING FIRM BURNS AND MCDONNELL TO DEVELOP A SIX STEP INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN. INTERIM DIRECTOR JEFF STEWART SAYS IT’S EXPECTED TO TAKE A YEAR TO PREPARE AND HE HOPES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT SUMMER. THE GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH STEPS L-U-S CAN TAKE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO SET UP THE UTILITY FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS.
WELSH POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. POLICE CHIEF MARCUS CROCHET SAYS THAT A WITNESS SAW A BLACK MAN WITH A BLUE SHIRT AND BLACK PANTS LYING ON THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF POLK AND WELSH STREETS. THE WITNESS BELIEVED THE MAN HAD BLOOD ON HIM, BUT WHEN HE APPROACHED, THE MAN GOT UP AND FLED. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE WELSH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
An Opelousas mom says her son walked away from his elementary school in the middle of the day and the school never notified her that the kindergartner was missing. KATC-TV reports the boy’s teacher and the principal of Park Vista Elementary School in Opelousas were placed on administrative leave yesterday. The St. Landry Parish School system and Opelousas police are investigating.
Opelousas police Chief Martin McLendon says officers are also investigating a complaint from the teacher who says she’s being threatened on social media.
A Louisiana regulatory board has voted to lower the price utility companies must pay for electricity generated by people with solar panels on their homes. During sunny hours, solar panels sometimes make more electricity than a home uses. The excess flows back to the power company grid and homeowners are compensated.
The Advocate reports that the Public Service Commission voted 3-2 Wednesday for rules allowing investor-owned utilities to pay less than retail rates to people who install new solar panels.
