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TWO LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCILMEN ARE INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE AT NEXT TUESDAY’S MEETING THAT WOULD INCLUDE MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING PAY RAISES TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. CURRENTLY THE HOME RULE CHARTER ALLOWS A TEN PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR EVERY FOUR YEAR TERM AND COUNCIL CHAIRMAN JARED BELLARD SAID THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOKE BY PHONE IN THE PAST TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANTED ALL, SOME OR NONE OF THE RAISE. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BY BELLARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAM THERIOT WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT A RAISE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE. IF APPROVED, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET MONEY FOR THE RAISE AND ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT.
A PERSON, WHO WAS BEING ATTACKED AND ROBBED AT A CASINO IN LAKE CHARLES, SHOT BOTH OF HIS ATTACKERS, KILLING ONE. IT HAPPENED AT THE E-Z ACES CASINO ON THE I-TEN SERVICE ROAD AT AROUND FIVE A-M THURSDAY. LIEUTENANT JEFF KEENUM SAYS THE VICTIM WAS BEING BRUTALLY ATTACKED BY TWO PEOPLE WHEN THE VICTIM MANAGED TO SHOOT THEM. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR, SERGEANT LARRY NEWINGHAM.
A EUNICE MAN, WHO WAS FLEEING FROM POLICE, BROADSIDED ONE POLICE UNIT THAT HAD ARRIVED TO ASSIST IN THE PURSUIT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A BUSINESS ON WEST MAPLE AVENUE WHEN CHADDICK SENEGAL GOT INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, HE TOOK THE BUSINESS OWNER’S VEHICLE AND FLED. HE EVENTUALLY MADE IT BACK TO THE BUSINESS WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
LOW INTEREST FEDERAL DISASTER LOANS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BARRY IN JULY. THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION APPROVED GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARD’S REQUEST FOR AID. THE LOANS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE IN EIGHTEEN PARISHES INCLUDING ALLEN, AVOYELLES, BEAUREGARD, EVANGELINE, IBERIA, JEFF DAVIS, ST. LANDRY, ST. MARTIN AND ST. MARY PARISHES. THE DEADLINES TO APPLY ARE NOVEMBER TWELFTH FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND JUNE 11 FOR ECONOMIC INJURY.
A LAFAYETTE MOTHER SAYS HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS PUT ON THE WRONG BUS AFTER SCHOOL WEDNESDAY. CHERYL JACKSON TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT THE BUS DRIVER TOLD HER THAT HER DAUGHTER WASN’T ON BOARD, AND, WHEN SHE DROVE TO THE SCHOOL, SHE WAS TOLD HER DAUGHTER WAS PUT ON THE WRONG BUS. WHILE THERE A STRANGER WALKED UP WITH HER DAUGHTER AND TOLD JACKSON THAT SHE FOUND HER DAUGHTER ON THE SIDEWALK AT THE HOLY FAMILY APARTMENTS CRYING, AND SO SHE BROUGHT HER TO THE SCHOOL. LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER JENNIFER GARDNER SAYS AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE HOW THE GIRL GOT ON THE WRONG BUS.
JENNINGS POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS I-TEN IS A MAJOR DRUG CORRIDOR THAT IMPACTS CITIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE. HE TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT MOST DRUG ARRESTS THEY SEE IN JENNINGS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA INVOLVE DRUGS FROM BIG CITIES CONNECTED TO ACADIANA THROUGH I-TEN. HE SAYS HIS OFFICERS ARE WORKING TO PUT A STOP TO IT AND THEY ARE ON I-TEN EVERYDAY, NEARLY AROUND THE CLOCK, TO DO THEIR PART TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING. HE SAYS EVEN GETTING A SMALL PORTION WILL HELP CONTROL THE FLOW OF DRUGS.
THE BREAUX BRIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE OF THE DRY CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILTY OF STARTING FIRES. THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE SHOWS A SCORCHED FIELD WHERE THE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT A FIRE. THEY SAY EVEN A CIGARETTE BUTT ON THE ROADSIDE CAN IGNITE A BLAZE. ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY CAUTION PEOPLE BARBEQUEING TO MAKE SURE THE COALS ARE BURNT OUT BEFORE DISCARDING THEM AND, IF YOU ARE BURNING BRANCHES OR TRASH, KEEP THE AREA AROUND IT WET.
Louisiana is part of the tentative settlement reached with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. The state’s chief deputy attorney general, Bill Stiles, said Thursday the attorney general’s office believes the agreement is a good deal for Louisiana and will help stem the tide of the opioid epidemic. Stiles says the attorney general’s office hopes states could start seeing money from the deal within six months to a year. It’s not yet clear how much money Louisiana could receive.
