9-14-22
CHITIMACHA LOUISIANA OPEN OFFICIALS WERE INFORMED LAST WEEK BY THE PGA TOUR THAT THE TOURNAMENT WOULD NO LONGER BE PART OF THE KORN FERRY TOUR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DANNY JONES SAYS THEY ARE DEVASTATED AS THEY HAVE BEEN PARTNERS WITH THE PGA TOUR FOR THIRTY-ONE YEARS AND RAISED OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR LOCAL CHARITIES AND YOUTH GROUPS. JONES SAYS THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE CHITIMACHA LOUISIANA OPEN AND HE ASKED FOR PATIENCE AS THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. THE LAKE CHARLES CHAMPIONSHIP WAS ALSO DROPPED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TOUR.
RAYNE POLICE HAVE OBTAINED ARREST WARRANTS FOR THREE MEN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY AT A BUSINESS ON CRANDALL AVENUE. TWO JUVENILES WERE SHOT AND TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS, WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DARIUS SENEGAL, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD DEANTE CARRIER, BOTH OF RAYNE, AND TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHASTEN BLAKE CARRIER OF CHURCH POINT, ARE ALL WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER. CHIEF STELLY SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS A RETALIATION FOR A SHOOTING IN JANUARY IN WHICH SENEGAL WAS THE ALLEGED VICTIM.
Louisiana legislators are once again discussing a possible path toward eliminating income tax, hoping an overhaul of the state’s tax structure would keep and attract residents, businesses and corporations. But lawmakers say any proposal is bound to meet fiscal hurdles, considering personal income taxes make up $4.3 billion of the state’s $39 billion annual operating budget. A subcommittee is now tasked with conducting an analysis of the state’s tax structure, looking at what exemptions and credits cost and what other taxes can be afforded to change.
A WELSH MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING HIS NIECE. JEFF DAVIS PARISH CHIEF DEPUTY CHRISTOPHER IVEY SAYS FORTY-YEAR-OLD STEVEN DEAN BLANCHARD WAS ALLEGEDLY CALLING HIS NIECE, ASKING HER TO STAY THE NIGHT WITH HIM AND ASKING FOR INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS FROM HER. BLANCHARD IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING BY HER HOUSE REPEATEDLY AND PARKING IN HER DRIVEWAY. HE WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AND FACES TWO COUNTS EACH OF STALKING, CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, ENTRY AFTER BEING FORBIDDEN AND TELEPHONE HARASSMENT.
A CHRISTIAN NONPROFIT WILL BE OPENING UP TWO NEW TRANSITION HOUSES IN LAFAYETTE FOR MEN AND WOMEN RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SAFEHOUSE SOBER LIVING OPENED ITS FIRST HOUSE IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR AND THIS EXPANSION WILL ENABLE THEM TO HOUSE AN ADDITIONAL TEN WOMEN AND THIRTEEN MEN. SAFEHOUSE HAS FOUND SUCCESS WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING USING A SAFE MODEL, WHICH STANDS FOR SOBRIETY, ACTION, FINANCIAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION. THE HOUSING EXPANSION WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AND SAFEHOUSE WILL BE USING THIS YEAR TO BUILD BARRIER-BUSTING PROGRAMS FOR ITS MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY.
THE ARNAUDVILLE TOWN COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS THE INCREASE IN UTILITY RATES. MAYOR TODD MECHE CALLED IT A SMALL INCREASE THAT NOBODY WANTED TO DO BUT THEY HAD TO COVER THE COST. SOME CITIZENS WERE CONCERNED THE RATE INCREASE WAS TO COVER FUNDS STOLEN BY A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE IN JULY. MECHE SAYS THE RATE INCREASE IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE ACTIONS OF THE FORMER EMPLOYEE BUT AN ADJUSTMENT OF BASE RATES BECAUSE OF INFLATION.
THE STATE’S INSURER OF LAST RESORT IS ASKING THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE TO APPROVE A SIXTY-THREE PERCENT RATE INCREASE FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY INSURANCE. LOUISIANA CITIZENS INSURANCE CORPORATION HAS SEEN THEIR POLICY COUNT NEARLY TRIPLE IN SIZE AFTER EIGHT PRIVATE INSURERS COLLAPSED AND NEARLY A DOZEN LEFT THE STATE. C-E-O RICHARD NEWBERRY SAYS THE REQUEST IS BECAUSE OF THE RISING COST OF REINSURERS, WHO ARE NOT REGULATED BY THE STATE AND CAN CHARGE WHAT THEY WISH. THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT WILL WEIGH THE REQUEST IN THE COMING WEEKS.
ERATH HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE TAKING A STAND ON UNSUPERVISED ATTENDANCE AT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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