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9-16-16

A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF KNIGHT OIL TOOLS HAS PLED GUILTY TO TRYING TO FRAME THE COMPANY C-E-O’S BROTHER ON DRUG CHARGES.  THE EMPLOYEE, RUSSELL MANUEL, ALONG WITH FORMER C-E-O MARK KNIGHT, FORMER STATE TROOPER COREY JACKSON, AND LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JASON KINCH WERE ALL ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME TO STAGE A DRUG ARREST OF MARK’S BROTHER, BRYAN KNIGHT IN 2014.  MANUEL ADMITTED TO PLANTING DRUGS ON THE CAR OF BRYAN AND ENLISTING THE HELP OF JACKSON AND KINCH.  MANUEL WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS SUPERVISED PROBATION AND WILL SERVE NO JAIL TIME BECAUSE HE AGREED TO TESTIFY FOR THE PROSECUTION IF THERE IS A TRIAL FOR THE OTHER THREE DEFENDANTS.

 

TAXI CAB COMPANIES WANT THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A FLAT RATE SYSTEM.  UNDER THE PROPOSAL, TAXI COMPANIES COULD CHARGE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF TEN DOLLARS FOR ANY TRIP LESS THAN THREE MILES, WHILE ANYTHING OVER THREE MILES WOULD BE 15 DOLLARS.  CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN CARDONE SAYS HAVING A MAXIMUM RATE IS BETTER THAN NO REGULATIONS AT ALL, AND WOULD PREVENT PRICE-GAUGING.  THE COUNCIL HEARD THE CONCERNS OF TAXI DRIVERS EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND WILL TAKE UP THE MATTER AGAIN AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 27TH MEETING.

 

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents have recovered the bodies of two men from Bayou Teche in St. Martin Parish.

Agents on Thursday recovered the bodies of 21-year-old Reese Hebert and 20-year-old Timothy Guidry, both of Breaux Bridge, from the waterway just south of Breaux Bridge.  Agents received a call around 1 p.m. about two men who were missing after not returning from a fishing trip. Officials say the bodies have been turned over to the St. Martin Parish Coroner’s Office to determine a cause of death.

 

Four top candidates in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race say they’ll push for increased federal spending on highways, but few offered details on how they’ll come up with the money.  Republican U.S. Rep Charles Boustany, Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, Democratic lawyer and businesswoman Caroline Fayard and Republican Treasurer John Kennedy squared off Thursday night at Nicholls State University.  The contenders, who are among 24 candidates in the race on the November ballot, all touted their support for road improvements, coastal restoration work and port growth.    Kennedy criticized politicians of both parties in Washington, saying they need to be replaced.

THE ATTORNEY FOR CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE SAYS HIS CLIENT WILL INVOKE HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND NOT COMPLY WITH A JUDGE’S ORDER TO PRODUCE A DOCUMENT.  FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE JULES EDWARDS ORDERED POPE TO PRODUCE THE DOCUMENT BY TUESDAY, OR AT LEAST GIVE A DEFINITIVE STATEMENT ABOUT ITS EXISTENCE.  AT ISSUE IS LEGAL WORK LAST NOVEMBER PAID FOR BY THE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE FOR A MR. REDMOND, BUT NO COURT FILINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND FOR A REDMOND, POPE OR THE LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE.  THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY BELIEVES THE COURT FILING WAS ACTUALLY FOR A PRIVATE CITIZEN, PAID FOR WITH PUBLIC FUNDS, TO UNSEAL THE DIVORCE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF MARK GARBER, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE LAST NOVEMBER.

 

CALCASIEU PARISH RESIDENTS HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TODAY TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON FLOODING OR DRAINAGE CONCERNS.  THE POLICE JURY HAS BEEN COLLECTING PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE AUGUST 25TH, BUT SO FAR, ONLY TWENTY PEOPLE HAVE DONE SO, MOSTLY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING OR DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS.  PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ALLEN WAINWRIGHT SAYS THEY WANT THE COMMENTS TO HELP THEM IDENTIFY PROBLEM AREAS AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.  YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE AT C-P-P-J-DOT-NET OR BY CALLING 721-37-HUNDRED.

 

AN LAFAYETTE PARISH INMATE, WHO WALKED AWAY FROM A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNIT, WAS FOUND AND CAPTURED IN RAYNE.  JULIE DARCE HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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Nearly one in five Louisiana residents lived in poverty last year.  That’s according to the latest U.S. Census data, released Thursday, which shows little change in Louisiana’s poverty rate from 2014 to 2015.  Louisiana had the third-highest rate of poverty in the country for 2015, at 19.6 percent, falling behind only Mississippi and New Mexico. Louisiana’s rate was barely changed, from 19.8 percent a year earlier.