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9-23-19

IF YOU’D LIKE TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS IN TEXAS, YOU CAN DROP OFF SUPPLIES AT BEAD BUSTERS AND FLOAT RENTALS ON BONIN ROAD IN YOUNGSVILLE.  THEY ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS BETWEEN TEN AND 6:30 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  BEAD BUSTERS ALONG WITH THE CAJUN NAVY AND THE TRITON RELIEF GROUP ARE ASKING FOR NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, SPORTS DRINKS, CLEANING SUPPLIES, DIAPERS, BABY FOOD, TOILETRIES, TOOLS, AND ANYTHING YOU THINK THE VICTIMS MAY NEED.  VOLUNTEERS WILL LOAD UP VEHICLES AND DRIVE THEM TO CHURCHES, FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND CITY HALLS IN TEXAS.

 

THERE HAVE BEEN 76 SHOOTING-RELATED CALLS IN LAKE CHARLES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THAT PROMPTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RODNEY GEYEN TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION LAST WEEK ASKING THE CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS AND TO ESTABLISH MONETARY FINES.  HE SAYS SHOWING THE PENALTIES ONE COULD FACE COULD POTENTIALLY DETER CRIMES.  GEYEN SAYS HE’S RECEIVED PHONE CALLS FROM SEVERAL RESIDENTS IN HIS DISTRICT WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIOLENCE.

 

A CHURCH POINT MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.

 

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Louisiana voters will decide the fate of four constitutional changes on the Oct. 12 ballot, and a nonpartisan organization has details about the proposals.  The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, known as PAR, has released its yearly online guide to the constitutional amendments that will appear on the ballot.

The organization warns that this year’s amendment lineup will be “especially challenging” for voters because they are “among the most arcane proposals citizens have faced” on their ballots.  Among this year’s amendments are proposals governing an education fund, a tax appeal board and affordable housing developments in New Orleans.

 

YOU CAN START VOTING EARLY FOR THE OCTOBER TWELFTH ELECTION SOON.  HERE’S GERALD GREUNIG WITH THE DETAILS.

 

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A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO HIT A POLICE HORSE WITH A GLASS BOTTLE.  IT HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.  ACCORDING TO A SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM LAFAYETTE POLICE ASSOCIATION NUMBER 9-0-5, 26-YEAR-OLD LEO PREJEAN APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.  HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON CHARGES OF DISTURBING THE PEACE, RESISTING AN OFFICER AND INTERFERENCE WITH POLICE DOGS.

 

SULPHUR POLICE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE A PICKUP TRUCK INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN WITH A YOUNG BICYCLIST.  IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 90 AND MAPLE STREET.  A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY RIDING HIS BIKE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A BLUE, FOUR-DOOR DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK.

 

OPERATIONS AT THE EUNICE POST OFFICE HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. A SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM DEVELOPING EUNICE SAYS THE POST OFFICE WAS CLOSED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.  A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE SAYS THEY DO NOT HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THE POST OFFICE WILL BE REOPENED BUT MAIL DELIVERY SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.  EUNICE RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO MAIL OR PICK UP A PACKAGE CAN USE THE POST OFFICE IN LAWTELL.