9-23-26
FORMER LAFAYETTE MAYOR-PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS FILED A MOTION SEEKING TO QUASH FOUR FELONY COUNTS AGAINST HIM. HE WAS INDICTED BY A SAINT MARTIN PARISH GRAND JURY ON FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. THE INDICTMENT WAS IN CONNECTION TO THE REMOVAL OF SPOIL BANKS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH WHEN HE WAS MAYOR-PRESIDENT. GUILLORY’S ATTORNEY, KEVIN STOCKSTILL, CALLED IT A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ATTEMPT TO USE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO PUNISH GUILLORY FOR DECISIONS MADE WHEN HE WAS SERVING THE PEOPLE OF LAFAYETTE PARISH.
A HEAVY-LIFT DRONE, CALLED THE R-FORTY-FOUR AIR TRUCK IS BEING TESTED IN NEW IBERIA TO SEE IF IT COULD BE USED IN THE FUTURE TO DELIVER SUPPLIES TO OFFSHORE PLATFORMS. THE DRONE IS OPERATED BY A PILOT WORKING FROM A GROUND CONTROL STATION. THE AIR TRUCK IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING UP TO ONE THOUSAND POUNDS A DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED NAUTICAL MILES. CRAIG SIMON WITH AVIATION ACADEMY OF LOUISIANA SAYS IT WOULD TAKE A BOAT A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DELIVER SUPPLIES TWO HUNDRED MILES OFFSHORE BUT IT COULD BE DELIVERED IN TWO HOURS BY AN AIR TRUCK.
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY ANNOUNCED THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF A DRIVER SERVICES PLATFORM FOR THE STATE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE NEW, UPGRADED PLATFORM CALLED CHAMP TITLES REPLACES FIFTY-YEAR-OLD TECHNOLOGY WITH A MODERN SYSTEM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT DRIVERS’ LICENSES, I-D CARDS, CREDENTIAL MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE DIGITAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES. IT’S EXPECTED TO ENSURE QUICKER TURNAROUND WITH LESS OUTAGES AND DELAYS. OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL SAVE TAXPAYERS THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS SECURED A NINETY-ONE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR STATE GRANT TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL TWO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO HELP CATCH PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL DUMPING AND REPEAT LITTERING. STAFF SERGEANT CHRIS CORMIER SAYS THE CAMERAS WILL BE SET UP IN KNOWN PROBLEM AREAS FOR LITTERING. HE SAYS THERE ARE A FEW AREAS WHERE ROAD CREWS ARE SENT REPEATEDLY TO PICK UP GARBAGE. THE CAMERAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY JANUARY.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY EUNICE HAS A RECORD STUDENT POPULATION THIS FALL SEMESTER. THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS CURRENTLY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT, A NEARLY TWENTY-THREE PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR’S THEN RECORD ENROLLMENT. THAT’S THE LARGEST INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT AMONG ALL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE. IT’S THE FIRST TIME IN L-S-U-E HISTORY THAT ENROLLMENT HAS GONE ABOVE FOUR THOUSAND.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A JULY THIRTY-FIRST SHOOTING. A MAN WAS SHOT ON RICHARD CIRCLE OFF WEST KELLER STREET. POLICE IDENTIFIED TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DEZRYN FREEMAN AS THE SUSPECT AND HE’S WANTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. POLICE BELIEVE FREEMAN IS HIDING IN THE JENNINGS AREA.
SPACEX HAS POSTED MORE JOB OPENINGS FOR ITS STARBASE FACILITY IN PECAN ISLAND. THEY POSTED THE OPENINGS ON THEIR WEBSITE, SPACEX-DOT-COM. THE JOBS INCLUDE CIVIL ENGINEER, SENIOR CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER, AND SENIOR COUNSEL POSITION. THE FIRST JOB OPENING FOR THE FACILITY WAS POSTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
