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AN OPELOUSAS INMATE IS STILL ON THE RUN AFTER ESCAPING ON FRIDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE LONGTIME FIRE CHIEF FOR SCOTT HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF LAFAYETTE’S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. CHAD SONNIER WILL TAKE OVER THE POSITION BEGINNING MONDAY. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, SONNIER HAS MORE THAN THREE DECADES EXPERIENCE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DISASTER RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS SONNIER HAS THE EXPERIENCE, DEDICATION AND STRATEGIC MINDSET TO GUIDE THE PARISH THROUGH ANY EMERGENCY.
Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana is accused of slandering Haitian immigrants Wednesday afternoon, calling them “wild” and “slapstick gangsters” in a post on X. Higgins deleted the post after Democrats confronted him on the House floor. Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford tried to censure Higgins, saying his words were “inciting hate.” But Republicans blocked the censure push.
IN LOUISIANA, FEDERAL FUNDS THE STATE RECIEVES FROM OIL AND GAS REVENUE GOES TOWARD COASTAL RESTORATION. A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT WOULD EARMARK FUNDS FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR COASTAL RESTORATION AS WELL. STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH ORGERON, WHO SPONSORED THE BILL, SAYS THIS AMENDMENT WOULD NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FUNDS BUT COMPLEMENT IT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND FARMS ALONG THE GULF COAST IS SET TO BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN TWENTY-THIRTY-ONE.
A ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN BREAUX BRIDGE THIS SUMMER THAT WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS TO COMPLETE IS STILL ONGOING AND IS CAUSING FRUSTRATION FOR MOTORISTS. A D-O-T-D SUBCONTRACTOR CLOSED A SECTION OF THE ANSE BROUSSARD HIGHWAY TO REPLACE A CULVERT NEAR BEAR CREEK CIRCLE BUT THE CULVERT COLLAPSED. D-O-T-D SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF UNCOMMON CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES. THE ROAD IS NOW EXPECTED TO REOPEN IN LATE OCTOBER AND THE OVERALL PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.
A MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH MONDAY NIGHT IN SCOTT WAS SEEN ON VIDEO BEING ALLEGEDLY CHOKED BY A SCOTT POLICEMAN OUTSIDE THE SCOTT BOUDIN FESTIVAL IN APRIL. SCOTT POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING ON VICTORIA STREET WHERE THEY FOUND TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY BABINO SUFFERING GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD TRAVEAN COBB OF LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND SET AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING BABINO’S FAMILY SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE ALLEGED CHOKING.
READING SCORES FOR EARLY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THE STATE IMPROVED BY TEN PERCENT, ACCORDING TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THAT PROMPTED LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLEY TO GO ON A STATEWIDE SCHOOL TOUR THIS WEEK TO SEE THE PROGRESS HIMSELF. BRUMLEY VISITED SCHOOLS IN ACADIANA YESTERDAY. LAFAYETTE SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET SAYS HE’S PROUD FOR BRUMLEY TO SEE THE PROGRESS IN EDUCATION IN ACADIANA, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO TEACHERS WORKING HARD TO GET BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE KIDS.
A CROWLEY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR A CRIME AGAINST A CHILD. RAYNE POLICE BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION AFTER A STUDENT REPORTED THE CRIME TO A STAFF MEMBER AT A SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER TWELFTH. THEY CHARGED THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CODY LEJEUNE WITH FELONY SEXUAL BATTERY OF A VICTIM UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN AND MISDEMEANOR SEXUAL BATTERY. HE SURRENDERED TO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
