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9-27-16

THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE REPRESENTING THE THIRD DISTRICT CLASHED YESTERDAY IN A DEBATE AT U-L LAFAYETTE.  JUDGE JIMMY GENOVESE, WHO CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, WAS CRITICAL OF HIS OPPONENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SHE’S RECEIVED FROM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.  15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE MARILYN CASTLE SAYS THE MAJORITY OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR GENOVESE HAVE COME FROM  HAVE COME FROM LAWYERS, WHILE MOST OF HERS HAVE NOT.  THE TWO REPUBLICANS ARE RUNNING IN THE NOVEMBER EIGHTH ELECTION TO REPLACE RETIRING JUSTICE JANET KNOLL.

 

Only one sentence was possible, but there was plenty of verbal drama when a 77-year-old man was sentenced for the murder of his first wife in 1962.  Felix Vail was sentenced Monday in southwest Louisiana for second-degree murder of Mary Vail. The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi, reports that Mary Vail’s brother, Will Horton, dared Vail in court to tell what happened to two other women who disappeared: a girlfriend in 1973 and his second wife in 1984.  Vail told Judge Robert Wyatt that Mary Vail’s death was an accident and the other women left abusive mothers.

 

A federal appeals court is asking two judges to respond to a petition by the Iberia Parish sheriff who claims another judge was improperly removed from his criminal case without explanation.  A letter Monday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Chief Judge Dee Drell of the Western District of Louisiana and U.S. District Judge Donald Walter are “invited” to file written responses by Oct. 6.  The appeals court also asked two federal prosecutors to respond to Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s claims.  In a court filing Friday, Ackal’s attorney argued that U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi’s mysterious removal from the sheriff’s case in March violated court rules and apparently was done without her consent.

 

THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER EIGHT ELECTION IS OCTOBER 11TH.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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THAT’S JULIE DARCE.  AT THE GEAUX VOTE WEBSITE SHE REFERENCED, GEAUX IS SPELLED G-E-A-U-X.

 

A 19-YEAR-OLD LAFAYETTE MAN AND A 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WERE ARRESTED BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ACCUSED OF TERRORIZING.  THE TWO ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT A SCHOOL BUS ON THURSDAY AFTER THE DRIVER REFUSED TO ALLOW THE 15-YEAR-OLD TO BOARD THE BUS.  THE 19-YEAR-OLD, VONTRAVEN THIBEAUX, WAS ALSO WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AT TWO PEOPLE ON AMITE DRIVE LAST MONTH.  HIS BOND WAS SET AT 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

A 75-YEAR-OLD REEVES MAN DIED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN ALLEN PARISH.  SERGEANT JAMES ANDERSON OF STATE POLICE TROOP D SAYS CHESTER CORMIER SENIOR WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 190 WHEN HE LEFT THE ROAD, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, AND STRUCK A TREE.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED.  THIS IS THE 27TH FATAL CRASH IN THE TROOP D AREA THIS YEAR, THE THIRD IN ALLEN PARISH.

 

A CHURCH POINT MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN AN ARGUMENT OVER A BOAT.  THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 62-YEAR-OLD FAYCAL ELHELOU AND A ST. LANDRY PARISH MAN BOTH BRANDISHED GUNS DURING THE ARGUMENT, WHICH HAPPENED IN PRAIRIE RHONDE.  ELHOLOU, WHO HAD SOLD THE BOAT TO THE OTHER MAN, WAS FATALLY SHOT.  NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE AS THE SHOOTING REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

 

THE LAKE CHARLES METRO AREA IS THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING MARKET IN THE NATION, ACCORDING TO THE U-S BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.  THE ECONOMIC BOOM IS BEING BLAMED FOR RENT PRICES THAT ARE RISING HIGHER.  REALTOR PHYLLIS LOFTIN SAYS THERE ARE INVESTORS IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ECONOMY.  SHE SUGGESTS THOSE WITH GOOD JOBS GET THEIR CREDIT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SO THEY CAN PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT IS “WAY LESS MONTHLY.”