9-27-23
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS ASKED A JUDGE TO BAR CHALLENGER MONIQUE BLANCO-BOULET FROM ACCUSING HIM OF BEING CORRUPT. ZANE HOGUE HAS MORE.
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THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A FORUM TONIGHT AT THE ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. KLFY TV’S DARLA MONTGOMERY WILL MODERATE THE FORUM, WHICH IS HOSTED BY KLFY TV AND ONE ACADIANA. JOSH GUILLORY, MONIQUE BLANCO BOULET AND JAN SWIFT WILL BE PICKING QUESTIONS FROM A MYSTERY BOARD THAT WILL INCLUDE CATEGORIES LIKE A GAME SHOW. THE FORUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL ALSO BE LIVESTREAMED AT KLFY-DOT-COM.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY MORNING IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON L-A HIGHWAY EIGHTY-TWO IN VERMILLION PARISH. STATE POLICE SAY FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS RAY SEAUX WAS TRAVELING EAST IN A TOYOTA TUNDRA WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE LEFT THE HIGHWAY AND STRUCK A TREE. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD LATER AT THE HOSPITAL. A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, OR LABI, HAS HIRED A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WILL GREEN, WHO CURRENTLY IS THE PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE LOUISIANA AUTO DEALERS’ ASSOCIATION, WILL REPLACE STEPHEN WAGUESPACK, WHO RESIGNED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR. GREEN USED TO WORK AT LABI AS ITS DIRECTOR FOR CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS NEARLY A DECADE AGO. GREEN PRAISED THE INTERIM STAFF, SAYING THEY’VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB DURING THE TRANSITION.
A SULPHUR MAN MADE THREATS TO SHOOT UP SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL’S NINTH GRADE CAMPUS AT AROUND TWO MONDAY AFTERNOON. FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD GERALD VINCENT ALLEGEDLY MADE THE THREATS WHILE WALKING ON THE ROAD NEXT TO THE CAMPUS, WHICH WERE HEARD BY STUDENTS. AUTHORITIES FOUND VINCENT AND BROUGHT HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING. HE WAS LATER ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING MENACING AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
PART OF SOUTH LEWIS STREET WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW. THAT’S SO ASPHALT CAN BE LAID DOWN WHERE A CROSS PIPE WAS CHANGED. THE SECTION OF SOUTH LEWIS STREET THAT WILL BE CLOSED IS BETWEEN REGAL AND OIL CENTER DRIVES. THE CLOSURE WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN EIGHT
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A SURVEY BY THE LOUISIANA POLICY INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN SHOWS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES. MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF CHILD CARE PROVIDERS HAVE SEEN INSURANCE PREMIUMS RISE BY NEARLY SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ON AVERAGE. THEY ALSO ARE DEALING WITH STAFFING PROBLEMS, WITH TWO-THIRDS OF PROVIDERS SAYING THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT- AND LONG-TERM STAFFING TURNOVER. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE, LIBBIE SONNIER, SAYS THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD TROUBLE ALL LOUISIANANS, ESPECICALLY AS FEDERAL AID FOR CHILD CARE EXPIRES AND CONGRESS SEEMS POISED TO MAKE FURTHER CUTS.
A DRAWDOWN OF HENDERSON LAKE IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH BEGAN THIS WEEK. THE CONTROL GATES WERE OPENED AND THE LAKE WILL BE DRAWN DOWN BY THREE INCHES A DAY UNTIL THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE IS AT SIX FEET. ONCE IT GETS TO THAT LEVEL, THE SIX FEET DEPTH WILL BE MAINTAINED UNTIL NOVEMBER, WHEN IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO NATURALLY REFILL. WES DUPUIS WITH SAINT MARTIN PARISH PUBLIC WORKS SAYS THEY DO THIS EACH YEAR BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES TO IMPROVE THE ECOSYSTEM, WHICH PRODUCES HEALTHIER FISH AND WILDLIFE.
