9-28-23
THE MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF CHATAIGNIER SAYS THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TODAY. ZANE HOGUE EXPLAINS WHY.
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A JUDGE HAS DENIED A REQUEST FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER BY LAFAYEET MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY AGAINST ONE OF HIS OPPONENTS IN HIS REELECTION BID. MONIQUE BLANCO BOULET. GUILLORY WANTS TO PROHIBIT BOULET FROM DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL THAT ACCUSES HIM OF CORRUPTION. HE ASKED FOR THE RESTRAINING ORDER UNTIL A HEARING WAS HELPD ON HISE REQUEST. DISTRICT JUDGE THOMAS FREDERICK DENIED THE REQUEST AND THEN SET A HEARING FOR OCTOBER FOURTH.
LOUISIANA’S CONGRESSIONAL MAPS ARE GOING BEFORE U-S DISTRICT JUDGE SHELLEY DICK NEXT WEEK. THE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P’S LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ARGUES THAT THE CURRENT MAP VIOLATES THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT BECAUSE ONE-THIRD OF THE STATE’S POPULATION IS BLACK BUT ONLY ONE OF THE SIX CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IS A MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICT. THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSED MAP THAT WOULD TURN THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HELD BY JULIA LETLOW INTO A MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICT. THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY RULED AGAINST ALABAMA IN THEIR EFFORTS TO KEEP FROM ADDING A MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICT.
NEARLY TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY FOR RELIEF FROM THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE LAURA, WHICH HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO. LAST NIGHT THE POLICE JURY HELD A PUBLIC MEETING TO GET INPUT ON HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY. POLICE JUROR MIKE SMITH TELLS KPLC TV THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS MONEY CANNOT BE SPENT ON HOMES. HE SAYS IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS THAT HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
EUNICE CITY WORERS RECENTLY SPENT ABOUT SIX HOURS CLEANING UP THE POND AT THE EUNICE COMMUNITY PARK. IT COMES AFTER ALARMING PICTURES SURFACED ONLINE SHGOWING LEITTER AND DEBRIS FILLING THE PARK’S SURFACE. RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR ROBERT JOHNSON TELLS KATC TV THAT WATER IN THE POND DROPPED TO THE LOWEST LEVEL HE’S SEEN BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, AND IT EXPOSED THE DEBRIS. JOHNSON SAYS THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PARK AND MAKE SURE IT REMAINS WELL-KEPT.
A FREDERAL JUDGE HAS DISMISSED ALL BUT ONE CLAIM FROM A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT AND THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE REMAINING CLAIM WAS SENT BACK TO A STATE DISTRICT JUDGE TO RULE ON BECAUSE IT WAS RELATED TO THE PARISH CHARTER. THE SUIT WAS THE RESULT OF A PROJECT THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT DID ON PROPERTY PARTIALLY OWNED BY L-C-G BUT IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH WITHOUR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. L-C-G FILED THE LAWSUIT LAST YEAR SEEKING A JUDGEMENT THAT THEY BROKE NO RULES DOING THE PROJECT.
THE STATEWIDE BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT BUT IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED. ZANE HOGUE HAS THE DETAILS.
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ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY AND CAPTURE SUSPECTS WHO STOLE MULTIPLE A-T-V’S FROM A BUSINESS NEAR CHURCH POINT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SEPTEMBER NINETEENTH. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE SUSPECTS WERE DROPPED OFF BY A SILVER CAR AT THE BUSINESS AND THEY MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO STEAL THE VEHICLES. FOUR SIDE-BY-SIDES AND THREE FOUR-WHEELERS. VALUED AT A TOTAL OF EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WERE STOLEN AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN THE CHURCH POINT OR SAINT LANDRY PARISH AREAS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION COULD RECEIVE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IF IT LEADS TO AN ARREST. THE TIPS LINE IN SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.
