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THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA WILL BE MANAGING THE SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION’S ENDOWMENT. THE ENDOWMENT HAS NEARLY 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT S-L-C-C OFFICIALS SAY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WILL GIVE THEM THE EXPERTISE IN MANAGING AND INVESTING THE FUNDS. S-L-C-C FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LANA FONTENOT SAYS THE ENDOWMENT MUST GROW IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COLLEGE WITH SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT FOR ITS PROGRAMS. THE ENDOWMENT AWARDED ITS FIRST 25 THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP AND BEGAN AN EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM LAST YEAR THAT HAS RAISED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SUPPORT STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN’S AFFAIRS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY HAVE SIGNED A TWENTY YEAR LEASE FOR A BUILDING IN LAKE CHARLES THAT WILL HOUSE A PERMANENT V-A CLINIC. IT’S THE FORMER TOYOTA LOCATION AT 3601 GERSTNER MEMORIAL DRIVE AND IT HAS NEARLY 25 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF USABLE SPACE. V-A OFFICIALS SAY THE PERMANENT CLINIC COULD BEGIN SEEING PATIENTS BY LATE NEXT YEAR. THE V-A JUST RECENTLY SIGNED A LEASE FOR A FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT TEMPORARY CLINIC AT 814 WEST MCNEESE STREET.
EVANGELINE PARISH RESIDENTS AIRED THEIR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VILLE PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT HOSTED BY THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION ATTORNEY MICHAEL SONGER TOLD A CROWD OF ABOUT 150 AT ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH IN VILLE PLATTE THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF PEOPLE BEING DETAINED WITHOUT CAUSE. HE SAYS IF THEY FIND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, THEY WILL WORK WITH THE CITY AND PARISH GOVERNMENT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HE SAYS IF THERE ARE ANY CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS FOUND, THOSE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE F-B-I.
A federal program designed to aid federally created health plans such as the Louisiana Health Cooperative Inc. instead became the final nail in the ailing nonprofit’s coffin. The Advocate reports Louisiana Health — taken over by state regulators on Sept. 1 — was one of 23 plans created nationally under the Affordable Care Act to ensure there would be competition among health insurers.
Altogether the co-ops received more than $2.4 billion in low-interest federal loans to get started. Only two have proven to be profitable amid restrictions that experts say have hampered the co-ops’ development.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AFTER A MAN’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE VERMILLION RIVER IN NORTH LAFAYETTE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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DERIDDER CITY RESIDENTS WILL NOW HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO HAVE A TEMPORARY STORAGE UNIT ON THEIR PROPERTY. THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS. THE ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW THE TEMPORARY UNITS TO BE ON THE DRIVEWAY OF THE PROPERTY FOR UP TO A MONTH. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOM SHERMAN SENIOR SAYS THERE WILL BE EXCEPTIONS FOR EMERGENCIES ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
A TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS KILLED IN A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN ST. LANDRY PARISH SUNDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY 33-YEAR-OLD SHAPIRIA CITIZEN OF CHURCH POINT WAS TRAVELING EAST ON L-A 754 NEAR ALTON ROAD WHEN SHE LEFT THE ROADWAY AT A CURVE, WENT THROUGH A DITCH AND UP AN ENBANKMENT BEFORE STRIKING SEVERAL TREES. THE TWO-YEAR-OLD WAS IN A CHILD SEAT IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL. CITIZEN WAS NOT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IMPAIRED THOUGH BLOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN.
A NEW POLL CONDUCTED FOR THE ADVOCATE AND W-W-L TV SHOWS SENATOR DAVID VITTER HAS THE HIGHEST FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE RATING OF ANY OF THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR. 45 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS IN THE POLL HAD A FAVORABLE VIEW OF VITTER, COMPARED TO 43 PERCENT FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JAY DARDENNE AND 39 PERCENT FOR BOTH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER SCOTT ANGELLE AND JOHN BEL EDWARDS. HOWEVER, VITTER WAS VIEWED UNFAVORABLY BY 44 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS. ANGELLE HAD AN UNFAVORABLE RATING OF 16 PERCENT WHILE DARDENNE AND EDWARDS WERE AT 15 PERCENT.
