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LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCILMAN KENNETH BOUDREAUX IS PROPOSING ADDING ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR PROJECTS IN NORTH LAFAYETTE. THE BIGGEST PROPOSAL IS A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO BE BUILT ACROSS THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY NEAR THE LAFAYETE CONVENTION AND VISITOR’S COMMISSION WELCOME CENTER. HE ALSO PROPOSES NEW SIDEWALKS ALONG CARMEL DRIVE BETWEEN LOUISIANA AVENUE AND PINHOOK, AND RESURFACING THE PARKING LOT AT THE GEORGE DUPUIS RECREATION CENTER ON PONT DES MOUTON ROAD. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO OBJECTIONS BY BOUDREAUX’S FELLOW COUNCILMEN WHO WILL VOTE ON HIS PROPOSAL AT A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT.
ZYDECO MUSICIAN KEITH FRANK HAS FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT. FRANK ALLEGES THAT HE SIGNED A LEASE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO FOR THE USE OF THE YAMBILEE BUILDING TO USE DURING THE ANNUAL CREOLE RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. FRANK SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT THE PARISH DISREGARDED THE AGREEMENT, BUT NOT BEFORE DEPOSITING HIS CHECKS. HE SAYS THE BREACH OF CONTRACT FORCED HIM TO MOVE THE FESTIVAL, HELD ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, TO THE CIVIC CENTER PAVILION IN RAYNE.
A federal judge questioned why Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration removed Planned Parenthood from Louisiana’s Medicaid program if its clinics are competent to provide health care services. The questioning from U.S. District Judge John deGravelles (day gruh vehl) came at a Wednesday hearing as he considers a request from Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast to block Jindal’s efforts. The judge asked a lawyer for state health secretary Kathy Kliebert if it seemed “fundamentally wrong” to disrupt patient care when the facilities haven’t proven inadequate. Kliebert’s lawyer Stephen Russo said the Jindal administration used a state law that allows cancellation of a Medicaid provider agreement with 30-day notice.
THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL TOOK TIME DURING THEIR MEETING LAST NIGHT TO HONOR THE FAMILY OF FALLEN STATE TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT. VINCENT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY 54-YEAR-OLD KEVIN DAIGLE OF LAKE CHARLES. VINCENT HAD STOPPED TO ASSIST DAIGLE, WHOSE TRUCK WAS IN A DITCH. THEY ALSO HONORED FOUR MEN WHO HELPED SUBDUE DAIGLE AFTER THE SHOOTING.
ALSO AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING, THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A DOWNTOWN DOG PARK. THE PROPOSED PARK WOULD BE LOCATED BEHIND THE CITY COURT BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF PINE AND ANN STREETS. LORI MARINOVICH OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SAYS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TOLD THEM ABOUT A NEED FOR A CITY PARK. THE DETAILS ON THE COSTS AND A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED PARK WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL’S SEPTEMBER 16TH MEETING.
PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH PART OF LAFAYETTE PARISH ARE MOVING FORWARD. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A NEW IBERIA MAN IS ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY RUNNING OVER ANOTHER MAN WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAJOR RYAN TURNER OF THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 29-YEAR-OLD JEREMY SMITH DROVE HIS BUICK LESABRE INTO ANOTHER MAN FROM NEW IBERIA ON MYRTIS STREET AT AROUND 8:45 AM. HE FLED THE SCENE, AND THE VICTIM WAS AIRLIFTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. SMITH HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
A Jennings couple accused in the slaying of a man found dead in a hotel room in June pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges. The American Press report Harold Trey Hargrave and Kristin Brook Bonin, both 26, are charged in the June 18 death of Blaze Moss, of Jennings. Moss’ body was found on the floor in a room at the Howard Johnson Inn by an employee who notified police. Police Chief Todd D’Albor says a preliminary investigation indicated a fight occurred between the victim and the suspects in the room during a robbery.
