9-6-18
INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN IS STILL ON THE RUN TODAY. JEFF HORCHAK EXPLAINS.
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LAST NIGHT THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO REVOKE THE LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE THREE TOPIA BAR AND RESTAURANT. IN MAY, THE COUNCIL PUT THREETOPIA ON PROBATION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NOISE COMPLAINTS AND REPORTS OF FIGHTS SINCE THEN. LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT SWAT COMMANDER CORPORAL LARRY MOSS SHOWED THE COUNCIL VIDEO OF A FIGHT IN WHICH A WOMAN WAS ATTACKED WITH A SET OF JUMPER CABLES IN THE PARKING LOT. THREETOPIA OWNER DARELL BENNETT TOLD THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE VOTE THAT LOSING HIS LIQUOR LICENSE COULD HURT HIS BUSINESS.
THE BODY OF A RAILROAD WORKER FROM ZACHARY WAS FOUND IN THE BALDWIN CANAL IN ST. MARY PARISH YESTERDAY. 26-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA COCRAM FELL FROM A RAILROAD BRIDGE AT ABOUT 9:30 TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THE CANAL. THE U-S COAST GUARD, BALDWIN AND FRANKLIN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE CAJUN COAST SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM ASSISTED THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN THE SEARCH.
THE OWNERS OF 45-HUNDRED PROPERTIES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH WILL FIND THEY ARE NOW IN FLOOD ZONES AND MAY HAVE TO PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE WHEN FEMA’S NEW FLOOD MAP GOES INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER 21ST. HOWEVER, ANOTHER 45-HUNDRED PROPERTIES WILL BE MOVED OUT OF FLOOD ZONES, ACCORDING TO STEPHANIE WEEKS, THE FLOOD PLAIN MANAGER FOR THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHANGES AT MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY EVENING AT THE BROUSSARD COMMUNITY CENTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE SCOTT EVENT CENTER AND SEPTEMBER 19TH AT THE CARENCRO COMMUNITY CENTER. TO FIND OUT IF YOUR PROPERTY IS NOW IN OR OUT OF A FLOOD ZONE, YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO LAFAYETTE L-A DOT-GOV-SLASH-FLOOD MAPS.
A NEW ELECTRIC CHARGING STATION IS COMING TO SULPHUR. ELECTRIFY AMERICA IS INVESTING TWO BILLION DOLLARS TO PUT CHARGING STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY WITHIN SEVENTY MILES OF EACH OTHER. THEY ARE INSTALLING A CHARGING STATION AT THE WALMART IN SULPHUR. PLUG IN AMERICA ESTIMATES THERE ARE 11-HUNDRED VEHICLES IN LOUISIANA AND IT COSTS ABOUT A DOLLAR PER GALLON TO FUEL THE CAR WITH ELECTRICITY.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 6-TO-4 LAST NIGHT TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT OF SUPERINTENDENT LOTTIE BEEBE. SHE HAS SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT SINCE 2013 BUT HAS BEEN WORKING ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS SINCE DECEMBER. KLFY TV HAS SOURCES THAT TELL THEM BOARD MEMBERS WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND HUMAN CAPITAL ALLEN BLANCHARD HAS BEEN NAMED ACTING SUPERINTENDENT AND HE’LL TAKE OVER THE JOB IMMEDIATELY.
CALCASIEU PARISH IS TAKING PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE MOSQUITOES IN THE AREA. SCOTT WILLIS OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH MOSQUITO CONTROL CENTER SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TIDAL ACTION WHICH HAS FLOODED MARSH AREAS. HE SAYS IT’S CREATED A NUISANCE MOSQUITO POPULATION THAT IS MOVING INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. WILLIS RECOMMENDS THAT RESIDENTS MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO CONTAINERS ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT ARE HOLDING WATER AND BE SURE TO BRING REPELLENTS WITH YOU.
THREE PEOPLE WERE RECENTLY ARRESTED AFTER THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LOUISIANA PROBATION AND PAROLE AGENTS CONDUCTED CHECKS ON REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS. 31-YEAR-OLD RYAN C. BRISCOE OF CHURCH POINT HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER AND FAILURE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS AS A TIER ONE SEX OFFENDER. 21-YEAR-OLD JOHNATHON A. DUPLANTIS OF CHURCH POINT IS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS AS A TIER ONE SEX OFFENDER. 49-YEAR-OLD SHERMAN GRIFFIN OF ESTHERWOOD WAS ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A TIER TWO SEX OFFENDER.
