9-8-22
OPELOUSAS POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE INJURED LAST NIGHT. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ELECTRIC, SEWER AND WATER RATE INCREASES FOR L-U-S CUSTOMERS. WATER RATES WILL INCREASE BY EIGHT PERCENT ON NOVEMBER FIRST WHILE SEWER RATES GO UP BY NINE-POINT-FIVE PERCENT PER FIVE THOUSAND GALLONS, AND THOSE RATES WILL INCREASE AGAIN NEXT NOVEMBER AND AGAIN THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER. ELECTRICITY RATES WILL NOT GO UP UNTIL NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE, WHEN THEY RISE BY THREE PERCENT, AND ANOTHER THREE PERCENT RAISE WILL TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR. L-U-S DIRECTOR JEFF STEWARD SAYS THE RATE INCREASES ARE NECESSARY TO UPGRADE SYSTEMS AND EXPAND CAPACITY.
THE HEAD OF THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF PRIVATE SECURITY EXAMINERS WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED ON DRUG AND WEAPON’S CHARGES FOLLOWING A PURSUIT DOWN I-TWELVE IN LIVINGSTON PARISH TUESDAY. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BRIDGETTE HULL IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH CONTROLLED AND DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES. HER BOND WAS SET AT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE STATE BOARD OF PRIVATE SECURITY EXAMINERS WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS HULL’S ARREST.
LAST NIGHT THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO HOLD A VOTE SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST ON A PLAN TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN LAKE CHARLES. AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER, JAYVON MUHAMMAD, SAYS THE PLAN IS TO TAKE TWENTY ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES AND WORK WITH THE CITY TO CLEAR TITLES AND DEVELOP THEM INTO HOMES FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, VETERANS, MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES AND THOSE DISPLACED BY HURRICANES. HE SAYS TWENTY FAMILIES IMPACTS THE ECONOMY, INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. COUNCILMAN MARK ECKARD SAYS IT IS A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM AND IT WOULD BE WORTH THEIR WHILE TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOME HOUSES BUILT.
A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN LOST HER HOME TO A TREE THAT FELL THROUGH THE ROOF. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD RIELI TRAHAN AND HER SON WERE NOT HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED. SHE TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE HAD HIRED SOMEONE SHE THOUGHT WAS FROM A TREE REMOVAL COMPANY TO TAKE DOWN THE TREE BUT A STORM KNOCKED IT DOWN BEFORE THE JOB WAS FINISHED. TRAHAN DOES NOT HAVE HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE, BUT SHE SAYS SHE IS DETERMINED TO PUSH THROUGH TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR HER AND HER SON.
THE CITY OF SCOTT HAS PLANNED A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY FOR THIS SATURDAY FROM NINE TO ONE. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT THE SCOTT MAINENANCE BUILDING, LOCATED AT ONE-EIGHTEEN LIONS CLUB ROAD. PARTICIPANTS MUST SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY SUCH AS A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR A WATER BILL. FOR A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED, GO TO CITY OF SCOTT-DOT-COM.
ANOTHER EFFORT TO QUALIFY FOR REELECTION BY VILLE PLATTE POLICE CHIEF NEAL LARTIGUE HAS BEEN THWARTED. AN APPEALS COURT RULED LARTIGUE LIVES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND, THEREFORE, COULD NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. YESTERDAY, THE STATE SUPREME COURT REFUSED TO HEAR LARTIGUE’S REQUEST TO INTERVENE IN HIS LAWSUIT. AL PERRY THOMAS WAS THE ONLY OTHER CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT MEANING HE WILL BECOME VILLE PLATTE POLICE CHIEF BY DEFAULT.
THE ACADIA PARISH POLICE JURY IS APPLYING FOR A FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT SO SOME RESIDENTS CAN ELEVATE THEIR PROPERTIES. RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES HAVE A HISTORY OF FLOODING OR WHO HAVE FILED FLOOD CLAIMS WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING. THOSE INTERESTED MUST COMPLETE APPLICATIONS BY OCTOBER FOURTEENTH TO BE INCLUDED IN THE GRANT APPLICATION. YOU CAN CALL QUALITY ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING AT 225-698-16-HUNDRED OR EMAIL THEM AT GRANTS@Q-E-S-L-A-DOT-COM.
