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9-9-22

AN AMENDMENT BY LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCILMAN KEVIN NAQUIN TO REMOVE ALL PAY RAISES FROM THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WAS PASSED.  THE GUILLORY ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PAY RAISES BUT NAQUIN SAID THAT AMOUNT WAS TOO SIGNIFICANT AND NEEDED TO BE JUSTIFIED.  MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY TOLD KATC TV THAT THEY HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE PAYING PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THEIR EFFORTS.  NAQUIN SAYS PAY RAISES CAN BE REVISITED IN THE FUTURE.

 

OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCLENDON SAYS, IN AN EFFORT TO FIGHT CRIME, AT LEAST FORTY-ONE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE BEING PLACED STRATEGICALLY AROUND THE CITY.  MCLENDON SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO REPORT DIRECT CRIMES AND BE PATIENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS SHORT-STAFFED.  ELDERLY RESIDENTS IN A HIGH CRIME NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE TOLD KLFY TV THAT THEY’VE HAD IT WITH THE CRIMES AND SHOOTINGS NEAR THEIR HOMES.  SOME SAY IT’S GOTTEN SO BAD, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO STAY.

 

LAST WEEK, LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY WON A COURT BATTLE OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN’S BAN ON OIL AN GAS LEASES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND WATER.  HOWEVER, MIKE MONCLA OF THE LOUISIANA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION TELLS KLFY TV HE FEELS THE LEGAL BATTLES MAY NOT BE OVER.  HE’S HOPEFUL THE INJUNCTION STAYS IN PLACE AND THAT NEW LEASES WILL MAKE UP FOR THE DECREASE IN OIL PRODUCTION COMING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.  HE SAYS THE BENEFITS FROM NEW LEASES WON’T BE SEEN FOR YEARS BECAUSE OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION ARE DONE FIVE TO TEN YEARS IN ADVANCE.

 

AN IOWA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY BY JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOR HAVING MALNOURISHED DOGS.  DEPUTIES RECEIVED A REPORT ABOUT STARVING DOGS IN A YARD ON WOOLRIDGE ROAD IN LACASSINE.  DEPUTIES FOUND THE DOGS SO MALNOURISHED THAT THEIR BONES WERE VISIBLE THROUGH THEIR SKIN AND, WHEN THEY TALKED TO THE OWNER, THEY FOUND MORE DOGS INSIDE IN SIMILAR CONDITION.  TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD YESENIA PAOLA SALTER WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL FOR SIMPLE CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

 

A SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP IS PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT BACK ON MISSING WOMAN, ELLA GOODIE.  DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.

 

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THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A MISSING MAN, WHO NEVER MADE IT TO WORK YESTERDAY MORNING.  THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BROCK SAVOY WAS LAST SEEN IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEEKS ISLAND ROAD IN IBERIA PARISH.  SAVOY IS WHITE, FIVE-NINE, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS, WITH GREEN EYES AND BROWN HAIR.  ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OF SAVOY IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

 

An International Crane Foundation official says it’s exciting that a record eight whooping cranes have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it’s not just a Louisiana record for the world’s rarest crane, but one for any flock reintroduced to the wild to help save the endangered bird. The previous record of six was set in 2018, in the flock that was taught to migrate between Wisconsin and Florida by following ultralight aircraft. Both flocks are being nurtured in hope of creating a cushion if anything happens to the only natural flock, which migrates between Texas and Alberta, Canada.

 

DETECTIVES ARE STILL TRYING TO SOLVE A CRIME FROM LAST DECEMBER IN WHICH SOMEONE SHOT THE MAIN TRANSFORMER IN THE FELICITY STREET SUBSTATION IN ABBEVILLE.  THE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSFORMER CAUSED THE LOSS OF ELECTRICITY FOR ABBEVILLE ON DECEMBER TWENTY-NINTH.  UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED BY VERMILLION PARISH CRIME STOPPERS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.  THE PHONE NUMBER IS SEVEN-FOUR-OH-TIPS.