10-13-22
A TRAFFIC STOP ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY BY LAFAYETTE POLICE YESTERDAY MORNING LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF A TRUNK FULL OF MARIJUANA. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KEVIN JOSEPH BATISTE OF LAFAYETTE WAS PULLED OVER FOR AN IMPROPER LANE CHANGE AND SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS, WHEN THE OFFICERS OPENED THE TRUNK, THEY FOUND FORTY-TWO POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. BATISTE AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE ALL CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DEVONTE JAMAL FRANCOIS OF BREAUX BRIDGE, WAS ALSO CITED FOR RESISTING AN OFFICER.
A MAN WITH AUTISM WAS ATTACKED BY THREE MEN OUTSIDE AN EVANGELINE PARISH BAR. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DEVON MAHAN WAS LEFT WITH A THREE INCH CUT ON HIS EYELID, FRACTURES AROUND HIS EYE AND A STITCHED-UP LEFT EAR. SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THE DETAILS AND EXPECT TO MAKE AN ARREST SOON. DEVON AND HIS MOTHER, JODY MAHAN, SAY THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE WITH AUTISM EVER AGAIN.
A top senior staff member for Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced his resignation. Matthew Block has been the Democratic governor’s top lawyer. The Advocate said Block has played a vital behind-the-scenes role in navigating through the pandemic, hurricanes, and expanding Medicaid. Edwards announced that Tina Vanichchagorn, the administration’s special counsel, will replace Block.
AN ELTON WOMAN WANTED FOR CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED IN NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI. A ONE-YEAR-OLD BEING CARED FOR BY TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CORIANA RENEE YOUNG SUFFERED A SEVERE HEAD INJURY ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE LED TO A WARRANT BEING ISSUED. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE LEARNED SHE WAS WORKING IN MISSISSIPPI AND ALERTED THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHO LOCATED YOUNG AND ARRESTED HER WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR SCHOOLTHREATS COMING FROM BURNER ACCOUNTS ON THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER AND THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT’S DIVISION OF ARTS ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF SIX NEW CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN LOUISIANA, TWO OF WHICH ARE IN ACADIA PARISH. THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN PASSED A BILL CREATING THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS TO SPARK REVITALIZATION BASED ON CULTURAL ACTIVITY THROUGH TAX INCENTIVES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES. IN THESE DISTRICTS, RENOVATION ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS MAY QUALIFY FOR STATE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AND QUALIFYING WORKS OF ORIGINAL ARTS ARE EXEMPT FROM LOCAL SALES TAXES. THE NEW CULTURAL DISTRCTS IN ACADIA PARISH ARE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IN CROWLEY AND THE POINTE-AUX-LOUPS CULTURAL DISTRICT IN IOTA.
Three energy corporations are partnering on a carbon- capture project with the hopes of dramatically reducing industrial carbon dioxide emissions in Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Wednesday. Captured emissions from the CF Industries ammonia production plant in Donaldsonville will be transported through EnLink Midstream’s existing pipeline network and “injected into deep, underground geologic formations” on ExxonMobiil property in Vermillion Parish. Officials say they aim to move 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually — equivalent to what would be produced by nearly 431,000 gas-powered cars driven for one year.
EUNICE MANOR TEAMED WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS AND MEDEXPRESS TO CONDUCT AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY DRILL. THE NURSING HOME HOLDS TWO EMERGENCY DRILLS EACH YEAR TO DEAL WITH SCENARIOS OF ACTIVE SHOOTERS AND EVACUATIONS FROM EMERGENCIES SUCH AS FIRE AND WEATHER. EUNICE MANOR’S ADMINISTRATOR, NICKIE TOUPS, SAYS THE DRILLS ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF AN EVACUATION IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. MARVIN RICHARD WITH MEDEXPRESS SAYS THE DRILL GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE READY ANYTIME AN EMERGENCY STRIKES.
