10-17-24
THE SAINT MARTINVILLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO TERMINATE DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF CODY LAPEROUSE. HE IS ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO KILL A MAN WHO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE POLICE STATION FOR QUESTIONING AND LAPEROUSE REPORTEDLY HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED. MAYOR JASON WILLIS SAYS IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION TO TERMINATE LAPEROUSE AND IT CAME DOWN TO PROTECTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S INTEGRITY. LAPEROUSE’S ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WILL APPEAL THE COUNCIL’S DECISION.
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET REACTED TO THE DEATH OF CITY COURT JUDGE JULES EDWARDS THE THIRD, WHO PASSED AWAY TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-SIX. SHE SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT THE CITY WILL MISS HIS LEADERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP. FELLOW CITY COURT JUDGE DOUGLAS SALOOM CALLED EDWARDS A REMARKABLE PERSON WHOSE LIFE AND CAREER WAS DEDICATED TO HIS FAMILY, FAITH, PROFESSION AND, MOST PRECIOUSLY, HIS COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY. CITY MARSHAL REGGIE THOMAS SAYS EDWARDS WILL FOREVER BE A LEGEND IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTTE.
EIGHTEEN PARISHES STATEWIDE HAVE ISSUED BURN BANS BECAUSE THE DRY, WINDY WEATHER INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF FIRES SPREADING RAPIDLY. THE BURN BANS ARE INTENDED TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF GRASS FIRE CALLS. ACADIA PARISH HAS JOINED THREE OTHER ACADIANA PARISHES IN ISSUING THE BANS. THE OTHERS ARE EVANGELINE, JEFF DAVIS AND SAINT LANDRY.
TWO POWER OUTAGES ARE PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. ON TUESDAY, THE FULTON SUBSTATION WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX HOUR BEGINNING AT EIGHT A-M FOR MAINTENANCE. THIS WILL AFFECT WEST CREOLE HIGHWAY, TROSCLAIR ROAD, MARSHALL STREET AND EVERYTHING EAST OF THE FERRY. ON WEDNESDAY AT NINE A-M THE HACKETT SUBSTATION WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS FOR AN INSTALLATION PROJECT. THIS WILL AFFECT GRANGERVILLE, CHESSON’S, HACKETT’S ROAD AND SOUTH TO THE GIBBSTOWN BRIDGE.
THE IDENTITY OF A PILOT KILLED IN A CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH HAS BEEN RELEASED. AN ULTRALIGHT PLANE WENT DOWN IN A FIELD OFF PITREVILLE HIGHWAY AND SONNIER DRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ACADIA PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE PILOT AS FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD NICK VAN HOUTEN OF SUNSET. THE F-A-A IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
THERE WAS A MAJOR WRECK ON I-TEN EASTBOUND NEAR SCOTT YESTERDAY. THE CRASH INVOLVED AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER AND A VAN. SOME OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED HAD TO BE RESCUED BUT THERE ARE NO DETAILS ON ANY INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
AN INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED BY THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION INTO NATURAL GAS-FED HOME GENERATORS AND THEIR AFFECTS ON LOUISIANA UTILITY SYSTEMS. SOME HOUSES IN LAFOURCHE PARISH SUFFERED FROM LOW GAS PRESSURE DURING HURRICANE FRANCINE, MAKING THEIR GENERATORS INOPERABLE. COMMISSION OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORRIED THE OLDER, SMALLER GAS SYSTEMS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE INCREASING DEMAND CREATED BY THE GENERATORS WHEN POWER GOES OUT. THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COMMISSION, COLBY COOK, SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE GENERATORS ON GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH REGISTRAR OF VOTERS WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY IN AVOYELLES PARISH. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS WHY.
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