10-1-26
JEANERETTE CITY MARSHAL FERNEST PACMAN MARTIN WAS NAMED MARSHAL OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL CONSTABLES AND MARSHALS ASSOCIATION. MARTIN SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE ASSOCIATION’S AWARDS BANQUET IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA CAUGHT HIM BY SURPRISE AND THE TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS FACE, MARTIN WAS ALSO REELECTED AS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM. HE SAYS THE REELECTION WAS THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON A NEW BUCCEE’S LOCATION IN LAFAYETTE. A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD NOVEMBER NINTH AT ELEVEN A-M AT THE LOCATION ON LOUISIANA AVENUE AT I-TEN. PLANS ARE FOR A SEVENTY-FOUR-THOUSAND SQUARE-FOOT STORE WITH AROUND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY GAS PUMPS AND NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED PARKING SPACES. THE LAFAYETTE STORE IS EXPECTED TO CREATE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY JOBS WITH A STARTING PAY OF SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR.
LOUISIANA IS ASKING THE U-S SUPREME COURT TO STOP OTHER STATES FROM PROTECTING DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS WHO MAIL ABORTION PILLS INTO OUR STATE. LOUISIANA IS JOINED BY ALABAMA AND ARKANSAS IN SUING NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA AND MASSACHUSETTS OVER ABORTION SHIELD LAWS. THESE LAWS PROTECT DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS FROM INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION IN OTHER STATES FOR ABORTION THAT IS LEGAL WHERE THE PROVIDER WORKS. LOUISIANA ARGUES THAT THE SHIELD LAWS PREVENT THEM FROM ENFORCING ITS OWN ABORTION LAWS.
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF STITCH GUILLORY IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER SOME PARISH RESIDENTS COMPLAINED THAT FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS GO TO FAR. GUILLORY SAYS HE THOUGHT THEY HAD SOLVED A LOT OF CRIME BUT, SINCE THEY GOT THE CAMERAS, THEY REALIZED THEY WERE JUST TOUCHING THE TIPS OF THE ICEBERG. HE TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY HAVE SOLVED WAY MORE CRIMES WITH THE CAMERAS. THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA TRACKING WEBSITE DEFLOCK SAYS CALCASIEU PARISH HAS OVER ONE HUNDRED CAMERAS IN THE PARISH.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY TO DEMOLISH BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. THE FUNDING WOULD COME THROUGH THE LOUISIANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CLEARANCE PROGRAM. NICK SONNIER, WHO WORKS IN GRANT MANAGEMENT WITH SELLERS AND ASSOCIATES, SAYS DOZENS OF STRUCTURES COULD BE DEMOLISHED UNDER THE FUNDING IF THE STRUCTURES ARE SMALLER. HE SAYS PARTICIPATING OWNERS WOULD MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTIES AND WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DEMOLITION.
LOCAL SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE PAINT THE TOWN RED SCHOOL EVENT YESTERDAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL SAYS THE FUNDING WILL HELP THE STATE ESTABLISH THE FIRST STATEWIDE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROTOCOL TO SERVE VICTIMS OF TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED ABUSE. SHE SAYS THE PROTOCOL WILL ADDRESS RAPIDLY EVOLVING DIGITAL CRIMES SUCH AS CYBERSTALKING AND A-I GENERATED INTIMATE IMAGES. MURRIL SAYS INITIATIVES LIKE THIS STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION AMONG PROSECUTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VICTIM SERVICES.
A SERVICE DOG IN THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WILL BE GETTTING EXTRA PROTECTION THANKS TO A DONATION FROM A NONPROFIT. VESTED INTEREST IN K-NINES IS PAYING FOR THE BULLET AND STAB PROTECTIVE VEST WHICH WILL GO TO A DOG NAMED MAKO. DELIVERY IS EXPECTED WITHIN TEN WEEKS. VESTED INTEREST IN K-NINES HAS SPENT NEARLY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO PROVIDE THESE VESTS TO THOUSANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DOGS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
