10-19-16
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A HIT-AND-RUN INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN YESTERDAY MORNING. A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE IN THE 100 BLOCK OF CASTILLE STREET AT AROUND 7:30 A-M. HE WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE POLICE DO NOT HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON THE VEHICLE INVOLVED AND REQUEST ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE HIT-AND-RUN TO CONTACT THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LAKE CHARLES MARDI GRAS BOARDWALK HAS HAD ITS AUTHORITY TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE REVOKED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT FILED ANNUAL REPORTS FOR THREE YEARS. THE CORPORATION HAD PLANS TO BUILD AN ENTERTAINMENT AND RETAIL PLAYGROUND ON THE SITE OF THE OLD HARRAH’S CASINO, WHICH HAD BEEN DONATED TO THE CITY BY PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT. AN OFFICER FOR LAKE CHARLS MARDI GRAS BOARDWALK TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE CORPORATION WAS FORMED FOR THE LAKE CHARLES PROJECT AND NO LONGER HAS A REASON TO EXIST. LAKE CHARLES CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN CARDONE SAYS THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY FOR SOME COMBINATION OF RETAIL, RESTAURANT, BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL.
A JUDGE IN THE TRIAL OF IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL HAS DENIED A REQUEST BY PROSECUTORS TO DELAY THE OCTOBER 31ST START. IT’S NOT KNOWN WHY PROSECUTORS MADE THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT WAS FILED UNDER SEAL. SHERIFF ACKAL IS CHARGED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND COVERUPS BECAUSE OF THE BEATINGS OF SEVERAL INMATES, WHICH HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN NINE DEPUTIES SUBMITTING GUILTY PLEAS. THE TRIAL, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN SHREVEPORT, IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO WEEKS.
Major candidates in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race clashed in their first televised debate together, as they sought to draw distinctions in the final weeks ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Republican U.S. Rep. John Fleming hit GOP opponent John Kennedy, the state treasurer, for running years ago as a liberal Democrat and endorsing John Kerry for president. Fleming suggested Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany wasn’t fully committed in his opposition to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul and helped boost the country’s debts. Boustany replied that Fleming was twisting his record and comments.
A FIRE LAST NIGHT THREATENED TO DESTROY THE OLD EVANGELINE HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE AND RESULTED IN MORE THAN SIXTY RESIDENTS BEING EVACUATED. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE TOWN OF WELSH IS CELEBRATING TODAY THEIR DESIGNATION AS “THE HOME OF THE CAJUN DICTIONARY,” WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR. AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BY STATE OFFICIALS. IT WAS THE IDEA OF WELSH RESIDENT BETTY GUIDRY TO ASK FOR THE DESIGNATION TO HONOR MONSIGNOR JULES DAIGLE, WHO WROTE TWO BOOKS, “A DICTIONARY OF CAJUN LANGUAGE” AND “CAJUN SELF TAUGHT.” MAYOR CAROLYN LOUVIERE SAYS FATHER DAIGLE WROTE THE BOOKS TO KEEP THE CAJUN LANGUAGE ALIVE.
A HENDERSON MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT ON TWO COUNTS OF THEFTS OF A FIREARM. A COMPLAINT WAS LODGED ABOUT A THEFT AT A RESIDENCE IN PARKS. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, THEY OBTAINED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR 20-YEAR-OLD JOEY BONIN JUNIOR. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT 55 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A Louisiana lawmaker who sponsored legislation that has prevented some foreign-born U.S. citizens without birth certificates from obtaining marriage licenses says she will push for an amendment. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday claims a state marriage law that took effect in January is unconstitutional and discriminates against immigrants. After the suit’s filing, Republican state Rep. Valarie Hodges told The Associated Press that she never intended for the 2015 measure to prevent legal immigrants from getting a marriage license. Viet “Victor” Anh Vo claims in his lawsuit that court clerks in three Louisiana parishes denied his application for a marriage license because he couldn’t produce a birth certificate.
