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Council Approves Introductory Security Ordinance
(Lafayette, LA) -- The Lafayette City-Parish Council has signed off on an introductory ordinance that would put five parish sheriff's deputies on downtown patrol Friday and Saturday nights. The patrol would be effective for one year, during which deputies would be paid 25 dollars per hour. The ordinance will go up for a final vote next month. The security detail is different from the one being negotiated between Lafayette Consolidated Government and bar owners. Under that plan, Lafayette police officers would provide security at bars in the downtown, McKinley Street and Simcoe Street areas. Bar owners would pay monthly fees for the service.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:23 AM
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Woman Robbed, Car Stolen
Police are looking for five men and a stolen car after demanding a 19-year-old
woman's car. It was stolen in a parking lot in the 2000 block of the NW
Evangeline Thruway. Police say the woman was standing near her vehicle
when she was approached by the suspect. He demanded her car keys, she
dropped the keys, and the suspect, who Police describe as being black,
climbed into her car with four other black men and drove off and the woman
was unharmed. They were last seen going west on Martin Luther King drive.
Police say the stolen car is a white 2000 Nissan Maxima with Louisiana
license plate number R-L-L-ZERO-9-9. Anyone with information about the
crime and the whereabouts of the suspects or the car is urged to call the
Lafayette Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 232-TIPS.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:09 PM
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Legislative Auditor and Insurance Commissioner Duke It Out... Again
The Legislative Auditor is at loggerheads with the state Insurance
Commissioner again. Last time, it was a battle over correspondence
with Citizens Insurance, now Steve Theriot says Insurance
Commissioner Jim Donelon may have broken the law when cutting rates
for the state-run property insurer of last resort in 2006. Theriot
says Citizens' rates must be at least 10-percent over the market
rate. Donelon disagrees with the audit findings, and says state law wasn't
broken.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:06 PM
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Road Home Takes a New Turn
The Louisiana Recovery Authority board has approved expansion of the
Road Home program to cover those who sold their homes for a loss
before the program started. State lawmakers and the feds still have
to agree to it.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:46 PM
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Senator Landrieu Attempts to Pass Hurricane Aid
Senator Mary Landrieu says she'll try again--during the "lame duck"
session of Congress--to get Louisiana farmers some emergency
disaster relief aid. Landrieu says her plan is for over $1-billion
in assistance for farmers who were hit hard by the September
hurricanes. Landrieu tried to get the same package through in October, soon
after the storms, but her efforts were blocked by Oklahoma Senator
Tom Coburn. She says she'll keep trying, though bills to which her
aid package could be attached may be scarce during this last few
days of action on Capitol Hill, before breaking for the remainder of
the year.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:38 PM
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More And More Dead Birds Being Found
 Officials say more than 3,000 birds have been collected dead along the Gulf Coast since an oil spill was triggered in April by the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:52 PM
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National Headlines
 Here's a look at stories making national news.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:59 PM
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Arizona Files Appeal In Immigration Case
 Arizona has filed an appeal in the federal lawsuit which resulted in an injunction against portions of the state's new immigration law.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:48 PM
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