Posted
2011-07-21 06:21:00
by
dave Graichen
NEWS FOR THURSDAY 072111
DAVE GRAICHEN
AN ALEXANDRIA POLICE OFFICER ON WEDNESDAY SHOT AND WOUNDED A MAN ON POST OAK BOULEVARD WHO WAS CARRYING A GUN AND FIRED A SHOT IN THE AIR. 42 YEAR OLD SHEL RANDAL BOHANNON WAS TRANSPORTED TO RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE INJURIES. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AROUND 1:20 P.M. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND SUPER 1 FOODS ON MACARTHUR DRIVE.
RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING THE CREATION OF A NEW COMMITTEE DESIGNED TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT ILLICIT SPORTS RECRUITING ACTIVITIES THAT MAY VIOLATE ITS OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY. THE TOPIC OF ILLEGAL RECRUITING WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP BY BOARD MEMBER WILTON BARRIOS JR., WHO HAS SAID HE IS AWARE OF ILLEGAL RECRUITING INSTANCES IN THE DISTRICT. HE HAD BEEN URGING THE BOARD TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. IT APPEARS NOW THEY WILL.
VISITATION FOR SGT. CHRISTOPHER. SODERLUND, WHO WAS KILLED JULY 9 IN AFGHANISTAN, WILL BE TODAY FROM 5 TO 9 P.M. AT CROSSROADS NEW LIFE TABERNACLE IN DEVILLE.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SODERLUND, 23, WILL BE FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. AT CROSSROADS NEW LIFE TABERNACLE. BURIAL WILL BE IN FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK WITH MILITARY HONORS.
FORMER LOUISIANA GOV. BUDDY ROEMER IS KICKING OFF HIS LONGSHOT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE HE IS TAKING UP TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IN ADVANCE OF THE STATE'S FIRST-IN-THE-NATION PRIMARY. ROEMER WILL ANNOUNCE HIS CANDIDACY TODAY AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. A DEMOCRAT-TURNED-REPUBLICAN, ROEMER SERVED AS LOUISIANA GOVERNOR FROM 1988 AND 1992. IN BEDFORD WEDNESDAY, HE TOLD A GROUP OF BUSINESS LEADERS THAT HE ACCEPTS THE FACT THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHO HE IS AND ARGUED THAT AMERICA NEEDS A NEW KIND OF LEADER.
WHY HAS LOUISIANA HAD SUCH A MARKED INCREASE IN BOATING FATALITIES THIS YEAR? THERE HAVE BEEN 30 WATERWAY DEATHS SO FAR THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 21 FOR ALL OF 2010. STATE WILDLIFE & FISHERIES SPOKESMAN ADAM EINCK SAYS PERHAPS BOATERS AND THEIR PASSENGERS HAVE GROWN COMPLACENT ABOUT SAFETY. HE SAYS ALL THE SAFETY RULES OF THE HIGHWAY APPLY ON WATERWAYS...PLUS ALL PASSENGERS MUST WEAR LIFE JACKETS WHILE THE BOAT IS IN MOTION.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A HAMMOND PRIEST EARLIER THIS MONTH MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS DUE TO A SNAFU BY MISSISSIPPI'S CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. AUTHORITIES SAY 31-YEAR-OLD JEREMY MANIERI FAILED TO REPORT TO A PROBATION OFFICER RELATED TO HIS 2006 CONVICTION FOR CHILD MOLESTATION. THAT COULD HAVE SENT HIM BACK TO JAIL, BUT IT WAS UNREPORTED. MANIERI IS ALLEGED TO HAVE KILLED REV. EDWARD EVERETT IN WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI.
THE HURRICANE SEASON'S THIRD NAMED STORM HAS FORMED IN THE ATLANTIC, BUT--RELAX--IT SHOULD POSE NO THREAT TO THE GULF OR TO LOUISIANA. TROPICAL STORM CINDY IS WAY OUT AT SEA, PACKING 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, BUT IS TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST AND FARTHER INTO OPEN WATER.
FORMER GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO WILL MAKE HER FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS WEEKEND SINCE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AND TREATED FOR A RARE EYE CANCER.
BLANCO IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT ITS ANNUAL JEFFERSON-JACKSON DINNER ON SATURDAY.
THE DEMOCRATIC FORMER GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THAT SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, CALLED CHOROIDAL MELANOMA, WHICH AFFECTS ABOUT SIX IN ONE MILLION PEOPLE. SHE SAID HER PROGNOSIS WAS GOOD FOR RECOVERY.
LOUISIANA'S FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY IS COLLABORATING WITH A MICROBREWERY TO LAUNCH ITS OWN BEER, WITH SALES PLANNED TO START DURING THE FALL FOOTBALL SEASON.
THE LSU-LICENSED BLONDE ALE, PRODUCED BY BATON ROUGE-BASED TIN ROOF BREWING CO., WILL BE OFFERED ON DRAUGHT AND IN CANS AND WILL BE TIED INTO A FOOD SCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT FERMENTATION.
STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL STEPHEN STREET SAYS A NEW ORLEANS AREA CHURCH AND ITS PASTOR WASTED OR MISSPENT OVER $160-THOUSAND IN POST-KATRINA RECOVERY GRANTS. STREET SAYS A QUARTER-MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO CONVERT A WAREHOUSE INTO HOUSING FOR RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS WAS NEVER USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. HE SAYS THE BUILDING IS STILL UNINHABITABLE. STREET SAYS ELDER JOHN PIERRE, OF THE LIVING WITNESS CHURCH OF GOD, CO-MINGLED THE GRANT DOLLARS WITH CHURCH FUNDS. HE SAYS MUCH WAS SPENT ON DAY-TO-DAY EXPENSES, BUT PIERRE ALSO WROTE HIMSELF CHECKS TOTALING OVER $32-THOUSAND. THE CHURCH AND PASTOR PIERRE DENY ANY WRONGDOING. STREET SAYS THE CHURCH ALSO FAILED TO REPORT OVER $90-THOUSAND IN TAXABLE INCOME.
WEST MONROE POLICE HAVE BUSTED A SHOPLIFTING OPERATION THAT NETTED THE THIEVES OVER $2000 IN STOLEN GOODS IN JUST A COUPLE DAYS. OFFICERS REPORT AN SUV REGISTERED TO 40-YEAR-OLD MICHELLE BLADE ON MONROE CONTAINED FOUR SHOPPING CARTS FULL OF MERCHANDISE; ALLEGEDLY TAKEN FROM A WAL-MART AND A NEARBY STAGE STORE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS WILL SOON CHOOSE A PRIVATE COMPANY TO MANAGE ITS UPCOMING COORDINATION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES TO AT-RISK CHILDREN. THE LOUISIANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP WILL PULL TOGETHER PROGRAMS FROM THE JUVENILE JUSTICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS. IT IS PLANNED FOR LAUNCH IN FEBRUARY. THE NEW PROGRAM WILL ALLOW MORE TYPES OF PROVIDERS AND SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID, AS LONG AS THE TREATMENTS ARE PROVEN TO WORK.
THE 45-STORY PLAZA TOWER IN NEW ORLEANS IS ON THE AUCTION BLOCK WITH A MINIMUM BID OF $250,000. A JOINT VENTURE PUTTING THE LONG-EMPTY BUILDING FOR SALE, SAYS THE SKYSCRAPER HAS A GUTTED INTERIOR SHELL AND POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS HAVE BEEN FIXED. THE PLAZA TOWER WAS BUILT IN 1964. IT ALSO HAS AN EIGHT-STORY PARKING GARAGE AND A 30,000-SQUARE-FOOT ANNEX. THE BUILDING IS THE THIRD-TALLEST IN BOTH NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA.
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