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On July 7, the St. Mary Council on Aging delivered nutritious meals and fans to seniors in need. Above, Morgan City C-2 Driver Charlette Bartholomew gives Linzy Howard a fan to help with the heat. The council thanks Bayou Vista Crossing Place for the donation.
Jason El Koubi has resigned as chief executive of One Acadiana to serve as executive vice president of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the No. 2 position at that state’s economic development authority.
El Koubi joins Stephen Moret, who left his leadership position at the LSU Foundation in 2016 after two years to head the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and had previously led Louisiana’s economic development agency and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. El Koubi also had worked at Louisiana Economic Development and BRAC.
J
im Bourgeois, One Acadiana’s executive director of business development, will serve as interim president and CEO.
El Koubi will remain with One Acadiana through the end of July.
“We intend to engage an executive search firm to help us launch a nationwide search for a permanent president and CEO very soon,” said One Acadiana Chairman Frank Neuner, managing partner of NeunerPate.
“Jim has been with One Acadiana since its inception. His leadership over the last 2½ years gives us every confidence in his ability to guide our organization through this transition,” he said.
“Jason has made the kinds of transformational impacts on our organization, community and region that we aspired to achieve when we hired him four years ago,” said Julie Simon-Dronet, vice president of Cox’s Acadiana market.
Since joining One Acadiana in September 2013, El Koubi worked with business and civic leaders to develop and launch “The Campaign for One Acadiana,” a five-year, $15 million initiative to deliver a new, nationally competitive regional economic development program for the nine-parish region.
During El Koubi’s tenure, One Acadiana helped secure public support for major infrastructure projects, including the new Lafayette Regional Airport terminal and the I-49 Lafayette Connector; launched a regional workforce development strategy that has supported retraining and reemployment for displaced oilfield workers; launched a business attraction, expansion and retention program; and created a site development program to increase the inventory of Acadiana’s certified industrial sites.
El Koubi previously served as assistant secretary of Louisiana Economic Development and had been policy director at BRAC. He also had served as performance auditor with the Louisiana Legislative Auditor and project consultant/environmental engineer with Trinity Consultants.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years after the Great Recession ended, the economy is steadily churning out jobs, and the unemployment rate is at a 16-year low.
Yet for most Americans, a key measure of economic health — pay growth — still lags behind pre-recession norms.
That isn’t likely to change after the latest employment statistics were released last week.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the economy added 222,000 jobs in June and that the jobless rate remained 4.3 percent, the lowest level since 2001. The job market, in other words, has proved itself resilient.
Pay raises are another story, and a puzzling one. The employment report said average hourly wages rose just 2.5 percent from a year earlier. That’s well below the 3 percent to 3.5 percent average pay raises that have been typical in a healthy economy.
The Federal Reserve monitors the barometers of wage growth for any evidence that inflation might be starting to pick up. Inflation has remained persistently low since the recession ended — lower even than the Fed’s 2 percent target rate, which it regards as consistent with a healthy economy.
Here are five reasons why pay growth has lagged chronically behind job growth for most of the recovery from the recession:
Baby boomers out, younger workers in
One drag on average salaries is demographic: Higher-paid baby boomers are retiring in droves, and in many cases they’re being replaced by lower-paid younger workers. Roughly 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. And while not all retire, most do.
For younger workers, especially those who lack advanced education, incomes have declined over the past four decades. A typical American in the 25-to-34 age range earned $34,800 in 2016, according to the Census Bureau. Once you adjust for inflation, that’s less than in 1975, when the typical worker in that age group earned $36,900.
Cautious employees
Asking for a raise is never easy. It’s even harder when memories remain fresh of a time when nearly 9 million people were thrown out of work and the unemployment rate rocketed to 10 percent, as happened during and after the 2008-2009 Great Recession. Even now, some people remain reluctant to approach their boss and ask to be paid more.
One measure of this trend is the Conference Board’s consumer confidence survey. The survey asks people whether they expect their income to increase within six months. The more likely they are to expect a pay gain, the more likely they are to ask for a raise if they haven’t received one.
Until 2014, more Americans actually expected their incomes to fall rather than rise. And the proportion of Americans who expected a raise didn’t reach pre-recession levels until late last year.
“People are out of practice when it comes to asking for higher pay,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
Wages got stuck
Even as they slashed jobs during the recession, employers generally refrained from cutting pay for their remaining workers. Economists say that isn’t surprising: Employers tend not to cut pay for workers who survive a round of layoffs to avoid further demoralizing a staff.
But that doesn’t mean employers didn’t want to lower pay during the recession, given their falling revenue and profits. So to offset the cost of leaving wages untouched, many employers have withheld raises as the economy has improved. Economists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch have calculated that the share of workers whose wages didn’t budge — up or down — rose sharply during the recession and still hasn’t returned to healthy levels.
Moving down the scale
The recession not only sent unemployment soaring. It also inflicted pain on other people who weren’t technically unemployed. One gauge measures the proportion of part-time workers who would prefer full-time jobs — a category that soared during the recession. Another barometer counts people who have given up their job hunts and so are no longer counted as unemployed.
Millions of those Americans have gained full-time jobs in the past eight years, but in many cases at much lower pay. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco calculated last year that 80 percent of those formerly part-time workers who obtained full-time jobs did so at wages below the national median level of pay.
And people who are unemployed or who have stopped looking altogether are typically hired at wages about 30 percent below the median pay, research has found.
A matter of time
Many economists still expect wage growth to pick up in the coming months. They argue that a basic rule of economics still holds: As the supply of workers falls, its price (i.e., paychecks) will rise — eventually.
“It just takes time,” Zandi said. “A tight labor market will lead to greater wage growth.”
With unemployment at an uncommonly low 4.3 percent, many employers have complained that they can’t find enough qualified workers. There are more than 6 million available jobs — double the number during the recession and a record high.
At some point, all those trends should compel businesses to offer higher pay, economists say.
But many workers may not believe it until they see it.
Franklin-based boatbuilder Metal Shark has partnered with Angelle Development LLC of Breaux Bridge to introduce an entirely new vessel propulsion system featuring patented technology and several industry firsts.
The “Swamp Shark Drive” is an all-terrain propulsion system specially engineered and built for operation in extreme shallow water, riverine, and mud flat environments. The highly durable system will safely and reliably propel a vessel through dense vegetation, mud, and debris-strewn waters.
“I studied the vulnerabilities of every other shallow water drive on the market and worked to overcome all of the challenges of operating high performance engines in these environments." said inventor Clint Angelle, CEO and owner of Angelle Development, LLC and creator of the Swamp Shark.
Originally designed to allow fishermen and hunters to access the extreme shallow backwaters of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, Metal Shark executives saw potential advantages for military and commercial operators.
The system has been tested and proven on Metal Shark test vessels throughout the research and design process.
“Swamp Shark has been on our radar since the beginning,” explained Jimmy Gravois, Metal Shark’s founder and chairman. “When I learned what Clint was doing I immediately saw an opportunity to provide this new technology to our military customers, many of whom struggle with the challenges of shallow water operation."
Swamp Shark features a fully self-contained, patent-pending, onboard keel cooling system, with no appendages beneath the hull and no need for overboard raw water. This allows for smooth operation over underwater obstacles and allows a Swamp Shark-propelled vessel to traverse shallow, vegetation-clogged water or even loose mud with no cooling issues.
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The St. Mary Chamber has a new member: Acadian Total Security. Its services include fire detection, video surveillance, motion detectors, access control systems, medical alert systems and carbon monoxide detection. The phone number is 985-300-3873. Shown from left are Jason Brown, sdales manager with Acadian Total Security; Chamber President Donna Meyer; and Gary Nicar, security consultant, also with Acadian Total Security.
The Independence Day recess is over for members of Congress, which means it is once again time for our federal legislators to start focusing on policy, particularly in the arena of health care access.
President Donald Trump’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act seemed to have some momentum in the House as spring gave way to summer, but it has since met resistance in the Senate.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, has been giving interviews with reporters this week suggesting that the president’s original repeal plan may be officially stalled and that a thorough rewrite of the ACA, as being drafted by senators, is on uncertain ground as well.
Cassidy is the lead co-author of an alternative proposal, the Patient Freedom Act, which is a complicated piece of legislation that doesn’t go nearly as far as a complete dismantling of the ACA.
“We have been stressing the importance of making sure we have a replacement plan ready to go with the repeal of Obamacare, in order to ensure that no one sees a gap in their health care coverage,” he said.
Cassidy has also reintroduced the Medicaid Accountability and Care Act, or MAC Act, which is designed to “improve Medicaid financing through controlled spending, value-based incentives and fraud reduction.”
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, meanwhile, is waiting to see how the Senate version shapes up — and he was part of a successful effort to persuade Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to cancel the upcoming August recess so key votes can stop being postposed.
“We need to focus on passing meaningful reforms for health care and taxes,” Kennedy co-wrote in a letter to McConnell that was signed by him and other senators. “We don’t have time to go on vacation when there’s work that remains to be done for the American people. You wouldn’t put a cake in the oven and then leave to go on vacation before it has finished baking.”
As of Monday afternoon it was not known when the Senate might take up a vote on the health care overhaul law, but some lawmakers suspect it could happen over the next couple weeks.
PAR: Legislature not done
A month has not yet passed since the Legislature adjourned its special session in June and already there are advocacy and policy groups starting to worry about what comes next.
The Public Affairs Research Council is one such outfit, and it made as much clear recently in its report summarizing the legislative sessions of 2017.
“As busy as our elected officials have been, they have a lot work left to do and a lot of politically difficult decisions to make,” the report states.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom at the Capitol this year, of course, and PAR summarized that, among other things, a “solid budget is a welcome sight and has been a rarity lately.”
Yet a “great deal was left undone” in many others areas, including taxes. Gov. John Bel Edwards wanted lawmakers to address the temporary tax revenue — mostly in the form of an increase in the state sales tax structure — that expires in 2018.
But that didn’t happen. As a result, Edwards is expected to call another special session, which would be the fifth of this term, sometime in the fall or potentially early next year.
“Unfortunately, the Legislature still has a $1 billion-plus problem left to handle,” according to the PAR report. “The fiscal cliff is staring us in the face and the state will have to deal with it head-on.”
Political History:
Remembering Lindy Boggs
July 27 will mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, known better to friends and family as Lindy Boggs.
Born on a plantation in New Roads, Boggs served in the U.S. House from 1973 to 1991. More importantly, no other woman has been elected from Louisiana to serve in the lower chamber since she retired.
Boggs was a uniquely Louisiana figure. In 1997 she went from spending time at her home on Bourbon Street to being appointed, by former President Bill Clinton, as the official U.S. ambassador to the Holy See — the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome. She held that position until 2001.
Boggs made her own way in a male-dominated Louisiana, starting out as a law partner to her husband, former U.S. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs.
When her husband’s plane disappeared over Alaska, the remains never to be found, she ran successfully as a Democrat in the 2nd Congressional District and reclaimed the seat for the family. After that, her smallest showing at the polls was around 64 percent, but she usually garnered more than 80 percent of the vote.
Lindy Boggs was also the first woman to preside as a permanent chair over a national political convention, in the 1976 Democratic National Convention, which gave us the Carter-Mondale ticket,
She was the mother of four children, including TV journalist Cokie Roberts, the only surviving child; lobbyist Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.; former Princeton Mayor Barbara Boggs Sigmund; and William Robertson Boggs, who passed away as an infant.
They said it
“It’s like Christmas Eve, it’s five in the afternoon and you forgot to go shopping for your family of 10.”
—Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks, explaining how the end of a legislative session works, on KATC-TV
“You can’t wait to appropriate.”
—Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, addressing the spending habits of legislators
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A popular Louisiana governor died 15 years ago this month.
John McKeithen was the first governor I ever met. When he was elected as chief executive in 1963, Louisiana was still a 19th century state struggling to operate in the 20th century.
McKeithen was the catalyst that caused a major realignment of priorities.
In the face of the high racial tension in the South in the 1960s, McKeithen, who had received a strong segregationist vote, preached moderation. He was a visionary.
He built the Superdome, which he said was “the greatest building in the world.”
He viewed the Mississippi River as a continuing renewable resource, and, in my opinion, his greatest achievement was in enticing the chemical industry to locate along America’s major tributary from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
I met John McKeithen in a Chicago elevator. It was 1968, and on the spur of the moment, I drove to Chicago to view the Democratic Convention.
The party headquarters was at the Sheraton Hotel facing Lake Michigan, and I was on my way to the top floor to get a better view of the protests taking place over the Vietnam War.
When the elevator door opened, there were two people inside — Sen.Russell Long, and Louisiana Gov. John McKeithen.
Rumors had been circulating around the convention that McKeithen was under consideration as a possible choice for vice president on a Hubert Humphrey ticket.
Sticking my hand out, I introduced myself. “Governor, I’m Jim Brown from Ferriday.” McKeithen smiled. He was visibly surprised.
“Why, Jim, what are you doing up here?” he asked.
“Governor,” I said, “I came all the way up here to support you for vice president.”
McKeithen laughed, slapped me on the back, and told me he could not be more pleased.
I later learned that the senator and the governor had been on their way up to Vice President Humphrey’s suite to urge him to put McKeithen on the ticket.
When he was not tapped for the job, the governor left in a huff and headed back to Louisiana.
My path would cross with “Big John” from time to time, and he seemed to relish in telling those around us about my trip to Chicago to support his candidacy.
Since I lived near his home in Caldwell Parish, he suggested I run for the state Legislature.
With his encouragement, I announced for state senator in the summer of 1971.
On the campaign trail, I crisscrossed the rural northeast Louisiana senatorial district and ended up on a Friday night in October in McKeithen’s hometown of Columbia to shake hands with the crowd attending the Caldwell High Spartans’ home football game.
The governor was home from the state capitol for the weekend to watch his daughter, who was a Spartan cheerleader.
I was outside the stadium shaking every hand that walked by, and when the governor came in the gate, he stopped to visit and check on my campaign. Just then, it started to rain.
As the local fans came by us, they all smiled and acknowledged their hometown governor.
He stood by my side as the rain continued, and introduced me to everyone entering as their next state senator. When the game began, he wished me well and left soaking wet.
McKeithen’s frugality was legendary.
He refused to install a state toll-free line in his Columbia home. With three daughters, the phone line was always busy.
When there were important issues to discuss with staff in Baton Rouge, a call was made to the state police headquarters some 30 miles away in Monroe.
A trooper was dispatched to diplomatically suggest that the girls get off the phone so the governor could conduct state business.
John McKeithen was the state’s first two-term governor.
He was Louisiana’s “transition governor,” bringing the Bayou State into modern times. And he was the guy who convinced me to get involved in Louisiana politics.
Governor, you died way too young at 81. Thanks for your service to the people of Louisiana. And many thanks for all you did for me.
Peace and Justice
Jim Brown
Jim Brown’s syndicated column appears each week in numerous newspapers throughout the nation and on websites worldwide. You can read all his past columns and at http://www.jimbrownusa.com.
Morgan City High School will be hosting orientation for the upcoming school year Aug. 1 for upperclassmen and Aug. 2 for freshmen and new incoming students. During orientation, students will receive their locker combination, identification cards and tentative class schedules. Dress code for orientation is school appropriate casual attire. Students are required pay a $25 fee which includes that cost of their locker, school planner,
identification, and math and English fees. Parking permits will be available for five dollars for students who are able to provide a valid driver’s license. On Aug. 1, seniors are to report for orientation at 8:30 a.m., juniors at 10:30 a.m., and sophomores at 1 p.m. On, Aug. 2, freshmen and new incoming students with the last name beginning with the letter A through M are to report for orientation at 8 a.m. Freshmen and new incoming students with the last name beginning with
the letter N through Z are to report for orientation at 10:30 a.m. Orientation for freshmen will be considered as Freshman Day and will include a welcome session, school tour, pictures for identification, and information provided about different school organizations. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend for freshmen. Students return to school Aug. 8 and MCHS Open House will be Aug. 17. For more information, contact MCHS at 985-384-1754.
PATTERSON — The power to elect a police chief will remain in the hands of the citizens of Patterson after the council chose Tuesday not to adopt ordinances calling for a charter amendment election.
During the public hearing, Mayor Rodney Grogan addressed rumors that the ordinances calling for the charter amendment were so that he may appoint a police chief.
“I am not in support of an appointed chief of police,” said Grogan, who has often been at odds with Police Chief Patrick LaSalle.
LaSalle addressed the council with his concerns about an appointed chief and about another proposal ultimately rejected, one imposing a three-term limit on an elected chief.
“It took 12 years just to get Patterson under control when I came here,” said LaSalle in opposition of term limits for the police chief. “You have to have time to understand the metrics of the city, know the people and know what the problems are.”
LaSalle is currently in his sixth term as police chief.
LaSalle also objected to the charter amendment because it doesn’t set out job responsibilities or academic credentials.
Citizens of Patterson addressed the council in favor of not having an appointed chief of police as well as not having term limits.
“If we are going to put a term limit on our chief then we need to put a term limit on everybody,” said Billy Badeaux.
“If it is not broke don’t fix it. … There shouldn’t be any term limits. Let the people decide,” said Pat Blanco.
“We are a safe town. … We are not Morgan City. We are not Berwick. They have an appointed police chief. If we are safe here and they are doing bad over there, could it be that they have an appointed chief?” asked Kara Hamlett.
Council member Joe Russo said that he agreed with the citizens who spoke.
“If the public is not satisfied, let the public decide who sits up here,” said Russo. “I am not in favor of an appointed police chief. I am not in favor of a term limit for the city council, mayor, or chief of police.”
After the public hearing, the council chose not to adopt the ordinances calling for a charter amendment election for an appointed police chief and term limits for the police chief.
But two other ordinances calling for charter elections were introduced.
The first proposal would allow the mayor to hire city employees, except those working in the police department, without the consent of the council. The mayor would need the council’s approval to discipline or terminate city employees.
The second ordinance would allow the chief of police to hire, discipline or fire employees in the police department with the approval of the council.
The council will take action on these ordinances during the next council meeting on Aug. 1.
The following are the radio dispatch logs from the Morgan City Police Department. To report unlawful or suspicious activity, call the police department at 985-380-4605.
Friday, July 7
8 a.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Complaint.
9:22 a.m. U.S. 90 East; Stalled vehicle.
11:06 a.m. Youngs Road; Vehicle fire.
11:20 a.m. 300 block of Brashear Avenue; Suspicious vehicle.
11:28 a.m. 500 block of Hilda Street; Theft.
12:12 p.m. 800 block of Sacred Heart Drive; Vehicle accident.
12:18 p.m. 700 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard; Complaint.
12:50 p.m. 7100 block of Park Road; Animal complaint.
3:04 p.m. U.S. 90 West; Stalled vehicle.
5:19 p.m. U.S. 90 West; Reckless driver.
5:47 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
6:20 p.m. 1000 block of Sycamore Street; Welfare concern.
6:20 p.m. 7200 block of La. 182; Medical.
6:27 p.m. 1800 block of McDermott Drive; Officer stand by.
6:32 p.m. 1400 block of Railroad Avenue; Complaint.
6:34 p.m. 100 block of Glenwood Avenue; Complaint.
6:40 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
7:12 p.m. 1700 block of Dale Street; Animal complaint.
7:54 p.m. 400 block of Barrow Street; Theft.
7:59 p.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Assistance.
9:19 p.m. Duke and Seventh streets; Loud music.
9:31 p.m. 800 block of Sacred Heart Drive; Disturbance.
9:43 p.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Complaint.
10:09 p.m. 500 block of Orange Street; Disturbance.
11:01 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
11:40 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
Saturday, July 8
11:48 p.m. 7300 block of La. 182; Arrest.
12:33 a.m. 7100 block of La. 182; Complaint.
2:46 a.m. 500 block of Roderick Street; Loud music.
4:35 a.m. 6400 block of La. 182; Arrest.
8:14 a.m. 200 block of Belanger Street; Medical emergency.
9:23 a.m. 300 block of Eighth Street; Complaint.
11:07 a.m. La. 70; Reckless driver.
11:11 a.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Medical emergency.
12:31 p.m. 1400 block of Second Street; Complaint.
1:11 p.m. 6400 block of La. 182; Shoplifter.
1:30 p.m. U.S. 90 East; Suspicious person.
2:04 p.m. U.S. 90 West; Suspicious person.
2:21 p.m. Sixth Street and Brashear Avenue; Complaint.
2:27 p.m. 7100 block of Park Road; Animal complaint.
3:08 p.m. 2400 block of Apple Street; Vehicle accident.
5:38 p.m. Onstead Street; Animal complaint.
6:23 p.m. 500 block of Leona Street; Loud music.
7:11 p.m. U.S. 90; Assistance.
7:54 p.m. Front and St. Claire streets; Fireworks.
8:20 p.m. 7400 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
8:43 p.m. 7200 block of La. 182; Medical.
8:53 p.m. 6400 block of La. 182; Crash.
9:21 p.m. 800 block of Railroad Avenue; Assistance.
9:52 p.m. 400 block of Belanger Street ; Animal complaint.
11:07 p.m. 500 block of Fifth Street; Illegal discharge of firearm.
11:24 p.m. 600 block of Egle Street; Disturbance.
Sunday, July 9
12:29 a.m. 1600 block of North Second Street; Welfare concern.
7:56 a.m. 2300 block of La. 70; Fire.
10:10 a.m. Fifth Street ; Complaint.
10:19 a.m. 200 block of Halsey Street; Loud music.
10:29 a.m. 2400 block of Tupelo Street; Complaint.
10:33 a.m. 700 block of Belanger Street; Complaint.
10:36 a.m. Wren Street; Disturbance.
11:07 a.m. 7200 block of La. 182; Medical emergency.
12:25 p.m. 2300 block of La. 70; Reckless driver.
12:44 p.m. 1800 block of Maple Street; Complaint.
1:04 p.m. 900 block of Florence Street; Vehicle burglary.
1:17 p.m. Fifth Street and Railroad Avenue; Complaint.
2:16 p.m. 1800 block of McDermott Drive; Stalled vehicle.
2:50 p.m. 900 block of Fig Street; Complaint.
2:55 p.m. 3100 block of Lake Palourde Drive; Alarm.
3:39 p.m. 1200 block of Spruce Street; Animal complaint.
3:43 p.m. 7100 block of Park Road; Phone harassment.
3:57 p.m. 200 block of Bowman Street; Medical emergency.
5:12 p.m. 100 block of 11th Street; Animal complaint.
5:19 p.m. 2300 block of La. 70; Disturbance.
7:14 p.m. 6000 block of La. 182; Complaint.
8:32 p.m. 7200 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
10:18 p.m. 7400 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
11:27 p.m. Brashear Avenue; Loud music.
Monday, July 10
1:26 a.m. Berwick; Assistance.
3:37 a.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
5:34 a.m. 900 block of Duke Street; Medical.
5:41 a.m. U.S. 90 West; Traffic complaint.
7:47 a.m. 6400 block of La. 182; Alarm.
8:16 a.m. 800 block of Brashear Avenue; Complaint.
8:22 a.m. 800 block of Ditch Avenue; Animal complaint.
10:30 a.m. 1800 block of Maple Street; Assistance.
11:09 a.m. Marguerite Street and Victor II Boulevard; Vehicle accident.
11:43 a.m. 500 block of Hilda Street; Theft.
12:11 p.m. 100 block of Brownell Street; Complaint.
1:08 p.m. 400 block of Belanger Street; Complaint.
1:37 p.m. 200 block of Wren Street; Complaint.
2:21 p.m. Front Street; Complaint.
2:52 p.m. 1500 block of Sandra Street; Complaint.
3:38 p.m. 300 block of Eighth Street; Simple battery.
4:13 p.m. 1200 block of Victor II Boulevard; Patrol request.
4:28 p.m. 100 block of Mallard Street; Medical emergency.
5:36 p.m. 600 block of Brashear Avenue; Criminal damage to property.
6:23 p.m. 1200 block of Victor II Boulevard; Welfare check.
7:27 p.m. 900 block of Second Street; Suspicious person.
7:45 p.m. 900 block of Ditch Avenue; Theft.
7:48 p.m. 100 block of Mallard Street; Medical.
9:09 p.m. 800 block of Sacred Heart Drive; Animal.
9:11 p.m. U.S. 90 East; Assistance.
9:44 p.m. Fifth and Everett streets; Animal.
10:08 p.m. Everett Street; Suspicious person.
10:40 p.m. 600 block of Willow Street; Suspicious person.
10:44 p.m. 500 block of Fifth Street; Complaint.
11:14 p.m. Orange Street and Federal Avenue; Disturbance.
Tuesday, July 11
2:53 a.m. 6300 block of La. 182; Suspicious person.
6:03 a.m. 300 block of Third Street; Animal complaint.
6:55 a.m. 1100 block of Seventh Street; Alarm.
8:02 a.m. 6000 block of La. 182; Reckless operation.
8:14 a.m. 600 block of Belanger Street; Animal complaint.
8:33 a.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
9:31 a.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Disturbance.
9:44 a.m. 300 block of Wise Street; Vehicle burglary.
10:17 a.m. 3100 block of Roderick Street; Theft.
10:24 a.m. Joseph Street; Complaint.
10:54 a.m. 700 block of General Hodges Street; Traffic complaint.
11:09 a.m. 200 block of Halsey Street; Animal complaint.
11:27 a.m. 700 block of Glenwood Street; Suspicious subject.
2:02 p.m. 1700 block of Youngs Road; 911 hang up.
2:31 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Complaint.
2:38 p.m. 1000 block of La. 70; Traffic complaint.
2:56 p.m. 300 block of Second Street; Alarm.
3:55 p.m. 500 block of Hilda Street; Theft.
3:58 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Arrest.
4:35 p.m. Front Street; Complaint.
4:50 p.m. Roderick Street; Traffic stop/arrest.
5:12 p.m. 1000 block of Levee Road; Complaint.
5:59 p.m. 300 block of Chennault Street; Animal.
6:16 p.m. 300 block of Grizzaffi Street; Alarm.
6:41 p.m. 300 block of South Railroad Avenue; Complaint.
7:56 p.m. U.S. 90 East; Traffic incident.
8:07 p.m. 7500 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
8:25 p.m. 6300 block of La. 182; Medical.
8:55 p.m. 300 block of Fifth Street; Complaint.
10:03 p.m. 300 block of Glenwood Street; Assistance.
9:13 p.m. 500 block of Orange Street; Disturbance.
10:27 p.m. 1200 block of Victor II Boulevard; Frequent patrols.
Wednesday, July 12
12:18 a.m. Mallard Street; Frequent patrols.
1:21 a.m. 800 block of Victor II Boulevard; Alarm.
1:44 a.m. 600 block of Railroad Avenue; Animal.
2:19 a.m. 300 block of Laurel Street; Animal.
2:59 a.m. 7400 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
3:27 a.m. 600 block of Fourth Street; Suspicious person.
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Phone: 337-828-3706
Fax: 337-828-2874
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Phone: 985-384-8370
Fax: 985-384-4255