The former police chief of the small Lafourche Parish community of Golden Meadow is arrested for allegedly deleting a dozen years worth of files on his way out the door. Attorney General Liz Murrill says after Tony Dufrene lost his re-election bid, protocols should have been in place to prevent him from doing what he allegedly did.
Cut 6 (11) “…something like that.”
Dufrene’s bond was set at 15-thousand dollars.
After the town council in the small Jefferson Davis Parish community of Elton clamped down on its budget, Police Chief Bruce Lemelle was forced to lay off his entire department, leaving himself as the department’s last remaining employee. Mayor pro tem Kay Hebert says Lemelle has already gone through all the money that the council had allocated to the police department – something that Lemelle disputes.
Cut 11 (06) “…has been expended.”
Angola State Penitentiary may begin housing ICE detainees – likely at Camp J, which closed in 2018 due to its condition. Louisiana leaders and the Trump administration are in talks to use the prison facility as a detention center. Last month, Governor Landry issued an executive order allowing renovations to the wing to proceed without typical bidding rules. West Feliciana Parish president Kenny Havard says it’s a win-win.
Gracing the cover of the August issue of “Time” Magazine – House Speaker Mike Johnson. LSU Political Science Professor Jeffrey Sadow (SAD-ow) says it’s the culmination of a meteoric rise for the northwest Louisiana congressman.
In fact, Johnson was elected Speaker in the middle of just his fourth term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.