The raison d’être for the Teche Fest Art Walk and Cajun Paddle is the proposed Teche Center for the Arts in the old Dan Theater on Bridge Street in downtown Breaux Bridge.
Andrew Arceneaux, 46, 1800 block of Rees St., Breaux Bridge; careless operation, open container, simple criminal damage to property $500 or over, OWI (BBPD).
Shirmaine Calais, 50, 1000 block of Kennedy Dr., Arnaudville; failure to appear (SMPD).
Monday, Sept. 8
Ronald Blanchard, 47, Scott; failure to appear, warrant, St. Martin Sheriff’s Office (SMSO).
Sky Brasseaux, 26, 1000 block of Babineaux Rd., Breaux Bridge; domestic abuse battery, resisting an officer (SMSO).
The three candidates for mayor will make their cases to the public at a forum in City Hall here Thursday, Sept. 18, starting at 6 p.m.
The candidates are former City Councilman Ricky J. Calais, Parish Councilwoman Jill Hebert, and businessman George J. Williams.
An informational session for students interested in SLCC’s Practical Nursing program at the Evangeline Campus will be held on Monday, Sept. 15. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. and conclude at 7 p.m. The campus is located at 600 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Martinville.
Kelvin Batiste, 20, 100 block of Cypress Gardens, St. Martinville; attempted 1st degree murder (SMSO).
Kerry Brasseaux, 43, 1000 block of Broussard Rd., Breaux Bridge; failure to appear, warrant (LSP)/
Leroy Broussard, 33, 1000 block of Hilda Calais Rd., Cecilia; disturbing the peace (SMSO).
Thursday morning, Sept. 4, the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force arrested a St. Martinville man in connection with the Aug. 18 home invasion and shooting Russo Milazzo Road.
Kelvin Batiste, 20, was arrested at an Apartment Complex in Baton Rouge.
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a complaint regarding Neal Joseph Laperouse, 51, a contractor who allegedly defrauded two people in St. Martin Parish by taking money from them without performing the work.
District Judge Keith Comeaux Wednesday, Sept. 3, dismissed a suit by one Breaux Bridge City Council candidate against another contending that the defendant does not live within the city limits and therefore does not meet the residency requirement.
One of the candidates in the Nov. 4 election was doing legwork in a neighborhood north of I-10 and got some unexpected push-back from a voter she was counting on.
“But I kinda like Bimmie,” said the voter.
Only two of the five City Council seats here are up for grabs Nov. 4 – the others were reelected unopposed – but one of these contests is already starting to throw sparks.
Out of 50 local elective offices whose terms are expiring, you’re only going to have to vote on 19 of them. The rest will march into office unopposed.
After the qualifying period Aug. 20-22, candidates were locked-in. Those with no opposition were, in essence, elected.
Charli, 9, mans the net for her "Paw Pete," Carl Peter Boggs of St. Martinville, a licensed charter captain in Grand Isle