Vince Marinello had a habit of making check lists as part of his note gathering for his radio talk show. That’s what his mother-in-law told the Times-Picayune yesterday.
“It was one of his habits to make check-off lists,” said Bertha Norman. “He made checklists all the time.”
And it is another check list, this time an alleged murder to-do list, that is bound to be the highlight of the trial which is gaining national attention, opening in Lafayette at the Federal Courthouse this morning. Marinello, a familiar New Orleans TV sportscaster and radio talk show host stands accused of murdering his wife, Liz Marinello, by shooting her in the face two years ago, in Old Metairie. The trial was moved to Lafayette when defense attorneys claimed they could not get an impartial jury, due to the sensational nature of the alleged crime and the circus-like publicity surrounding it. Jury selection began at 8:30 this morning. To read the bizarre story of the events leading up to the murder, pick up a copy of this week’s Independent, or click here.
David Calhoun and Elizabeth “EB” Brooks are the first two employees of Lafayette Central Park Inc., the nonprofit charged with turning Lafayette Consolidated Government’s 100-acre Johnston Street Horse Farm property into a passive public park. Calhoun was named executive director, and Brooks is director of planning and design.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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