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MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS REMAIN CLOSED TODAY. HOWEVER, SCHOOLS IN CALCASIEU AND ALLEN PARISHES WILL REOPEN TODAY. IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH, TWELVE MONTH EMPLOYEES ARE ASKED TO REPORT TO WORK FROM TEN UNTIL THREE. TWELVE MONTH EMPLOYEES ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATORS, CUSTODIANS AND SECRETARIES IN EVANGELINE PARISH ARE ASKED TO REPORT BEGINNING AT ELEVEN A-M AND STAY UNTIL THREE.
MULTIPLE PARISHES IN ACADIANA HAVE ISSUED BOIL WATER ADVISORIES, HERE’S GEORGE FAUST WITH THE LIST.
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TRASH PICKUP HAS RESUMED TODAY IN MOST PARISHES AND CITIES. HOWEVER, IN LAKE ARTHUR, TRASH WILL NOT BE PICKED UP THIS WEEK. IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, THE TRASH ROUTES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYS WILL BE COLLECTED TODAY WHILE THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ROUTES WILL BE COLLECTED TOMORROW.
THE LAFAYETTE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ALONG WITH THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS HAVE SECURED BOTTLED WATER FOR DISTRIBUTION TO RESIDENTS IN NEED. THE WATER WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TODAY AT THREE LOCATIONS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE LOCATION AT THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX WILL BE OPEN FROM TEN TO FIVE TODAY. THE OTHER LOCATION IS SCOTT CITY HALL, WHICH WILL BE OPEN FROM SEVEN THIRTY UNTIL FIVE. ONE WATER CASE PER FAMILY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BUT POTABLE WATER TANKERS WILL BE ON HAND TO FILL CONTAINERS THAT ARE BROUGHT BY RESIDENTS. THE CARENCRO FIRE STATION ON WEST GLORIA SWITCH ROAD BEGAN DISTRIBUTING WATER BOTTLES AT NOON AND WILL CONTINUE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
A HOUSE FIRE WEDNESDAY EVENING ON NOBLE STREET IN LAFAYETTE WAS STARTED BY A PLUMBER USING A HEATING TORCH TO REPAIR A FROZEN WATER PIPE. THE HEAT IGNITED COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL IN AN EXTERIOR WALL. THE FLAMES SPREAD TO THE ATTIC AND VENTED THROUGH THE ROOF, CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME MADE IT OUT SAFELY.
BECAUSE OF LOW WATER PRESSURES IN LAFAYETTE, OCSHNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL HAS BROUGHT IN WATER TRUCKS. HOSPITAL OFFICIALS SAY THE TRUCKS ARE PART OF THEIR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN. THE TRUCKS ARE CARRYING TREATED POTABLE WATER. THE OFFICIALS SAY HAVING A BACKUP WATER SUPPLY HELPS SUPPORT CRITICAL HOSPITAL OPERATIONS AND ENSURES THAT PATIENT CARE IS UNINTERRUPTED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS UPPED THE AMOUNT OF SNOW DUMPED BY THE WINTER STORM IN LAKE CHARLES. THEY ORIGINALLY DETERMINED LAKE CHARLES HAD FOUR-POINT-EIGHT INCHES, THE THIRD MOST EVER IN THE CITY. BUT THEY’VE ADJUSTED IT TO FIVE POINT-FIVE INCHES, WHICH IS THE SECOND MOST. PARTS OF ACADIANA HAD BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN INCHES WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECORDING NINE INCHES IN LAFAYETTE.
A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. The hearing Thursday was the latest in an ongoing legal battle, in which parents challenge that the new mandate is unconstitutional and a violation of separation of church and state. Proponents of the measure say that it is not solely religious, but that it has historical significance to the foundation of U.S. law. The legislation has been touted by Republicans including President Donald Trump.
