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THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A CRASH ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY MORNING. IT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE-THIRTEEN AT THE E BROUSSARD INTERSECTION. THE CRASH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CHERITA WASHINGTON, SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHASE WASHINGTON, BOTH OF WHOM WERE FROM DUSON, AND TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH PREJEAN OF LAFAYETTE. CHASE WAS A STUDENT AT LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF LOW VISIBILITY FROM FOG PLAYED A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.
THE LOUISIANA SUGAR CANE INDUSTRY HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE SEASON, WHICH ENDED DECEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH. THE MILL IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH SURPASSED ITS GOAL OF FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY MILLION POUNDS. TWO YEARS AGO, SOME GROWERS EXPERIENCED DECLINES OF UP TO FIFTY PERCENT DUE TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. CONSISTENT WEATHER PATTERNS IN TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE CONTRIBUTED TO A REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
A PROPOSAL BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY WOULD LOWER OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES ON STATE-OWNED LEASES FOR FIVE YEARS. SUPPORTERS OF THE PROPOSAL SAY IT WOULD ENCOURAGE NEW DRILLING AND REVIVE INACTIVE WELLS. CRITICS WARN IT COULD REDUCE STATE REVENUES IN THE SHORT TERM. STATE OFFICIALS ARE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL UNTIL JANUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH.
A SPEEDING VIOLATION ON I-TEN LED TO A HIGH-SPEED CHASE THAT WENT INTO SULPHUR. THE SUSPECT PARKED HIS VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY OF A HOME AT THE CORNER OF LORETTO AND ARGIN STREETS AND FLED ON FOOT. POLICE USED DOGS AND DRONES IN THE MANHUNT BUT NEVER FOUND THE SUSPECT. TWO SCHOOLS, VINCENT AND HENNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WERE PUT ON TEMPORARY LOCKDOWN AND IT WAS LATER LIFTED.
A FORMER YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN CITED FOR TWO VIOLATIONS OF THE LOUISIANA CODE OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA REMOVED A SPEED CAMERA ON DASPIT ROAD LAST MONTH. THAT’S BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ROADWAY IS NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SEVERAL AREA RESIDENTS WANT THE CAMERA TO REMAIN IN PLACE OVER SAFETY CONCERNS. LAST NIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL DRAFTED A LETTER TO BE SENT TO IBERIA PARISH OFFICIALS ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER MAINTAINING SPEED ENFORCEMENT ON DASPIT ROAD.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA SAYS HE SUPPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ACTIONS TO TAKE CUSTODY OF THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. HE PRAISED THE OPERATION BY U-S ARMED FORCES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EXTRACT THE HEAVILY GUARDED NICOLAS MADURO WITHOUT THE LOSS OF AMERICAN LIFE. CASSIDY SAYS HE’S COMFORTABLE WITH THE TARGETED EXTRACTION OF SOMEONE WHO’S COORDINATING CRIMINAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES AGAINST THE U-S. HE SAYS LOUISIANA COULD SEE A NET BENEFIT WHEN OIL BEGINS GETTING PRODUCED IN VENEZUELA, AS IT NEEDS TO BE REFINED.
A PARK IN FRANKLIN HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FROM THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PRESERVATION COMMISSION. THE ORGANIZATION’S OFFICIAL QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, THE ALLIANCE REVIEW, HIGHLIGHTED TWENTY PROJECTS NATIONWIDE THAT TRANSFORMED ONCE BLANK OR UNDERUTILIZED AREAS INTO VIBRANT COMMUNITY ASSETS. FRANKLIN’S POCKET PARK WAS SELECTED AS A MODEL FOR HOW THOUGHTFUL PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN VISION CAN RESHAPE A DOWNTOWN. MAYOR EUGENE FOULCARD SAYS THIS SHOWS THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER WITH PURPOSE AND PRIDE.
