10-1-24
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS WOUNDED IN A SHOOTING OVER VAPES AT LANDON PEET MEMORIAL PARK OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL TEENS GATHERED FOR A VAPE EXCHANGE WHEN A DISAGREEMENT LED A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD TO FIRE TEN SHOTS INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WOUNDED THE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD. THERE WAS ONE ARREST…SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD AIDEN RAY CARRIERE OF CARENCRO, WHO FACES MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ACCESSORY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER.
LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SYSTEMS IS EXPANDING THEIR HIGH SPEED FIBER AND PHONE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE PARISH. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A LONGSHOREMAN’S STRIKE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MULTIPLE PORTS FROM NEW ENGLAND TO TEXAS. HOWEVER THE PORT OF LAKE CHARLES IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED MUCH. MICHAEL BROWN, THE BUSINESS AGENT OF THE LOCAL LONGSHOREMAN’S UNION, SAYS THE WORKERS WHO MAY STRIKE HANDLE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CARGO THAN LAKE CHARLES. HE SAYS THEY ARE WAITING ON GUIDANCE FROM UNION LEADERS. TOM FLANAGAN, WHO OWNS TWO STEVEDORING COMPANIES IN THE AREA, TELLS KPLC TV THE CONTAINER CARGO AT LARGER PORTS HAS LITTLE IN COMMON WITH LAKE CHARLES’ MORE COMPETITIVE BULK AND BREAK BULK CARGO.
A NEW LOUISIANA LAW TAKES EFFECT TODAY CLASSIFYING TWO ABORTION DRUGS AS CONTROLLED, DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES. UNDER THE NEW LAW, THOSE WANTING TO PURCHASE MIFEPRISTONE AND MISOPROSTOL WILL HAVE TO HAVE A VALID PRESCRIPTION. PROPONENTS SAY THE NEW CLASSIFICATION WILL HELP PREVENT COERCED ABORTIONS. SOME DOCTORS ARE CONCERNED THAT IT WILL CAUSE A DELAY IN ACCESSING THE DRUGS, WHICH HAVE OTHER PURPOSES.
LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF MARK GARBER YESTERDAY SIGNED TWO RESOLUTIONS RAISING PROPERTY TAXES AT A MEETING OF THE PARISH LAW ENFORCEMENT DISTRICT. THE DECISION IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE NEARLY THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHICH GARBER SAYS WILL GIVE HIS DEPUTIES COMPETITIVE WAGES. THE INCREASE AMOUNTS TO ABOUT SIX-POINT-FIVE PERCENT OVER THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES. THE OWNER OF A TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME CAN EXPECT TO PAY AN EXTRA TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS PER YEAR WITH THE NEW MILLAGE.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS HAD TO ADAPT OVER THE YEARS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO GET NARCOTICS OFF THE STREET, ESPECIALLY FENTANYL. MAJOR MARK LEBLANC TELLS KLFY TV THE TRAGEDY OF LOSS OF LIFE INVOLVING FENTANYL IS BEYOND BELIEF. HE SAYS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THE DIFFERENT FORMS FENTANYL COMES IN INCLUDING POWDER, PILLS AND SOMETIMES EVEN LOOKING LIKE CANDY. LEBLANC SAYS ITS GOING TO COME DOWN TO TRAINING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS TO GET FENTANYL OFF THE STREETS.
CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, WHICH OPERATED A PVC PLANT IN LAKE CHARLES, HAS AGREED TO PAY A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE STATE. THE FINES ARE FOR CHRONICALLY HIGH AIR EMISSIONS OF A HUMAN CARCINOGEN AND OTHER VIOLATIONS. THE PLANT CLOSED IN TWENTY-NINETEEN AND THERE WAS A FIRE WHEN IT WAS BEING DEMOLISHED IN TWENTY-TWENTY. INSPECTORS AT THE TIME WERE CONCERNED THAT UNDOCUMENTED HAZARDOUS WASTE MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BLAZE, BUT IT WAS LATER SHOWN TO BE UNPROVEABLE.
THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN HAS BEEN UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR WEEKS, FRUSTRATING RESIDENTS. FOR YEARS RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WATER PROVIDED TO THEM AND THEY TELL KLFY TV THAT BOIL ADVISORIES ARE A FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE. A RECENT NEWS RELEASE SAYS THE CITY VIOLATED THE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE. TESTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INDICATING THERE IS NOT BACTERIA IN THE WATER AND THE CITY IS WAITING FOR APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO LIFT THE ADVISORY.
