10-21-26
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE NEW LAFAYETTE PARISH LAW ENFORCMENT CENTER. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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FORMER VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF RAYWOOD “RAY” LEMAIRE HAS DIED. HE SERVED AS SHERIFF FROM NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR TO TWO THOUSAND FOUR, WHEN HE RETIRED. CURRENT SHERIFF EDDIE LANGLINAIS SAYS LEMAIRE HIRED HIM AS A PATROL LIEUTENANT AND HE SERVED AS A VALUABLE MENTOR. LANGLINAIS SAYS VERMILLION PARISH HAS LOST A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT, LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADER, U-S NAVY VETERAN, A FORMER STATE TROOPER, SHERIFF, AND FRIEND.
A CAR WAS HIT BY A TRAIN IN KINDER YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND TWELVE-TWENTY-FIVE. IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NINTH STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE. TWO JUVENILES AND AN INFANT IN THE VEHICLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT TWENTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE COLLISION HAPPENED, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY THE INJURIES WERE NOT MORE SEVERE.
EARLY VOTING BEGAN YESTERDAY IN LOUISIANA FOR THE NOVEMBER THIRD ELECTION. IT CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY FROM EIGHT-THIRTY TO SIX EACH DAY, EXCLUDING SUNDAY. THERE’S A U-S SENATE RACE, U-S HOUSE RACES AS WELL AS LOCAL RACES AND TEN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT. THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE RECOMMENDS GOING TO THEIR ONLINE PORTAL OR GEAUX VOTE APP TO VIEW A SAMPLE BALLOT AND FOR EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.
U-S SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY JOINED U-S SENATE CANDIDATE JULIA LETLOW FOR AN EARLY VOTING RALLY IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY. IT WAS HELD AT THE ROCK ‘N’ BOWL IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE WHERE REPUBLICANS WERE ENCOURAGED TO TURN OUT AND VOTE. KENNEDY SAYS THE ELECTIONS WILL BE CLOSE BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE VERY DIVIDED. LETLOW SAYS SHE PLANS ON VISITING ALL SIXTY-FOUR PARISHES IN LOUISIANA AS PART OF HER CAMPAIGN.
RESIDENTS IN JEANERETTE ARE BEING ASKED TO LIMIT WATER USAGE TONIGHT. A VALVE IS BEING REPLACED AT THE CITY OF JEANERETTE WATER PLANT. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MINIMIZE WATER USAGE BETWEEN SIX TONIGHT UNTIL SIX TOMORROW MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY THIS WILL HELP MAINTAIN ADEQUATE WATER LEVELS AND PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.
LOUISIANA HEALTH OFFFICIALS ARE CRACKING DOWN ON THREE SUBSTANCES RELATED TO KRATOM. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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STREET IMPROVEMENTS WILL BEGIN TOMORROW ON SAINT JUDE STREET IN NEW IBERIA, WITH A FOCUS ON THE AREA BETWEEN ROBERTSON AND WEST PERSHING STREETS. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT NINE WEEKS WITH CREWS WORKING SEVEN A-M TO FIVE P-M ON THE WEEKDAYS AND SOME SATURDAYS. CREWS WILL REMOVE THE EXISTING ASPHALT SURFACE, MAKE REPAIRS TO THE ROAD AND THEN APPLY A FRESH ASPHALT OVERLAY. THERE MAY BE LANE OR FULL ROAD CLOSURES AROUND THE WORK SITE.
