10-28-26
FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A HIGH-SPEED POLICE CHASE THAT ENDED NEAR THE LAFAYETTE AIRPORT. OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF A WHITE SEDAN THAT HAD STOLEN LICENSE PLATES. TEN POLICE UNITS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CHASE ALONG HIGHWAY NINETY. POLICE SAY A STOLEN GUN WAS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE.
A GROUP OF VERMILLION PARISH RESIDENTS ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION OVER THE STARBASE LOUISIANA PROJECT. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND HIS WIFE, SHARON, VOTED YESTERDAY ON THE FINAL DAY OF EARLY VOTING. THEY CAST THEIR VOTES IN YOUNGSVILLE. HE SAYS IT WOULD BE GREAT IF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WOULD GO OUT AND VOTE, BECAUSE EVERY VOTE DOES COUNT. VOTUR TURNOUT IS UP WITH ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTING EARLY IN LOUISIANA.
VOTERS IN DISTRICT THIRTY IN CALCASIEU PARISH WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF A SEVENTY-FOUR-MILLION-DOLLAR BOND ISSUE. THE BOND WOULD FUND IMPROVEMENTS IN SULPHUR SCHOOLS. AMONG THE INITIATIVES IS A MUSIC BUILDING AND COVERED WALKWAY AT SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL AND STEM CLASSROOMS AT LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE BOND ISSUE IS ON THE NOVEMBER THIRD BALLOT.
AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AT RIDGE ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR YESTERDAY AFTER A MAJOR CRASH. TWO VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THE CRASH WERE BADLY DAMAGED AND TOWED AWAY, POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH OR IF ANYONE WAS INJURED.
A FAMILY OF TEN IN KAPLAN IS WITHOUT A HOME AFTER THEIR HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE AT AROUND TWELVE-THIRTY YESTERDAY. IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO PUT OUT THE HOUSE FIRE, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF FOOTE AND FOURTH STREETS. KAPLAN FIRE CHIEF JACOB FAULK SAYS THE FIRE NEARLY SPREAD TO THE PRIVACY FENCE. HE SAYS THE SEVERITY OF THE FIRE WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.
ENTERGY IS LAUNCHING A TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TODAY. THEY ARE OFFERING A ONE-TIME ONE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL CREDIT FUNDED BY SHAREHOLDER DOLLARS. THE PROGRAM COVERS CUSTOMERS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE OR ALICE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL BUT BELOW THE COST OF LIVING IN THEIR PARISH. BEGINNING AT NINE A-M TODAY, CUSTOMERS CAN APPLY ONLINE THROUGH THE UNITED WAY SERVING THEIR PARISH.
A WATER DISTRICT MEETING WAS HELD IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH TO ADDRESS THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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