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THERE WAS A MAJOR CRASH IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED JUST AFTER TEN MONDAY NIGHT. THEY FOUND THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD LAMARCUS DANIELS OF NEW IBERIA WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF LAFAYETTE STREET. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. DANIELS MOTHER, TINA DANIELS, TELLS KLFY TV SHE WAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WHEN SHE HEARD THE GUNSHOTS AND WENT OUT TO FIND HER SON LYING ON A BENCH.
EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN LOUISIANA ENDED YESTERDAY. AS OF MONDAY, NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND LOUISIANANS VOTED EARLY. SECRETARY OF STATE NANCY LANDRY SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE EARLY VOTING WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. SHE SAYS THEY’VE RECEIVED LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT HOW EASY THE PROCESS WAS AND HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED IT.
A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS ARRESTED IN SULPHUR YESTERDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING A HIT LIST. CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES WERE CALLED OUT TO LEBLANC MIDDLE SCHOOL OVER REPORTS OF THE HIT LIST. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE GIRL ADMITTED MAKING THE LIST. SHE WAS BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING-MENACING.
A MAN IS DEAD AFTER GETTING HIT BY A VEHICLE LAST NIGHT. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND NINE-FORTY-FIVE P-M ON CAMERON STREET, BETWEEN DUSON STREET AND CAJUNDOME BOULEVARD. THE MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THAT SECTION OF CAMERON STREET WAS BLOCKED OFF DURING AN INVESTIGATION BUT REOPENED AT AROUND MIDNIGHT.
OPELOUSAS MAYOR JULIUS ALSANDOR SAYS THEY ARE APPLYING FOR A TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR LOW INTEREST LOAN TO UPGRADE THE WATER PLANT. ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS TOLD BY A CONSULTANT THAT THEY NEEDED TO UPGRADE THE WATER SYSTEM SOON OR RISK A COMPLETE FAILURE THAT WOULD LEAVE RESIDENTS WITHOUT WATER. KADN TV IS REPORTING THAT THE WATER SYSTEM IS SO OUTDATED THAT, EVEN IF UPGRADES START NOW, IT WOULD LIKELY TAKE FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
THE LAUNCHING OF A NEW SCHOOL-CHOICE PROGRAM FOR LOUISIANA IS THREATENED. IN JUNE, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW CREATING EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TO GIVE PARENTS TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION. FAMILIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS BEGINNING IN MARCH, BUT THE LEGISLATURE’S BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS YET TO SIGN OFF ON IT, AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE DEAL. STATE SUPERINTENDENT CADE BRUMLEY SAYS STUDENTS WHO NEED STATE AID TO ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOL ARE IN JEOPARDY IF THE PROGRAM IS NOT UP AND RUNNING BY MARCH.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY WAS IN ACADIANA YESTERDAY TOURING THE PARISH AND URGING LOCAL LEADERS TO USE FEDERAL FUNDING TO FIX WHAT IS BROKEN. HE TALKED TO THE LIONS AND ROTARY CLUBS IN CROWLEY ABOUT THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE LAW WHICH HE HELPED BROKER WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE SAYS LOUISIANA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE THAN THREE BILLION DOLLARS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS.
