11-10-25
A VILLE PLATTE CITY JAIL INMATE, WHO ESCAPED IN AUGUST, IS BACK IN CUSTODY. AUTHORITIES RECEIVED A TIP THAT TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRAYLON JOHNSON WAS SPOTTED AT A GAS STATION. JOHNSON RAN AWAY ON FOOT WHEN POLICE ARRIVED BUT WAS CAPTURED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. JOHNSON WAS ORIGINALLY IN JAIL ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
A MISHAP FRIDAY AT THE BUC-EE’SS CONSTRUCTION SITE ON LOUISIANA AVENUE CAUSED A WATER LEAK. THAT LED L-U-S TO ISSUE A BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR FORTY-SIX HUNDRED CUSTOMERS NORTH OF EAST WILLOW STREET, WEST OF SAW MILL ROAD, EAST OF NORTH EAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY AND SOUTH OF GLORIA SWITCH ROAD. THE WORK CREWS HAD SEVERED A MAJOR WATER LINE. YESTERDAY THE BOIL ADVISORY WAS LIFTED.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BEGAN DISTRIBUTING FEDERAL SNAP FUNDS LAST WEEK TO ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS. SNAP RECIPIENTS IN LOUISIANA ARE CURRENTLY GETTING ABOUT SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR USUAL BENEFITS, DEPENDING ON HOUSEHOLD SIZE. ONCE THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GUIDANCE FROM THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THEY WILL BEGIN ISSUING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF SNAP BENEFITS. THEY ARE BEING ADMINISTERED TO RECIPIENTS ON THEIR USUAL DISTRIBUTION DAY.
THE DRY WEATHER HAS LED THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY TO ISSUE A BURN BAN PARISH-WIDE. OPEN BURNING, INCLUDING TRASH, BRUSH AND DEBRIS BURNS, ARE NOT ALLOWED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE JURY HAD PREVIOUSLY LIFTED A BURN BAN ON OCTOBER TWENTY-SEVENTH. OTHER PARISHES WITH BURN BANS IN PLACE INCLUDE ACADIA, EVANGELINE AND VERMILLION PARISHES.
GEORGE FAUST HAS A TRAFFIC ALERT FOR DRIVERS IN NEW IBERIA.
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WITH THE COLD WEATHER, THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS UPDATED THE DRESS CODE FOR STUDENTS. STUDENTS MAY WEAR JEANS AS PART OF THE STANDARD DRESS CODE. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO WEAR SWEATPANTS TODAY BECAUSE OF THE COLDER WEATHER. STUDENTS IN SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MAY WEAR COATS OR JACKETS BUT THEY MUST NOT HAVE A HOOD ON THEM.
THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO RECONSIDER LOUISIANA’S NEW CLOSED PRIMARIES. UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, REGISTERED REPUBLICANS AND REGISTERED DEMOCRATS WOULD ONLY VOTE FOR CANDIDATES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTY WHILE UNAFFILIATED VOTERS WOULD HAVE TO PICK ONE PARTY OR THE OTHER. CHRISTY HAIK OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S GOVERNING BODY TELLS THE ADVOCATE THEY SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWING ANYONE TO COME INTO THE PARTY WHO HAS CHOSEN NOT TO BE PART OF IT. REPUBLICAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER, WHO IS A PROPONENT OF OPEN PRIMARIES, SAYS CLOSED PRIMARIES PUSH CANDIDATES TO THE FAR END OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION ON L-A FOURTEEN IN VERMILLION PARISH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUST EAST OF PIRATES LANE. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE WHICH VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE. THE DRIVER OF A CROWN VICTORIA, SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JULIEN LAWRENCE JUNIOR, AND A BACKSEAT PASSENGER, FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ALEXIS JACKSON, BOTH OF KAPLAN, DIED AT THE SCENE. ANOTHER PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE TAKEN TO NEARBY HOSPITALS.
