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A HOUSE ON WEST BROUSSARD ROAD IN LAFAYETTE HAD MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE INITIAL CALL SAID SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE IN THE DWELLING BUT ALL THREE OCCUPANTS ESCAPED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY. THE INTENSE HEAT FROM THE FIRE CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO A NEIGHBORING HOUSE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT THE HOMEOWNER TOLD FIREFIGHTERS THAT SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM A SITTING AREA OUTSIDE THE HOME.
THERE IS A DISPUTE OVER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING LOOSE DOGS IN EUNICE AFTER REPORTS OF THEM POSING A THREAT TO LIVESTOCK. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THEY DO WORK CASES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT BUT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP LOOSE ANIMALS. TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, PARISH PRESIDENT JESSE BELLARD TELLS KLFY TV ABOUT AN ADMINISTRATIVE COURT TO HEAR CIVIL CASES, WHICH ALLOWS PARISH OFFICERS TO ISSUE CIVIL CITATIONS TO ANIMAL OWNERS. BELLARD ALSO PLANS TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF POST CERTIFIED OFFICER TO HANDLE FELONY CASES INVOLVING ANIMAL OWNERS.
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ENDED YESTERDAY WHEN THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL TO REOPEN IT. SOME LOUISIANA LEADERS SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED THE BILL. BOTH CONGRESSWOMAN JULIE LETLOW AND SENATOR BILL CASSIDY CALLED IT AN UNNECESSARY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. CASSIDY SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT, NOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN, IT’S TIME TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
FORMER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE PRESIDENT JOSEPH SAVOIE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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SEVERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WILL BEGIN MONDAY IN NEW IBERIA. SECTIONS OF HELEN STREET, COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, SANTA INES, DURANGO STREET, ECHART DRIVE AND DARBY LANE ARE THE STREETS THAT WILL BE WORKED ON. THE PLAN IS FOR EACH STREET TO BE MILLED IN FULL OR IN ISOLATED AREAS, THEN REPAIRS WILL BE MADE FOLLOWED BY THE STREET BEING OVERLAID WITH NEW ASPHALT. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO LAST NINE WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
A grand jury indicted former Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder for allegedly stealing a rare artifact that had gone missing from the state capitol. According to a grand jury indictment released Wednesday, Schexnayder faces charges of felony theft and malfeasance in office. He allegedly stole an ancient cypress board worth more than $25,000 that had been on display in the state capitol building for decades. Schexnayder, a Republican who served as speaker from 2020 to 2024, did not respond to a request for comment.
TWO ALLEGED DRUG DEALERS WERE ARRESTED EARLY MONDAY MORNING AFTER A DRUG RAID AT A HOME ON BRIGHTSIDE STREET IN OPELOUSAS. POLICE FOUND SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA, CRYSTAL METH, MARIJUANA, CRACK COCAINE, POWDER COCAINE AND A FIREARM. FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD HENRY MOORE AND TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SYDNEY BEN, BOTH FROM OPELOUSAS, WERE ARRESTED ON SEVERAL DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. MOORE ALSO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON.
THE MOTHER OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY IN MOSS BLUFF WAS SADDENED WHEN NONE OF HER INVITEES SHOWED UP FOR HER SON’S BIRTHDAY PARTY. SO REGINA BOUR DECIDED TO TRY AND SALVAGE THE PARTY BY ISSUING AN INVITE ON FACEBOOK. REGINA TELLS KPLC TV SHE WAS AMAZED AT THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND THANKED THE COMMUNITY. MANY OF THEO’S NEW TOYS WERE BROUGHT BY STRANGERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
