11-2-22
REPORTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL CARRYING A FIREARM NEAR THE CROWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS LED TO A LOCK DOWN BUT IT WAS QUICKLY LIFTED. KLFY TV’S DANIELLE JOHNSON SAYS PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION FOLLOWING THE THREAT.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A BOMB THREAT THAT FORCED THE EVACUATION OF NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK. A JUVENILE, WHO WAS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL, WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING. THAT STUDENT ALSO FACES EXPULSION. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS THIS IS THE FOURTH STUDENT ARREST THIS SCHOOL YEAR RELATED TO A THREAT OF VIOLENCE OR TERRORISM MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR LOUISIANA WRAPPED UP ON TUESDAY AND DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS NEW DATA ON THE TURNOUT FOR THIS PERIOD LEADING UP TO NEXT WEEK’S ELECTION.
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A TUGBOAT PUSHING A BARGE ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SOUTH OF SULPHUR STRUCK THE ELLENDER BRIDGE MONDAY. D-O-T-D SPOKESPERSON JOHN GUIDROZ SAYS THE OPERATOR MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT WAS HIT AND DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. HE SAYS A DAMAGE INSPECTION WAS DONE ON THE BRIDGE YESTERDAY MORNING WHICH CONFIRMED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE BRIDGE WILL REMAIN OPEN TO VEHICLE AND MARINE TRAFFIC AND STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS DO NOT ANTICIPATE POSTING ANY LOAD LIMITS ON THE BRIDGE.
THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR SAINT MARTINVILLE HAS BEEN RESCINDED. IT WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE OF A WATER MAIN BREAK ON SUNDAY. THE WATER WAS SHUT OFF AT AROUND TWO A-M FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS SO THAT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE.
A LAFAYETTE ATTORNEY HAS MADE HISTORY. LAST MONTH, THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD APPOINTED AMANDA MARTIN THE DISTRICT DEFENDER FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. SHE BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO LEAD THE PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE. MARTIN TELLS KLFY TV SHE WANTS TO MENTOR, TRAIN AND LEAD A TEAM THAT WILL CHANGE NOT ONLY THE PERCEPTION BUT BRING BETTER EQUALITY TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IS EXPECTED TO SEND IN ITS APPLICATION IN THE COMING WEEK TO RECEIVE FUNDS TO UPGRADE THE ELECTRIC GRID. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD RESULT IN LOUISIANA GETTING NINE-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM THE ONE-POINT-TWO TRILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED LAST YEAR BY CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. EXPERTS TELL THE ADVOCATE THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY LIKELY TO FLOW TO LOUISIANA WON’T BE ENOUGH TO FUND A MUCH-NEEDED OVERHAUL OF THE STATE’S AGING ELECTRIC GRID.
THE U-L LAFAYETTE WATER SKI TEAM HAS WON ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE. THAT MAKES THREE TITLES IN A ROW AND NINE OVERALL SINCE BEING FOUNDED IN NINETEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT. THE STUDENT RUN TEAM CONSISTS OF ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
