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11-23-16

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE WILL SOON BE LOOKING FOR A NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AFTER SCOTT FARMER ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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FEARLESS MISSIONS IS OPENING A FREE GROCERY STORE TODAY AT THE SOUTH BEAUREGARD COMMUNITY CENTER TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED THIS THANKSGIVING.  MOLLY FONTENOT TELLS KPLC TV THEY SPENT SATURDAY ORGANIZING DONATIONS AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE TEMPORARY STORE WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME AND SHOP FOR THANKSGIVING ITEMS.  ORGANIZER HALI NAVAREE SAYS THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR AND THEY PLAN ON FEEDING MORE THAN THE 800 FAMILIES THEY HELPED LAST YEAR.  FEARLESS MISSIONS WILL ALSO PROVIDE HOT MEALS TOMORROW FROM ELEVEN A-M TO ONE P-M AT THE SOUTH BEAUREGARD COMMUNITY CENTER.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED ON INTERSTATE TEN NEAR HENDERSON EARLY TUESDAY WHEN HE TRIED TO HELP ANOTHER MOTORIST, WHOSE TRAILER BECAME DETACHED FROM HER VEHICLE AND ENDED UP IN AN OUTSIDE LANE.  25-YEAR-OLD VINEETH KEESARA OF LAFAYETTE ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST 26-YEAR-OLD TANIKA ADAMS OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA TO GET THE TRAILER OFF THE ROAD.  AS THEY APPROACHED IT, AN 18-WHEELER DRIVEN BY 81-YEAR-OLD OSCAR FLOYD OF WOODVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, TRIED TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY UNSUCCESSFULLY HITTING THEM BOTH AS WELL AS THE TRAILER AND ADAM’S VEHICLE.  KEESARA WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE ADAMS SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES.

 

Thousands of Louisiana families are still relying on the government for housing three months after catastrophic flooding drove them out of their homes.  For many, Thanksgiving is just another reminder of how far some families made homeless by the deluge still have to go before life returns to normal.  More than 72,000 families have received some form of housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency since August’s historic flooding.  FEMA is currently paying for more than 2,000 of those families to live in hotel or motel rooms while another 1,500 families are in government-provided mobile homes.

 

A GROUP OF LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH OFFICIALS AND DEVELOPERS MET EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH THE HEAD OF BATON ROUGE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAYOR OF EAST BATON ROUGE TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES.  BATON ROUGE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DAVIS RHORER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THEY SPENT MUCH OF THEIR VISIT FOCUSING ON THE STEPS BATON ROUGE TOOK TO PUT ITS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS TOGETHER.  RHORER SAYS THEY HOLD MORE THAN A THOUSAND EVENTS A YEAR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH HE CREDITS WITH BREATHING LIFE INTO THE AREA.  PAT TRAHAN OF THE LAFAYETTE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BOARD SAYS THEY ARE PROCESSING WHAT WAS LEARNED AT THE MEETING AND FIGURING WHAT THE NEXT BEST THING IS FOR LAFAYETTE TO DO.

 

A MOSS BLUFF MAN WILL BE APPEARING ON A FOOD NETWORK SHOW TONIGHT.  RUSSELL PAWLOWSKI IS THE CREATOR OF “CAJUN RED HEAD” SEASONING, AND HE TELLS KPLC TV HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE NETWORK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WHILE SHOPPING AT A WALGREEN’S STORE.  HE SAYS THEY ASKED HIM TO APPEAR ON THE SHOW, “COOKS VS. CONS”, AND THEY SELECTED HIM BECAUSE THEY LIKED HIS COMPANY’S WEBSITE AND HIS STORY.  PAWLOWSKI SAYS THE EXPERIENCE ON THE SHOW WAS HARD AND NERVEWRACKING, BUT OVERALL, HE ENJOYED IT.

 

THE IOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A WANTED FUGITIVE.  A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF 33-YEAR-OLD JEREMY B. LEJEUNE, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY.  LEJEUNE, WHO IS FROM BRANCH, IS WHITE, SIX FEET, 159 POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR.  UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR TIPS LEADING TO HIS ARREST, WHICH CAN BE MADE TO CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS.

 

The two candidates vying for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat are blaming each other for the cancellation of the only debate ahead of the Dec. 10 runoff.  WVLA-TV’s news director, Gary Wordlaw, said Tuesday his station won’t be hosting the debate planned for Dec. 2 between Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy and Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell.  Wordlaw says Kennedy didn’t want to have the debate in front of a live audience. He says Campbell wouldn’t agree to participate without a live audience.