11-27-17
OPELOUSAS NATIVE AND FORMER CHICAGO BEAR JOHN THIERRY HAS DIED. EMILY GIANGRECO REPORTS.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will build a new oyster reef in Calcasieu Lake soon to help increase oyster habitat and fisheries production. The project, known as cultch planting, will consist of spreading about 12,500 cubic yards of crushed limestone on the lake bottom to create about 100 acres of artificial oyster reef near Long Point on the east side of the lake. Construction is tentatively set to begin today and should be finished in about two weeks. The department has overseen the construction of several cultch plants within the area.
THERE WAS A RESIDENTIAL FIRE LAST NIGHT IN ABBEVILLE. KATC TV IS REPORTING THAT THE FIRE CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE, LOCATED ON EAST LAFAYETTE STREET NEAR NORTH SAINT VALERIE STREET. NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. IT HAPPENED AROUND 7:40 SUNDAY EVENING.
Louisiana’s community college system is creating a scholarship program for students in the future farmers’ association. The Louisiana Community and Technical College System will give a $500 one-time scholarship to each high school graduate who belongs to the Louisiana Future Farmers of America Student Association . Each state champion in the organization will get a $1,000 scholarship. The awards can be used to attend any school in the community and technical college system, starting with students graduating this spring.
AN 86-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM CENTERVILLE HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING. THE FAMILY OF MARIAN TABB SAYS SHE WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING FOR CHURCH IN HER CHAMPAGNE/LIGHT GOLD BROWN ALERO, WHICH HAS THE LICENSE PLATE P-K-U-8-17. A CAJUN COAST SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR HER. IF ANYONE SEES OR KNOWS WHERE SHE IS, THEY SHOULD CALL THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
A NORTH CAROLINA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT THAT BEGAN IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND ENDED IN TEXAS. STATE POLICE TROOP D RECEIVED REPORTS YESTERDAY MORNING OF AN UNSAFE DRIVER WHO WAS PASSING VEHICLES ON THE SHOULDER OF I-TEN. A TROOPER SPOTTED THE CAR, DRIVEN BY 22-YEAR-OLD DIEGO E. ALONZO GOMEZ OF MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA, ON I-TEN WESTBOUND NEAR VINTON. GOMEZ REFUSED TO PULL OVER BUT WAS EVENTUALLY CAPTURED BY VIDOR POLICE.
THE FAMILY OF KELLY BLANCHARD ARE TRYING TO FIND THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT HIT BLANCHARD ON NOVEMBER 17TH WHILE HE WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE ON DULLES DRIVE NEAR AMBASSADOR CAFFERY IN LAFAYETTE. KELLY’S BROTHER, BLAKE BLANCHARD, TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE DRIVER WAS DOING BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN HE HIT KELLY, CAUSING NUMEROUS INJURIES, INCLUDING THREE FRACTURED RIBS, NERVE DAMAGE AND INTERNAL BLEEDING. THEY’VE TALKED TO PEOPLE FROM THE AREA WHO SAID THEY HEARD IT AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A CAR CRASHING INTO A DUMPSTER. THEY ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE CRASH, AND THEY ARE ALSO HOPING PEOPLE WILL SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THAT AREA.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE WORKING ON EXTENDING THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, WHICH EXPIRES ON DECEMBER EIGHTH. THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MADE PROGRESS, BUT THERE ARE DEEP DIVISIONS OVER THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS HEAVILY IN DEBT AND FACING BILLIONS IN CLAIMS FROM VICTIMS OF RECENT HURRICANES. MOST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THOSE IN THE KNOW DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A LONG TERM, COMPREHENSIVE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE PROGRAM. MOST ARE HOPING FOR A SHORT TERM DEAL OF SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR SO THERE IS MORE TIME TO NEGOTIATE A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF REFORMS, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER.
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