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11-29-21

U-L HEAD COACH BILLY NAPIER IS HEADING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO BE THE GATOR’S NEXT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.  GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.

 

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STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH SATURDAY NIGHT.  FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD WALLACE A. TRAHAN OF DUSON WAS WALKING NORTH IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF THE I-FORTY-NINE FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR TURF LANE.  SHORTLY BEFORE SEVEN P-M, TRAHAN WAS STRUCK BY A CHEVY TAHOE AND THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE DECLARED HIM DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE DRIVER OF THE TAHOE WAS DETERMINED TO NOT BE IMPAIRED BUT STATE POLICE ARE AWAITING TOXICOLOGY TESTS TO DETERMINE IF TRAHAN WAS IMPAIRED.

 

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS LAUNCHED A NEW SET OF RULES FOR STORAGE TANKS AND TANK BATTERIES AFTER AN EXPLOSION EARLIER THIS YEAR KILLED A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL.  ZALEE GAIL DAY-SMITH AND HER FRIENDS REGULARLY HUNG OUT AT NEAR A STORAGE TANK NEAR HER MOM’S HOUSE IN RAGLEY AND SHE WAS KILLED WHILE SITTING ON A TANK THAT EXPLODED LAST FEBRUARY.  THE NEW RULES INCLUDE BUILDING FENCES AT LEAST FOUR FEET HIGH WITH LOCKED GATES, REQUIRING TANK HATCHES TO BE CLOSED AND HAZARD SIGNS MUST BE PUT UP.  THERE ALSO WILL BE AN EFFORT MADE TO CREATE A LIST OF ALL TANK BATTERY SITES IN THE STATE.

 

Louisiana’s weeklong early voting period for the Dec. 11 election began Saturday in the 38 parishes that have local competitions on the ballot, including Iberia Parish. There are local propositions on ballots across 34 parishes. Early voting runs from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday.

 

NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH ON WEST PINHOOK ROAD NEAR THE OIL CENTER IN LAFAYETTE WAS VANDALIZED.  PASTOR LARRY WILSON SAYS SOMEONE THREW A BRICK THROUGH TWO CHURCH WINDOWS AND FLED.  POLICE ARE LOOKING AT VIDEO FROM DOZENS OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS NEARBY IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT.  OTHER BUSINESSES WERE VANDALIZED IN THE AREA INCLUDING AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND A POPEYE’S RESTAURANT.

 

 

HIGHWAY FOURTEEN BETWEEN KAPLAN AND AIRPORT ROAD IN ABBEVILLE WAS CLOSED FOR HOURS YESTERDAY DUE TO A DIESEL SPILL.  IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF AN OPEN VALVE ON A DIESEL LINE.  STATE POLICE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT WORKED TO CLEAN UP THE SPILL.  TROOPER THOMAS GOSSEN SAYS THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEALTH RISK BUT THE ROAD COULD BE SLIPPERY BETWEEN ABBEVILLE AND KAPLAN.

 

A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED IN AN A-T-V ACCIDENT SUNDAY EVENING.  THE CRASH HAPPENED AT FRILOT (FREE-loh) COVE NEAR THE BORDER WITH EVANGELINE PARISH.  THE BOY WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN OPELOUSAS WHERE HE LATER DIED.  NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

 

Three teenagers were rescued Friday after their boat capsized in Vermilion Bay. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents were notified of the accident around 6 a.m.  They and deputies with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office rescued the boys _ two 17-year-olds and an 18-year-old _ who were found clinging to the vessel.  The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents said the boys went into Vermilion Bay to go duck hunting around 5 a.m.