11-3-26
A WOMAN FROM RAYNE IS ACCUSED OF VEHICULAR HOMOCIDE IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL CRASH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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NO ONE WAS HURT IN A NORTH LAFAYETTE HOUSE FIRE THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE ELDERLY HOMEOWNER WAS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE WHEN THE FIRE HAPPENED. THE FIRE, WHICH ORIGINATED ON A KITCHEN STOVE, WAS RULED ACCIDENTAL. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE KITCHEN AND SMOKE DAMAGE IN THE OTHER ROOMS.
A FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM SULPHER WERE KILLED IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN DEQUINCY FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE SLOWING DOWN ON HIGHWAY THREE EIGHTY-NINE TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A CHEVY SILVERADO DRIVEN BY TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DYLAN HAVENS. OFFICIALS SAY HAVENS, WHO SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, WAS ARRESTED AFTER SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT. HAVENS FACES TWO COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMOCIDE.
A NEW POLL BY LINCOLN PARK STRATEGIES SHOWS THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LOUISIANA U-S SENATE RACE IN A DEAD HEAT. REPUBLICAN JULIA LETLOW AND DEMOCRAT JAMIE DAVIS EACH RECEIVED FORTY-SEVEN PERCENT IN THE POLL, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED FROM LAST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SIX PERCENT WERE UNDECIDED OR DECLINED TO SAY. THE POLL WAS WEIGHTED TO REFLECT THE ELECTORATE.
LAFAYETTE PARISH ELECTION OFFICIALS SEALED MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED VOTING MACHINES FRIDAY. ALL THE MACHINES WERE TESTED BEFORE BEING SEALED AT A WAREHOUSE ON WILLOW STREET IN SCOTT. THE MACHINES ARE BEING SENT TO THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE VOTING PRECINCTS ACROSS LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE IS EXPECTING A BUSY DAY ESPECIALLY AFTER A ROBUST TURNOUT FOR EARLY VOTING.
GEORGE FAUST HAS A TRAFFIC ALERT FOR DRIVERS TAKING ONE ROUTE IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH.
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AN IBERIA PARISH ROBOTICS TEAM RECEIVED TOP HONORS AT A TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN HOUSTON. THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS, PART OF THE IBERIA PARISH ROBOTICS PROGRAM, WON THE FIRST PLACE INNOVATION AWARD. THREE-HUNDRED-THIRTY-SIX TEAMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMPETED IN THE COMPETITION. THE TEAM OF TEENAGE ENGINEERS FROM NEW IBERIA DESIGNED AND FABRICATED NEARLY EVERY PART OF THEIR ROBOT RATHER THAN RELYING ON STANDARD PARTS.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN MORGAN CITY. SHORTLY BEFORE FOUR A-M SATURDAY, MORGAN CITY POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE HOUSE FIRE ON SIXTH STREET. PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL, A PASSERBY FOUND AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN AT THE DOORSTEP OF THE HOME AND MOVED HIM TO A SAFE AREA AND RENDERED AID. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
