11-5-26
A EUNICE MAN WILL SPEND THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO A FEDERAL AMMUNITION CHARGE AND POSSESSING FAKE IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE YOUNGSVILLE BARREL LANDMARK WAS DAMAGED WHEN A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO IT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LANDMARK IS INSIDE THE ROUNDABOUT AT VEROT SCHOOL ROAD AND MILTON AVENUE. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE DRIVER, WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED, WAS CITED.
THE RUNOFF ELECTIONS WILL BE IN DECEMBER AND YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE IN THOSE ELECTIONS. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BEGINS THIS MORNING ON COUNTRY CLUB ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES. THE MILLING AND ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECT WILL BE ALONG A ONE-POINT-SIX-MILE STRETCH OF THE ROAD FROM BIG LAKE ROAD EAST TO A THIRD MILE WEST OF NELSON ROAD. THERE WILL BE ALTERNATING ROAD CLOSURES DAILY BETWEEN EIGHT A-M AND FIVE P-M WITH FLAGGERS DIRECTING TRAFFIC. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTIETH.
A BICYCLIST WAS INJURED IN A CRASH WITH AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER YESTERDAY. IT HAPPENED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET AT PORT STREET IN SAINT MARTINVILLE. POLICE SAY THE BICYCLIST WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL FACILITY AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD U-L LAFAYETTE NURSING STUDENT HAS BECOME THE YOUNGEST ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS YEAR. ALEX SAVAGE, A REPUBLICAN, GOT TWELVE PERCENT OF THE VOTE, ENOUGH TO SECURE ONE OF THE OPEN SEATS ON THE CARENCRO CITY COUNCIL. SAVAGE SAYS HE’S ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN POLITICS AND HIS FATHER ENCOURAGED HIM TO RUN. HE SAYS THAT, DESPITE HIS AGE, HE IS PREPARED AND READY FOR THE JOB.
LOUISIANA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF OBESITY IN THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY WALLETHUB. THE STUDY COMPARED THE FIFTY STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. WEST VIRGINIA HAD THE HIGHEST OBESITY RATE. LOUISIANA WAS RANKED FOURTH HIGHEST. THE STATE WITH THE LOWEST OBESITY RATE IS COLORADO.
A SIXTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ABBEVILLE WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AT AROUND TWO A-M ON TUESDAY. THE DRIVER OF A NISSAN SENTRA FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE ON L-A EIGHTY-SIX IN NEW IBERIA AND LEFT THE ROADWAY BEFORE OVERTURNING. THE ABBEVILLE WOMAN WAS A PASSENGER IN THE CAR AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED FROM THE CAR AND SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
