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LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT DIRECTOR STEVEN PICOU SAYS THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE INTERIOR LAYOUT OF THE NEW 90 MILLION DOLLAR TERMINAL AT WEDNESDAY’S MEETING. HE SAYS THEY TENTATIVELY PLAN ON NOVEMBER 15 TO SELECT A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WHO WILL MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION FOR A GUARANTEED PRICE. HE SAYS TWO JOINT-VENTURE FIRMS RESPONDED TO THE COMMISSION’S REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS THAT WAS MADE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT HE’S NOT REVEALING WHO THEY ARE AT THIS TIME. ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER, A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WILL BE PUT IN PLACE ONCE A MANAGER IS HIRED.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A LONE GUNMAN WHO ROBBED TWO CONVENIENCE STORES. THE MAN ENTERED THE STORES EARLY ON OCTOBER 28TH WITH A LONG GUN, ACCORDING TO POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN DEPUTY CHIEF MARK KRAUS. THE MAN WAS WEARING A SKI MASK AND IS HEAVY SET, ACCORDING TO THE PHOTOS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT. KRAUS ASKS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT COULD LEAD TO AN ARREST OF THE SUSPECT TO CALL SERGEANT JOHN RUSSELL AT 491-13-11.
A ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAD TO BE TREATED FOR INJURIES HE RECEIVED WHILE TRYING TO ARREST A LAWTELL MAN. THE DEPUTY TRIED TO PULL OVER 20-YEAR-OLD BRISEN RYDER FOR MAKING AN ILLEGAL U-TURN WHILE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT OF A CASINO IN OPELOUSAS, BUT RYDER LED THE DEPUTY ON A CHASE AND CRASHED HIS TRUCK. HE TRIED TO FLEE ON FOOT TO A WOODED AREA, BUT THE DEPUTY CAUGHT UP TO HIM AND THEN RYDER BEGAN VIOLENTLY RESISTING WITH PUNCHES, CHOKING HIM AND HITTING HIM WITH A STICK. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES LATER FOUND RYDER HIDING IN A HOME ON KIRTLEY DRIVE IN WASHINGTON WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS FELONY CHARGES.
THE LOUISIANA PECAN CROP IS COMING UP SHORT THIS YEAR. HEAVY RAINS AND THE WALNUT CATERPILLAR ARE BEING BLAMED FOR THE POOR CROPS. KEITH HAWKINS WITH THE L-S-U AGCENTER TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE’S FOUND A PRODUCT THAT WORKS AGAINST PESTS CALLED ARENA .25 GRANULES. HE SAYS YOU SPREAD IT UNDER THE TREE AND THE TREE TAKES IT UP, WHICH IS EASIER THAN SPRAYING.
IN THE WAKE OF SUNDAY’S TRAGEDY, SOME LOCAL CHURCHES ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR SECURITY PROTOCALS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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AS OF LAST NIGHT, CREWS WERE STILL WORKING TO REPAIR THE SWING BRIDGE IN WESTLAKE THAT ALLOWS TRAINS TO PASS OVER THE CALCASIEU RIVER. THE BRIDGE BROKE WHILE SWINGING IN TO PLACE FOR THE TRAIN, AND CAUSED PASSENGERS ON AN AMTRAK TRAIN TO BE STUCK ON SUNDAY AND HAVE TO BE TAKEN BACK TO BEAUMONT FOR ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. UNION PACIFIC SPOKESMAN JEFF DEGRAFF SAYS THEY DON’T YET KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING IT WHILE MAKING REPAIRS. THE COMPANY IS REROUTING ALL FREIGHT TRAFFIC TO AVOID THE BRIDGE AND WORKING WITH AMTRAK.
ABOUT 800 SCHOOL SYSTEM WEBSITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE HACKED THROUGH A GEORGIA COMPANY THAT MANAGES THEM. THEY INCLUDED THE IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL WEBSITES. A PRO-ISIS MESSAGE WAS PUT ON THE WEBSITES FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY MORNING. OFFICIALS IN IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISH SAY NO SENSITIVE OR STUDENT INFORMATION WAS AFFECTED.
SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS ANNOUNCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW L-P-N TO R-N PROGRAM THAT WILL OPEN IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF 2019. IN A NEWS RELEASE, THE SCHOOL SAYS THE PROGRAM IS MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF A PROJECTED SHORTAGE OF REGISTERED NURSES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE NEW PROGRAM WILL ALLOW LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES TO CONTINUE WORKING WHILE COMPLETING THE REGISTERED NURSE PROGRAM. THE NEW PROGRAM WILL BEGIN WITH RENOVATIONS TO THE CAMPUS BEGINNING IN THE SPRING AND THE HIRING OF FACULTY WILL TAKE PLACE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
