12-1-2014
A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A CAR AND KILLED AT AROUND ELEVEN FRIDAY NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. 52-YEAR-OLD LINDA GOULD OF PORT BARRE WAS WALKING ALONG GLORIA SWITCH ROAD WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, SHE TURNED INTO THE PATH OF A PASSING VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO LAFAYETTE POLICE. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
Lake Charles North Redevelopment Authority official Jerry Jones says the Lot Next Door program is moving forward. He tells the American Press the agency’s board has approved 18 bids on abandoned homes, and has received three checks.
This first round is for people who want to buy abandoned lots adjacent to their homes. Jones says the second phase will identify large lots with development potential, get clear title to them, and sell them.
NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED AN ONLINE PETITION TO STOP THE STATE FROM REMOVING 13 LIVE OAKS ALONG L-A 182. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON REHABILITATING A 4-POINT-7-3 MILE STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY FROM THE IBERIA PARISH LINE TO L-A 670 IN ST. MARY PARISH. D-O-T-D SPOKESWOMAN DEIDRA DRUILHET SAYS THE TREES THAT ARE SLATED FOR REMOVAL ARE WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE ROADWAY AND A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS. DONOVAN GARCIA FROM JEANERETTE, WHO HAS BEEN RALLYING PEOPLE TO SIGN THE PETITION, TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THERE’S NO REASON FOR IT TO BE A SCENIC BYWAY IF THE STATE CLEAR CUTS ON EACH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND EARLY VOTES WERE CAST IN ACADIA PARISH, A LITTLE MORE THAN TEN PERCENT LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR THE PRIMARY. THAT REFLECTS THE STATEWIDE EARLY VOTING TOTALS, WHICH DROPPED BY TEN PERCENT. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED EARLY INCREASED BY FOUR PERCENT. THAT’S SIGNIFICANT FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BILL CASSIDY, WHO IS ON THE BALLOT, ATTEMPTING TO UNSEAT DEMOCRAT SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU.
FORMER LOUISIANA SENATOR JOHN BREAUX IS HOSTING A DEBATE WATCH PARTY TONIGHT AT WALK ON’S IN LAFAYETTE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A judge has scheduled a hearing Dec. 30 to determine if he will toss out a second indictment in the fatal shooting of a pastor during a revival service in 2013. Woodrow Karey was indicted with second-degree murder in June. He earlier was charged with manslaughter. The American Press reports that Judge Clayton Davis will hear from Karey’s attorneys who argue prosecutors reneged on an agreement to pursue the manslaughter charge.
A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO RAISE FUNDS TO SANDBLAST AND REPAINT THE ICONIC BRIDGE IN BREAUX BRIDGE THAT CROSSES THE BAYOU TECHE. CITY COUNCILMAN GARY CHAMPAGNE, WHO CHAIRS THE SAVE THE BRIDGE COMMITTEE, SAYS PAINT ON THE BRIDGE IS PEELING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO RUST. HE SAYS, IF THE BRIDGE FALLS INTO DISREPAIR, THE STATE COULD MOVE IN AND REMOVE THE UPPER STEEL STRUCTURE, WHICH, HE SAYS, HELPS MAKE THE BRIDGE UNIQUE. THE COMMITTEE IS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO APPLY FOR MATCHING GRANTS.
A Morgan City woman died Friday in a two-vehicle accident on Louisiana Highway 662 in Assumption Parish. State Police say 22-year-old by Tasha Massoletti was killed when her pickup truck collided head-on with a Mack Truck. The driver of the Mack Truck was not hurt. Police say the pickup truck apparently traveled off the right side and when the driver overcorrected to the left, the vehicle crossed the center line and collided with the larger truck.
