12-27-17
THE CITY OF BROUSSARD IS WORKING TO CREATE A NEW THOROUGHFARE, USING SOUTH BERNARD ROAD. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY OPENED UP SOUTH BERNARD FROM ALBERTSON’S PARKWAY TO WEST FAIRFIELD DRIVE AND LARRIVIERRE ROAD. KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT THE CITY WILL SOON BE ADVERTISING FOR BIDS ON A PROJECT TO CONNECT SOUTH BERNARD ROAD FROM ALBERTON’S PARKWAY TO MAIN STREET OR L-A 182 IN BROUSSARD. THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO REBUILD THE ROAD AND MAKE IT FOUR LANES, BUT THAT IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE YEAR 20-20.
A SULPHUR FAMILY HAD SOME CHRISTMAS PRESENTS STOLEN LAST WEEK. LINDA RUSHING TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM HER MOTHER-IN-LAW FROM NORTH CAROLINA, BUT WHEN IT DIDN’T ARRIVE SHE DECIDED TO TRACK IT. SHE FOUND THAT U-P-S HAD ALREADY DELIVERED THE PRESENTS LAST WEEK, BUT A THIEF HAD STOLEN IT. THE SULPHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT, AND RUSHING SAYS HER MOTHER-IN-LAW IS DEVASTATED.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WHO,.THEY SAY, SHOT THREE MEN OUTSIDE A HOME FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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Feral swine do more than $1.5 billion a year in damage around the country, and scientists are taking what could be a big step toward controlling them. They are field-testing poison baits made from a preservative that’s used to cure bacon and sausage. The tests will start in early 2018 in dry west Texas and continue around midsummer in humid central Alabama. U.S. Department of Agriculture project leader Kurt VerCauteren says that covers two major habitats where feral hogs are common during seasons when bait will be most attractive.
LAFAYETTE PARISH RESIDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE ONE DAY DELAYS IN GETTING THE GARBAGE PICKED UP BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S. NORMAL SERVICE WILL RESUME ON JANUARY 8TH. NATURAL CHRISTMAS TREES WILL BE COLLECTED WITH THE GARBAGE AND THEY SHOULD BE CLEARED OF ALL DECORATIONS AND THE WOODEN STANDS. HOLIDAY-RELATED EXCESS GARBAGE OUTSIDE THE 96 GALLON CARTS WILL ALSO BE COLLECTED AS LONG AS THEY ARE BAGGED AND EACH BAG SHOULD NOT EXCEED 35 POUNDS.
HEALTHCARE CENTERS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FLU CASES, ACCORDING TO KPLC TV. A NURSE AT LAKE CHARLES URGENT CARE SAYS THEIR NUMBERS ARE SKYROCKETING. SHE SAYS ONE NURSE PRACTITIONER SAW 300 POSITIVE CASES IN THREE WEEKS. STAFFERS AT IMPERIAL HEALTH URGENT CARE IN MOSS BLUFF SAY ONE OF THEIR PROVIDERS HAS DIAGNOSED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED CASES A WEEK. LOUISIANA LEADS THE NATION IN THE NUMBER OF FLU CASES THIS YEAR.
A FORMER EVANGELINE PARISH PROSECUTOR HAS BEEN DISBARRED FROM PRACTICING LAW IN LOUISIANA BECAUSE OF MALPRACTICE IN HIS PRIVATE PRACTICE. THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY BOARD FOUND THAT TIMMY FONTENOT SETTLED A CLIENT’S CASE WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT AND FORGED THEIR SIGNATURES ON THE SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS. ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME COURT’S DISBARMENT, HE ALSO MISLED THE CLIENT ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE CASE AND FAILED TO DISBURSE THE SETTLEMENT MONEY OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. IT WAS LATE LAST MONTH THAT THE STATE SUPREME COURT DISBARRED FONTENOT AND ON DECEMBER 14TH THEY DENIED A REHEARING FOR HIM.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A EUNICE MAN FOR A BURGLARY IN NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH, BUT THEY SUSPECT HE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER BURGLARIES IN ACADIA AND ST. LANDRY PARISH, AND POSSIBLY JEFF DAVIS PARISH. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS 25-YEAR-OLD BRANDON CHARPENTIER MAY HAVE HAD ACCOMPLICES IN THE BURGLARIES AS WELL. THE SAME M-O WAS USED IN THE DIFFERENT BURGLARIES LEADING AUTHORITIES TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON CHARPENTIER AND HIS POSSIBLE ACCOMPLICES IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS.
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