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PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ACADIANA ARE CLOSED TODAY AS WELL AS IN JEFF DAVIS, ALLEN AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. BEAUREGARD PARISH CLOSED IN PERSON CLASSES. SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF ASH WEDNESDAY BUT THE OTHERS CLOSED BECAUSE OF WEATHER. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE AND LAKE CHARLES ARE ALSO CLOSED. L-S-U-E HAS CLOSED ITS CAMPUSES BUT ONLINE CLASSES WILL BE HELD.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. THE BODY OF SEVENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MARY GUILLORY WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVEWAY OF A HOME LOCATED IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF RIVER OAK CIRCLE YESTERDAY MORNING. GUILLORY WANDERED FROM HER HOME IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO A MEDICAL EPISODE POSSIBLY RELATED TO DEMENTIA. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT AS A NATURAL CAUSES DEATH.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT ACADIANA ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSERVE YOUR WATER. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BOIL ADVISORIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE VILLAGES OF MORSE AND ESTHERWOOD ARE UNDER BOIL ADVISORIES AS WELL AS EGAN WATER CORPORATION TWO. VILLE PLATTE IS AS WELL AS THE VILLAGE OF TURKEY CREEK AND THE MAMOU WATER SYSTEM. L-U-S HAS ISSUED A BOIL ADVISORY FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-TEN, SOUTH OF GENDARME ROAD, WEST OF WILDERNESS TRAIL, AND EAST OF JANVIER ROAD. THERE’S ALSO BOIL ADVISORIES FOR THE TOWN OF MELVILLE, THE PRAIRIE RONDE WATER SYSTEM, AND ST. LANDRY PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT TWO. THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A BOIL ADVISORY AND IN CALCASIEU PARISH, WARDS THREE AND FIVE OF WATERWORKS DISTRICT FIVE. THE HOUSTON RIVER WATER WORKS IN SULPHUR HAS ISSUED A SYSTEM WIDE BOIL ADVISORY. A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WATERWORKS DISTRICT TWO IN SINGER.
STATE OFFICES IN LOUISIANA ARE CLOSED FOR TODAY. COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION JAY DARDENNE ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON CITING THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. THAT INCLUDES AVOYELLES, VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES.
LAFAYETTE POLICE WERE FOLLOWING UP ON COMPLAINTS ABOUT DRUG ACTIVITY ON CHAMPAGNE STREET YESTERDAY AND IT ENDED UP IN A STANDOFF WITH A SUSPECT. CORPORAL BRIDGETTE DUGAS SAYS POLICE APPROACHED A PARKED VEHICLE WHERE THE REPORTED ACTIVITY ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE AND A MAN IN THE VEHICLE GOT OUT, WENT INSIDE A HOME AND REFUSED TO COME OUT. AFTER SOME NEGOTIATING, HE SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY. THE MAN WAS SERVED A WARRANT FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND A STOLEN FIREARM.
The Louisiana State Police says it spent more than $67,000 for increased security around the state Capitol during protests held by Donald Trump’s supporters after the former Republican president lost his reelection bid. State police Lt. Nick Manale (muh NAL ee) says the agency’s personnel costs covered more than 1,200 hours of security work to monitor the protests and bolster the law enforcement presence amid concerns about potential threats at state capitols around the country, particularly after the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6. Louisiana’s protests were peaceful and small with no more than a few hundred people at any of the multiple gatherings on the state Capitol steps.
