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2-22-16

LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH PLANNERS HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THE DESIGN FOR THE I-49 CONNECTOR PROJECT.  THE PLANS INCLUDE ELEVATING THE INTERSTATE THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SCRAPPING PLANS FOR INTERCHANGES AT SECOND AND THIRD STREETS AND AT JOHNSTON STREET.   PLANNERS SAY THE CHANGES WILL ALLOW EASIER ACCESS FROM DOWNTOWN TO AREAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND WOULD LEAVE MORE LAND AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.  IT’S STILL NOT BEEN DETERMINED HOW DRIVERS WILL GET ON THE INTERSTATE FROM DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE.

 

TWO PEOPLE FROM DEQUINCY WERE KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION SUNDAY MORNING ON L-A 27.  SERGEANT JAMES ANDERSON OF STATE POLICE SAY 18-YEAR-OLD CHARLEE SMITH ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VEHICLE IN A NO PASSING ZONE.  SMITH SIDESWIPED A UTILITY TRAILER IN THE ONCOMING LANE BEFORE COLLIDING HEAD-ON WITH A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 17-YEAR-OLD LAUREN MARIE LEBLANC.  BOTH WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED AT ABOUT 10-30 YESTERDAY MORNING.  ANDERSON SAYS A WITNESS TOLD TROOPERS THAT SMITH WAS SPEEDING AND DRIVING AGGRESSIVELY BEFORE THE CRASH.

 

TEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN ERATH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH BROADWAY AND L-A 14.  WITNESSES SAY ONE OF THE INJURED, A CHILD, WAS AIRLIFTED FROM THE SCENE TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  POLICE DIVERTED TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS WHILE CREWS CLEARED THE AREA.

 

Gov. John Bel Edwards has been in Washington for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. The Democratic governor, in office since January, headed to the nation’s capital on Saturday and returns to Louisiana today. In Washington, he met with governors from around the country. The trip is a brief reprieve for Edwards from a special legislative session that he called to stabilize Louisiana’s budget.

 

As Louisiana’s special legislative session ended its first week, no consensus has emerged for how to rebalance the budget.  The Senate is in a holding pattern, because most budget and tax bills must begin in the House. And the House hasn’t settled on its approach yet.  Lawmakers are negotiating behind the scenes, with Republicans showing resistance to Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ tax proposals and pushing for deeper cuts.

SEVERAL PEOPLE LEFT THE GRAND 14 MOVIE THEATRE IN LAFAYETTE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A MAN BEGAN BEHAVING STRANGELY IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOVIE.  A THEATRE PATRON TOLD THE ADVERTISER THAT THE FULLY BEARDED MAN, WEARING AN OVERCOAT, BEGAN PACING THE AISLE DURING A SHOWING OF “DEADPOOL” AND WAS MUTTERING TO HIMSELF.  THE PATRON SAYS ONE WOMAN ATTENDING THE MOVIE WAS CRYING AND SHAKING.  CORPORAL PAUL MOUTON SAYS POLICE ISSUED A SUMMONS TO THE MAN, 35-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER HARMASON OF NEW IBERIA, FOR DISTURBING THE PEACE.

 

EVERGREEN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH HOSTED A BELL DEDICATION CEREMONY YESTERDAY.  WHEN THEIR CURRENT FACILITY WAS BUILT, IT DID NOT INCLUDE A BELL TOWER, SO THE CHURCH BELL HAS BEEN SILENT FOR TWENTY YEARS UNTIL YESTERDAY.  THE BELL WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1875 AND PASTOR ROBERT CAMPBELL TELLS KPLC TV THAT IT WAS USED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.  CAMPBELL SAYS HE’S GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALLOWING THEM TO PUT THE BELL BACK UP KNOWING ITS HISTORICAL VALUE.

 

A WANTED FUGITIVE IS NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY THE U-S MARSHAL’S VIOLENT OFFENDER TASK FORCE AND LOUISIANA STATE POLICE.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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