2-8-24
FORMER LAFAYETTE MAYOR WILLIAM DUD LASTRAPES JUNIOR PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF NINETY-FOUR. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK IN VILLE PLATTE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF SOLAR FARMS. SOME FARMERS ARE UPSET ABOUT THE SOLAR FARMS COMING ON TO THEIR PROPERTY. FARMERS IN THE AREA HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON FARMLAND USE, PROPERTY VALUES AND SAFETY. OTHERS ARE NOT HAPPY THAT THEIR LAND IS NOT BEING LEASED FOR THE PROJECT.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE INTRODUCING A NEW FORECAST TRACK GRAPHIC IN MID-AUGUST. THE NEW MAP WILL NOT ONLY SHOW THE PROJECTED TRACK OF A HURRICANE BUT ALSO INCLUDE WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THE NEW MAP, WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER SEVERAL YEARS, ADDRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT THE PUBLIC FOCUSING ON THE WHITE CONE ON THE GRAPHIC AND NOT THE THREATS THAT CAN OCCUR OUTSIDE THE CONE, ESPECIALLY HIGH WINDS. THE NEW GRAPHIC WILL BE AVAILABLE THIRTY MINUTES AFTER A STORM ADVISORY IS ISSUED.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH RESIDENTS WERE ON HAND AT LAST NIGHT’S POLICE JURY MEETING TO ADVOCATE FOR A PARISH-WIDE ANIMAL SHELTER, WHICH THE PARISH DOES NOT HAVE NOW. POLICE JUROR STEVE EASTMAN SAYS THEY PLAN ON USING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS TO BUILD A SHELTER, BUT IT TOOK TIME TO VERIFY THAT THE MONEY COULD BE USED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. HE SAYS THEY SENT OUT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE FACILITY BUT GOT NO RESPONSES. EASTMAN ESTIMATES IT WILL BE TWO YEARS BEFORE A NEW SHELTER IS UP AND OPERATING.
PROSECUTORS BEGAN PRESENTING EVIDENCE YESTERDAY IN THE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY MARKEY ADAMS OF LAFAYETTE. HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JALEN ANTHONY WALKER, A FATHER OF THREE, AT THE BRIDGEWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK ON CARMEL DRIVE IN MARCH OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. A NEIGHBOR AT THE PARK TESTIFIED THAT THE TWO MEN HAD BEEN ARGUING ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE EVENING BEFORE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT THE TRIAL.
A MOTHER IN BREAUX BRIDGE WAS QUESTIONED BY POLICE AFTER ALLEGEDLY INCITING HER DAUGHTER TO FIGHT ANOTHER GIRL ON THE SCHOOL BUS. ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD DESTINY POTIER, WHO ATTENDS BREAUX BRIDGE ELEMENTARY, WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES. DESTINY’S MOTHER, ASHLEY POTIER, SAYS SHE CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED AND SAID THE OTHER GIRL’S MOTHER SHOULD HAVE COME TO HER AND SHE WOULD HAVE CORRECTED HER DAUGHTER. THE MOTHER OF THE OTHER DAUGHTER WAS CHARGED WITH TWO MISDEMEANORS, TRESPASSING AND INCITING A FIGHT BETWEEN JUVENILES, AND LATER RELEASED.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE CANDACE NEWELL HAS PRE-FILED A BILL FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WOULD MAKE CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONS RELATED TO ABORTIONS. ABORTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY BANNED IN THE STATE SINCE THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V WADE BY THE SUPREME COURT. THE LIST OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A FETUS TO BE NONVIABLE HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL AND SOME CLAIM IT’S NOT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR DOCTORS WHO FEAR PROSECUTION. UNDER THE BILL, THE REMOVAL OF ECTOPIC AND MOLAR PREGNANCIES WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ABORTIONS AND IT LAYS OUT PROTECTIONS FOR CONTRACEPTION.
A CROWLEY RESTAURANT DAMAGED IN A FIRE LAST YEAR HAS REOPENED. NEESIE’S SWEET DOUGH PIES OPENED YESTERDAY AT A NEW LOCATION, ONE-FOURTEEN EAST NINTH STREET. THE RESTAURANT SERVES PIES AND THEIR SIGNATURE LUNCH PLATES. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
