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YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX WAS BACK AT WORK YESTERDAY AFTER TAKING TWO DAYS OFF BECAUSE OF A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. BOUDREAUX LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE SUNDAY MORNING ON THE I-TEN FRONTAGE ROAD IN DUSON BECAUSE OF SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. HE WAS ON THE WAY TO CHURCH POINT TO HELP WITH THE MARDI GRAS PARADE. BOUDREAUX WAS TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED, BUT HE SAYS DOCTORS HAVE RECOMMENDED SURGERY TO REPAIR A FRACTURED BACK.
LAST NIGHT THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION ASKING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT TO REEVALUATE THE INTERSECTION OF U-S 171 AND MOELING STREET. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 171 CANNOT TURN RIGHT ON MOELING STREET AND DRIVERS COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE MERGING ONTO 171 CANNOT MAKE A LEFT TURN ON MOELING STREET. STATE REPRESENTATIVE A-B FRANKLIN TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE INTERSECTION IS A DEATH TRAP. HE SAID HE’S SEEN DRIVER’S FRUSTRATIONS DAILY WITH THE INTERSECTION AND HAS GATHERED 12-HUNDRED SIGNATURES ON A PETITION OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS TO PRESENT TO GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND THE D-O-T-D SECRETARY SHAWN WILSON.
THE BANK OF COMMERCE IN CROWLEY WAS ROBBED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BY AN UNARMED MAN. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND NOON AT THE MAIN BRANCH ON NORTH AVENUE G. CROWLEY POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS WEARING A DARK HOODED SWEATER, LIGHT PANTS, GLASSES AND A BEANIE. AFTER DEMANDING CASH FROM A TELLER, HE LEFT IN AN UNKNOW DIRECTION. THE TELLER HAD ONLY SMALL DENOMINATION BILLS SO THE SUSPECT ONLY GOT A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.
A radio ad criticizing Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has been removed from some stations statewide after his campaign complained it had false information. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reported the ads paid for by the political nonprofit Truth In Politics were withdrawn last weekend. Truth in Politics spokesman Jay Connaughton (CAW nuh tuhn) said Wednesday the group voluntarily changed some of the ad’s wording and a new version is now running but “the context … remains the same.” The ad highlights Edwards’ skepticism about publicly funded vouchers allowing low-income children to attend private and parochial schools at state expense.
THE MARDI GRAS BREAK FOR STUDENTS AT THE T-M LANDRY SCHOOL HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEK BECAUSE OF ISSUES AT THEIR NEW BUILDING ON MOSS STREET IN LAFAYETTE. BOARD MEMBER GREG DAVIS SAY THE SCHOOL, THAT’S MOVED TO A FORMER SKATE RINK, WILL BE READY BY MONDAY BUT THEY WON’T HAVE SCHOOL IF THE PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. HE SAYS THEY ARE HOPING TO GET A PERMIT FOR A PART OF THE BUILDING WHILE THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS BROUGHT UP TO CODE. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THEY ARE STILL REVIEWING THE PLANS.
AN OAKDALE CITY JAIL INMATE HAS BEEN DECLARED BRAIN DEAD AFTER AN INCIDENT ON THE NIGHT HE WAS ARRESTED. 38-YEAR-OLD RICHARD ROSIER, WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON, HAD AN EPISODE WHILE HE WAS ALONE IN HIS CELL AND OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO SUBDUE HIM WHILE AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, ACCORDING TO ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT. AN INITIAL TOXICOLOGY FOUND DRUGS IN ROSIER’S SYSTEM AND HE WAS DECLARED BRAIN DEAD THE NEXT MORNING. HEBERT SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED BY THE OAKDALE CITY JAIL.
TV 10’S GERALD GRUENIG HAS A TRAFFIC ALERT FOR DRIVERS IN ST. LANDRY PARISH.
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State officials have accused Louisiana State University’s Agricultural Center and its medical marijuana growing partner of illegally expanding their operation. News outlets quote Agriculture and Forestry Department Commissioner Mike Strain as saying that the LSU AgCenter and its private partner GB Sciences broke the law by moving their medical marijuana crop into the primary growing facility.
Strain’s agency sent an inspector to the site on Monday to verify that the college and its private partner had begun moving the cannabis plants. LSU AgCenter Coordinator Ashley Mullens responded in a letter that the state medical marijuana program director had granted the school permission to move the plants.
