4-11-25
A HELICOPTER REGISTERED FROM BROUSSARD CRASHED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE HUDSON RIVER IN NEW YORK CITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SIX PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF A SPANISH TOUR GROUP WERE KILLED. THE TAIL NUMBER FROM THE HELICOPTER SHOWED IT WAS REGISTERED WITH MERIDIAN HELICOPTERS IN BROUSSARD. A WITNESS SAID THE HELICOPTER CAME APART IN MID AIR, WITH THE TAIL AND PROPELLOR COMING OFF AND THE PROPELLOR WAS STILL SPINNING AS THE AIRCRAFT FELL.
A THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BROUSSARD MAN IS DEAD AS THE RESULT OF A CRASH THURSDAY MORNING. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A BILL BY DEMOCRAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE DELISHA BOYD OF NEW ORLEANS WOULD ALLOW EXCEPTIONS FOR MINORS TO GET AN ABORTION. THE BILL WOULD ALLOW ABORTIONS FOR MINORS WHO BECAME PREGNANT AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN SEX CRIMES. UNDER THE BILL, POLICE REPORTS, FORENSIC EVIDENCE OR PROSECUTION OF THE OFFENSE WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR A MINOR TO QUALIFY. BOYD FILED A SIMILAR BILL LAST YEAR ALLOWING EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE AND INCEST BUT IT FAILED.
LAST NIGHT THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM VOTED TO PUT METAL DETECTORS IN ALL ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. AN OFFICIAL SAYS SOME SCHOOLS WITH A HIGH VOLUME OF STUDENTS WILL GET MORE THAN ONE METAL DETECTOR. THE DETECTORS ARE MOBILE SO THEY CAN BE USED AT SPORTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. BOARD MEMBERS PLAN TO GET THEM INSTALLED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS BY SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL OPEN AT SEVEN A-M, WHICH, TOUCHET SAYS, WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO AVOID HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ALLEVIATE A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE. THEY ALSO APPROVED A UNIFORM CHANGE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, ALLOWING THEM TO WEAR HOODED JACKETS AND BLUE OR BLACK JEANS. NEXT MONTH, THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION BY TOUCHET RAISING STARTING PAY FOR TEACHERS TO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A CROWLEY WOMAN DIED SATURDAY FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A SHOOTING. SHE WAS IDENTIFIED AS SIXTY-EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD MARY VENABLE. SHE WAS SHOT AT A BAR ON NORTH PARKERSON STREET IN CROWLEY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT SEVEN-EIGHT-THREE-ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR.
LOUISIANA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TIM TEMPLE RELEASED A PACKAGE OF INSURANCE REFORM LEGISLATION FOR THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BEGINS THURSDAY. TEMPLE SAYS MANY INSURERS HAVE LEFT THE STATE OR STOPPED WRITING NEW POLICIES BECAUSE OF HIGH LOSSES. HE SAYS THE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WOULD TACKLE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE STATE’S EXTREMELY HIGH AUTO INSURANCE RATES. TEMPLE SAYS THE PACKAGE WOULD CREATE TRANSPARENCY, CERTAINTY AND PREDICTABILITY IN THE MARKET, BRINGING CARRIERS TO THE STATE AND GIVING LOUISIANA DRIVERS AFFORDABLE OPTIONS.
THERE WAS A PLANE CRASH JUST BEFORE NOON WEDNESDAY AT THE JEANERETTE AIRPORT. THE CORBEN JUNIOR ACE AIRCRAFT CRASHED JUST OFF THE AIRPORT’S RUNWAY. A PILOT WAS THE ONLY ONE ONBOARD AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE PLANE WAS REGISTERED TO ROLAND DENISON OF NEW IBERIA, BUT THERE’S NO WORD ON IF HE WAS THE ONE FLYING THE PLANE.
