4-12-24
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT TWO E-F-ONE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. ONE OF THE TORNADOES WAS NEAR PORT BARRE AND THE OTHER WAS NEAR WASHINGTON. METEOROLOGIST DOUG CRAMER SAYS THE TORNADO CAUSED SOME DAMAGE NORTH OF WASHINGTON INCLUDING TO SOME ROOFS AND A CARPORT WAS DESTROYED. SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT JESSE BELLARD SAYS CREWS ARE WORKING NON-STOP TO CLEAR ROADS AND EVERYTHING SHOULD RETURN TO NORMAL WITHIN TWO WEEKS. SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH ALTHOUGH THE SAINT LANDRY CHARTER SCHOOL WILL REMAIN CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE.
THE FOUR PEOPLE HURT WHEN A STRONG STORM PASSED THROUGH OPELOUSAS WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE THE FOUR WERE IN WAS CRUSHED WHEN A TREE FELL ON IT OUTSIDE THE YAMBILEE BUILDING. ONE OF THE FOUR IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION WHILE THE OTHER THREE ARE IN STABLE CONDITION WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. PARISH OFFICIALS SAY THESE WERE THE ONLY SERIOUS INJURIES FROM THE STORM.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF-ELECT KYLE MIERS SAYS HE’S WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO FUND RESOURCE OFFICERS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PARISH. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT HIS OFFICE WOULD PROVIDE A COORDINATOR TO TRAIN THE RESOURCE OFFICERS WITH ACTIVE SHOOTING EXERCISES AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TRAINING. MIERS SAYS HAVING AN OFFICER PRESENT AT SCHOOLS CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE AND ATTITUDES OF THE KIDS. MIERS WILL BE SWORN IN AS SHERIFF ON JUNE TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Proposals to gradually raise Louisiana’s $7.25-an-hour minimum wage and make discriminating against LGBTQ people in the workforce illegal have failed in a state House committee. Similar legislation in recent years succumbed to the same fate. Proponents of boosting the minimum wage for the first time in 15 years argued that it would have made Louisiana more competitive with other states. Opponents said raising the minimum wage would have hurt business owners.
LOUISIANA IS ONE OF ABOUT A DOZEN STATES THAT HAVE DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT WOULD PROVIDE UP TO ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS IN GROCERIES FROM JUNE TO AUGUST FOR NEARLY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND STUDENTS IN LOUISIANA. THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS MOVING TO COUNTER THE GOVERNOR’S DECISION TO REJECT THE PROGRAM. SENATE PRESIDENT CAMERON HENRY TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS CLOSE TO AGREEING TO PUT UP THREE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD PROVIDE SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR FOOD. HOUSE SPEAKER PHILLIP DEVILLIER OF EUNICE SAYS HIS CONSTITUENTS TELL HIM THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE FEDERAL MONEY.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY VISITED HIS HOMETOWN, SAINT MARTINVILLE, YESTERDAY TO SPEAK AT THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET. IT WAS HIS FIRST SPEAKING EVENT IN ACADIANA SINCE BEING ELECTED GOVERNOR. HE SAID HE FEELS HE’S SUCCEEDING IN HIS GOAL OF PROVIDING MORE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES SO LOUISIANANS WHO HAVE LEFT THE STATE CAN COME BACK HOME. LANDRY SAYS HIS THREE PRIORITIES ARE JOBS, CRIME AND EDUCATION.
LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS HAS POSTED PHOTOS OF TWO ASSAULT SUSPECTS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. ON APRIL FIRST, THE TWO ALLEGEDLY STRUCK ANOTHER MAN MULTIPLE TIMES ON MOSS STREET. ANYONE WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS. ALL CALLERS REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT A POPEYES IN OPELOUSAS. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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