4-16-25
ATMOS ENERGY IS WORKING TO RESTORE NATURAL GAS SERVICE TO THE BREAUX BRIDGE AREA. TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT CUSTOMERS ARE AFFECTED. THE CAUSE OF THE OUTAGE IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. CITY OFFICIALS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND NO EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
SIXTEEN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES HAVE HAD THEIR PERMISSION TO ATTEND SCHOOL REVOKED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THREE OF THEM ATTEND U-L LAFAYETTE. MARCUS JONES WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM CONFIRMED THE VISA REVOCATIONS AT U-L. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAYS MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED STUDENT VISAS WERE REVOKED, MANY OF WHOM ENGAGED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
TODAY THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER TERMINATING A STATEWIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM. IT TOOK FOURTEEN YEARS TO CREATE THE PROGRAM AND A CONTRACTOR WAS RECENTLY HIRED TO RUN IT. COMMISSIONER MIKE FRANCIS ADDED THE AGENDA ITEM FOR TODAY’S MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE CYPRESS BEND RESORT IN MANY. THE PROPOSAL WOULD END ALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS IN THE STATE EXCEPT FOR THOSE RUN BY MUNICIPAL-OWNED UTILITIES, WHICH ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THE COMMISSION.
A ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN LAKE CHARLES IS ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT COMPLETE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. IT WILL CONNECT WEST SALLIER STREET TO THE CASINO AREA ON NELSON ROAD. D-O-T-D PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JOHN GUIDROZ SAYS IT WILL ALSO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE PORT AND DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO STAY ON BUDGET AND BE COMPLETED BY EARLY TWENTY-TWENTY-SEVEN.
TWO SISTERS FROM CROWLEY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST. A WOMAN WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS THE SHOOTING STEMMED FROM AN ARGUMENT THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THAT DAY. THE SISTERS, ASHLEY DUGAS AND JAKAYLA JONES, ARE SUSPECTED OF SETTING UP THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE SHOOTING. THEY HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH PRINCIPLE TO ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE HOMOCIDE.
BROUSSARD MAYOR RAY BOURQUE, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS WILL HOLD A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT FIVE-FORTY-FIVE THIS EVENING FOR THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPLEX. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A BIBLE READING MARATHON WILL BEGIN TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT TWO THIS AFTERNOON ON THE SOUTH STEPS. THE MARATHON WILL CONCLUDE ON SATURDAY WITH THE CLOSING CEREMONY AT SIX P-M. IT’S SPONSORED BY LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM AND SOUTHLAND CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES. MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT CAN BE FOUND AT CAPITOL B-R-M-DOT-GOV-SLASH-LOUISIANA.
THE FAMILY OF A MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED ARE UPSET THAT FOOTAGE OF HIS DEATH WAS LEAKED BY THE JEANERETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD OSHAUN SMITH WAS KILLED ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIXTH NEAR THE CORNER OF PELLERIN AND CHURCH STREETS. THE JEANERETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE FAMILY OF THE LEAK, WHICH HAPPENED ON MARCH TENTH AND AN OUTSIDE AGENCY IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION. OSHAUN’S SISTER, OSHANAE SMITH, SAYS SHE DOESN’T BELIEVE THE LEAK WAS ACCIDENTAL AND IS ANGERED THAT NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN.
