4-25-25
IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE, MULTIPLE BUSINESSES SPENT YESTERDAY CLEANING UP AFTER SEVERE WEATHER ROLLED THROUGH IN THE MORNING. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
VOICER S :20
RESIDENTS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY’S FLASH FLOODING ARE URGED TO REPORT THE DAMAGE. YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO DAMAGE-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS URGES AFFECTED RESIDENTS TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY SAY THE QUICKER THEY GET THE INFORMATION, THE FASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES CAN WORK TOWARD COORDINATED RECOVERY EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IBERIA PARISH PRESIDENT LARRY RICHARD SAYS THERE WAS STANDING WATER ALL OVER THE PARISH YESTERDAY. MULTIPLE INCHES COVERED LAND AND GOT INTO SOME HOMES. RICHARD SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANING CHANNELS TO PREVENT FLOODING, BUT IT’S STILL A BAD SITUATION IN SOUTH LOUISIANA BECAUSE THERE’S NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO. RICHARD SAYS ANYONE WHO HAD FLOOD DAMAGE SHOULD CALL THE IBERIA PARISH GOVERNMENT.
A DERIDDER MAN WAS KILLED AT AROUND FIVE THIRTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN IN DOWNTOWN DERIDDER. SIXTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND MARK LEIDIG HAD JUST LEFT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS CROSSING THE TRAIN TRACKS TO MEET A VEHICLE WAITING FOR HIM WHEN HE WAS HIT BY THE TRAIN. THE TRAIN WAS STALLED FOR HOURS IN DERIDDER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT ALL ROADWAYS WERE REOPENED AT AROUND EIGHT-THIRTY LAST NIGHT.
A BILL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ADDING FLUORIDE TO PUBLIC DRINKING WATER IN LOUISIANA MADE IT OUT OF THE STATE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE BILL WOULD REPEAL THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S WATER FLUORIDATION PROGRAM. AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL WOULD NOT REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF NATURALLY OCCURRING FLUORIDATION IN WATER SYSTEMS. UTAH IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT BANS FLUORIDATION.
THE STATE SENATE IS CONSIDERING A BILL INTENDED TO LIMIT LAWSUITS AGAINST NURSING HOMES IN LOUISIANA. THE BILL PROPOSES CHANGES TO THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SO AS TO PREVENT LAWSUITS CITING ADMINISTRATIVE NEGLIGENCE AGAINST NURSING HOME MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. DENISE BOTTCHER OF AARP LOUISIANA CALLS IT BAD POLICY, LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS, CAREGIVERS, AND OLDER ADULTS WITHOUT A VOICE. WES HATAWAY OF THE LOUISIANA NURSING HOME ASSOCIATION SAYS A BLITZ OF LAWSUITS AGAINST NURSING HOMES IS THREATENING TO UPEND THE INDUSTRY.
THE IDENTITIES OF TWO LOUISIANA MEN, WHO WERE KILLED IN A WORK BOAT EXPLOSION, WERE RELEASED YESTERDAY. THEY ARE FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JAMES GOODIE OF ABBEVILLE AND FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JEREMY ROGERS OF HOUMA. INTERIM FIRE CHIEF ROBERT HAVENS TOLD KFDM TV THE BOAT, LOCATED IN TAYLOR BAYOU NEAR PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, WAS TAKING ON FUEL AND THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION WHEN THE CAPTAIN FIRED UP THE ENGINE. THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE BOAT WERE KILLED AND ANOTHER PERSON STANDING ON THE DOCK WAS INJURED.
A CROWLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY ON THREE COUNTS OF ATEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD JAMIRION THOMAS ACCOMPANIED A WOMAN WHO WAS GOING TO CONFRONT ANOTHER WOMAN IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH AVENUE A IN CROWLEY. DURING A VERBAL ALTERCATION, THOMAS ALLEGELDY FIRED ON THE OTHER WOMAN, HITTING HER FOUR TIMES, AND THERE WERE TWO OTHERS PRESENT AT THE TIME. THE TARGETED WOMAN SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
