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4-3-17

The National Weather Service is confirming that a tornado hit Breaux Bridge and flipped a mobile home, killing a woman and her 3-year-old daughter.  The weather agency said Sunday that a tornado with peak winds of 110 mph traveled for nearly 1 mile on the ground and had a width of about 20 yards. The agency classified the tornado as an EF1.  The victims in the mobile home have been identified as 38-year-old Francine Gotch and three-year-old Nevaeh Alexander.

 

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Allen Parish on Wednesday.  Meteorologist Roger Erickson told The American Press Friday that an EF2 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 115 mph touched down in Oakdale at 8:11 p.m. Wednesday, ripping off roofs, uprooting trees and damaging buildings.  Erickson says the tornado traveled 3.6 miles  and was 100 yards wide at its maximum.  Mayor Gene Paul says no injuries were reported.

 

U-L STUDENTS MAY IN THE FUTURE HAVE A FREE-TO-RIDE BUS LOOP CONNECTING THEM TO DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE, AS WELL AS FREETOWN-PORT RICO, AND THE OIL CENTER.  LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX AND THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION ARE DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED BUS LOOP THAT, ACCORDING TO ROBIDEAUX, WOULD USE A VEHICLE THAT A YOUNGER GENERATION WOULD BE COMFORTABLE RIDING, SUCH AS A TROLLEY OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE.  THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IS LOOKING AT USING TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BUS LOOP, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY TARGETED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND JOHNSTON STREET, BUT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED.  THE LOOP, ONCE FUNDED, WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING WITHIN 12 TO 18 MONTHS.

 

The federal government will hold five public meetings around the Gulf Coast to get comments about air quality modeling and analysis for proposed region-wide oil lease sales next year.  The Bureau of Ocean Energy management says the modeling results have not yet been reviewed.  The open house-style meetings April 25 through May 1 also will take comments on other aspects of a draft environmental impact statement .  The 45-day comment period ends May 15.

 

STATE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ABBEVILLE.  PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER BROOKS DAVID SAYS A SUSPECT WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES BY POLICE AND WAS TAKEN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.  NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED.  WITNESSES TOLD KATC TV THAT AN ABBEVILLE POLICE OFFICER SHOT A MAN WHO WAS SHOOTING AT PEOPLE NEAR EAST OAK AND NORTH BAILEY STREETS.

 

AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN ON MARCH 28TH AT THE HIGHWAY 97 OVERPASS ON I-TEN IN JENNINGS.  A PEDESTRIAN, 34-YEAR-OLD ALESIA RENEE DIETZ, WAS KILLED IN THE HIT-AND-RUN.  JENNINGS POLICE RECEIVED A TIP FROM THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOUT A 2001 CHEVY IMPALA THAT HAD DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE INCIDENT.  IT WAS LATER CONFIRMED AS THE VEHICLE AND 54-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER BERGEAUX OF EVANGELINE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FELONY HIT AND RUN, FAILURE TO REPORT AND OBSTRUCTION.

 

CARENCRO POLICE DISCOVERED A BODY INSIDE A MOTEL ROOM ON I-49.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO STOLE AN ELDERLY WOMEN’S CAR AFTER PUSHING HER TO THE GROUND.  A SPOKESMAN WITH THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SUSPECT, KENDALE TRAHAN, TOOK OFF IN THE WOMAN’S VEHICLE AS HIS GIRLFRIEND TRIED TO STOP HIM.  TRAHAN ALLEGEDLY WOULD NOT LET HIS GIRLFRIEND OUT OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE.  TRAHAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE KIDNAPPING, AND FURTHER CHARGES ARE EXPECTED.