4-3-23
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING INVOLVING CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES AT MAMA’S FRIED CHICKEN. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A PEDESTRIAN WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN LAFAYETTE. IT HAPPENED IN THE FIFTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF MOSS STREET WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN TRIED TO CROSS THE ROAD. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE.
STATE POLICE LEARNED FRIDAY THAT A MERRYVILLE MAN DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A CRASH ON MONDAY. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CHASE ALTON HICKMAN WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON L-A ONE-ELEVEN IN A TWENTY-SIXTEEN BUICK ENCLAVE. STATE POLICE SAY HE WENT OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A DITCH AND THEN WENT AIRBORNE AND OVERTURNED AFTER HITTING A CULVERT. HICKMAN WAS TAKEN TO A LAKE CHARLES-AREA HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED.
WALLETHUB HAS RELEASED A LIST RANKING ONE HUNDRED METRO AREAS IN THE U-S BASED ON WHO HAS THE MOST OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE POPULATION. THREE LOUISIANA CITIES MADE THE TOP FIFTEEN. SHREVEPORT IS EIGHTH, LAFAYETTE ELEVENTH AND BATON ROUGE TWELFTH. IN INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES, LAFAYETTE RANKED FIFTEENTH IN OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT AND SIXTEENTH IN FOOD AND FITNESS.
THE CITY OF JEANERETTE IS UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A BREAK IN A WATER SERVICE LINE. THE WATER WAS SHUT OFF FOR A SHORT WHILE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHILE REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE JEANERETTE WATER SYSTEM WILL RESCIND THE BOIL ADVISORY WHEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS HAS TESTED THE WATER AND IT IS FOUND TO BE SAFE.
YOUNGSVILLE MAYOR KEN RITTER EXPLAINS WHAT’S NEXT AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED AN INVESTIGATION INTO POLICE CHIEF RICKY BOUDREAUX ON THURSDAY. IN A NEWS RELEASE, RITTER SAYS THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL OBTAIN RATE SHEETS FROM THREE LAW FIRMS THAT SPECIALIZE IN HUMAN RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS AND PRESENT THEM TO THE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. HE SAYS THE COUNCIL WILL SELECT ONE OF THESE FIRMS TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION. RITTER POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL LOOK FOR FIRMS LOCATED OUTSIDE ACADIANA TO ENSURE A CONFIDENTIAL, UNBIASED AND FAIR INQUIRY OF THE POLICE CHIEF’S CONDUCT SINCE TAKING OFFICE.
A LAKE CHARLES MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED THURSDAY NIGHT IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH. STATE POLICE SAYS FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD NORMAN TROY MALBROUGH WAS TAKING THE I-TWO-TEN RAMP FROM I-TEN WHEN THE LEFT FOOT PEG HIT THE CONCRETE RAIL SEVERAL TIMES. MALBROUGH WAS EJECTED AND, DESPITE WEARING A D-O-T-APPROVED HELMET, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT A NEW BUS SAFETY PROGRAM CALLED ZONAR. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SCAN THEMSELVES WHEN GETTING ON A BUS AND GETTING OFF. ZONAR WAS FIRST PURCHASED BY THE BOARD DURING COVID IN CASE OF AN OUTBREAK BUT NOW WILL BE USED TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL BUS-RIDING STUDENTS. SUPERINTENDENT AL BLANCHARD SAYS THIS IS ONE COMPONENT OF A NUMBER OF THINGS THEY ARE DOING TO ENSURE SAFETY AT SCHOOLS.
