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STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A WOMAN KILLED IN A CRASH ON I-TEN NEAR THE DUSON EXIT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER IS SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JUDE MAE JEFFERSON OF HOUSTON. SHE REARENDED AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER, WHICH HAD BEEN SLOWED BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES.
AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION LED TO A FIRE AT WILLOW CHARTER ACADEMY SCHOOL THURSDAY EVENING. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A BILL IN THE STATE HOUSE WOULD REQUIRE AFFILIATES OF HOME INSURERS TO REPORT MORE INFORMATION TO THE STATE. DEMOCRAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDMOND JORDAN OF BATON ROUGE SAYS HE FILED THE BILL AFTER READING A SERIES IN THE ADVOCATE THAT FOUND ELEVEN OF TWELVE FIRMS WHO CLOSED IN RECENT YEARS USED THE AFFILIATE MODEL. THE COMPANIES SEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO AFFILIATES, TAKING THE MONEY OFF THE BOOKS AND MAKING IT HARDER TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE USING THEIR MONEY WISELY. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TIM TEMPLE SAYS HIS PREDECESSOR DIDN’T SCRUITINIZE THE AFFILIATES ENOUGH, BUT HE WILL.
CALCASIEU PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEPHEN DWIGHT HAS FILED TO REVOKE THE BOND OF A REPEAT SEX OFFENDER FROM LAKE CHARLES. SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD TERRY HOWARD HAS BEEN JAILED ON A CHARGE OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. DWIGHT CALLED HOWARD A MONSTER AND SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO MAXIMIZE ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO ENSURE HE STAYS IN JAIL FOR LIFE. HOWARD’S BOND IS CURRENTLY AT 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A MAN HAS BEEN EXTRADITED FROM HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL, WHERE HE WILL GO TO TRIAL FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CARL FRANKLIN TATES OF HOUSTON HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF DEMETRIS LINCOLN, ALSO OF HOUSTON. HER BODY WAS FOUND WRAPPED IN A BLANKET IN A DITCH OFF OF I-FORTY-NINE NEAR EXIT TWENTY-SEVEN IN WASHINGTON IN TWENTY-NINETEEN. HER HANDS HAD BEEN SEVERED, BUT D-N-A TESTING BY THE L-S-U FACES LAB LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF HER IDENTITY.
STATE SENATOR GERALD BOUDREAUX HAS FILED A BILL THAT WOULD CREATE A U-L LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. IF APPROVED, U-L WOULD BE ABLE TO LEVY TAXES AND BUILD NEW FACILITIES. THE TAXES COULD BE LEVERAGED TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. A FEASIBILITY STUDAY CONCLUDED THAT THE BEST LOCATION OF R A NEW CENTER TO REPLACE THE HEYMANN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS ON CONGRESS, ACROSS FROM CAJUN FIELD.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE’S FIVE HIGHER EDUCATION BOARDS URGING THEM TO REQUIRE STUDENT ATHLETES BE PRESENT DURING THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. HE’S UPSET THE
L-S-U WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WASN’T PRESENT FOR THE ANTHEM DURING MONDAY NIGHT’S ELITE EIGHT GAME AGAINST IOWA. HE SAID IN THE LETTER THAT THE POLICY HE IS ADVOCATING WOULD ENSURE THE STUDENT-ATHLETES AND COACHES UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANTHEM AND WORK TO INSTILL RESPECT FOR IT WITHIN THEIR TEAMS. L-S-U COACH KIM MULKEY APOLOGIZED, SAYING THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THEIR PREGAME ROUTINE AND SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHEN THE ANTHEM WAS PLAYED.
A BRIDGE SHUTDOWN SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY IN CROWLEY HAS BEEN DELAYED. THE BRIDGE ON SOUTH AVENUE H WAS SCHEDULED FOR INSPECTIONS. IT WAS POSTPONED DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT ANNOUNCED A RESCHEDULED DATE YET.
