5-1-26
GOVERNOR LANDRY SAYS HE’S SUSPENDING THE UPCOMING CLOSED PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED TO STOP THE SUSPENSION OF THE U-S HOUSE RACES. IT WAS FILED BY A VOTER, EUGENE COLLINS, AND DEMOCRAT GONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE LINDSAY GARCIA. THE LAWWSUIT CLAIMS THE SUSPENSION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, DISRUPTING AN IN-PROGRESS ELECTION. IT ASKS THE COURT TO BLOCK ENFORCEMENT OF THE SUSPENSION, TO RESTORE THE SCHEDULED ELECTION DATES AND TO ENSURE ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED.
A LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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AN ESCAPED INMATE FROM THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL ASSERTED HIS INNOCENCE IN A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH KLFY TV. DEMARCUS JOHNSON SAYS HE’S BEEN KEPT IN JAIL ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY BUT THEY WERE BASED ON FALSIFIED POLICE REPORTS. JOHNSON ALSO ALLEGES THAT A CORRECTIONS OFFICER KNEW HE WAS NOT ANOTHER INMATE BUT ALLOWED HIS RELEASE ANYWAY. JOHNSON SAYS HE’S WILLING TO TURN HIMSELF BACK IN TO AUTHORITIES BUT HE WANTS HIS NAME CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES.
A CHASE BANK BRANCH IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES IS CLOSING. THE CLOSURE COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS. FITZGERALD DARBONE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TELLS KPLC TV THE CLOSURE MEANS THE WHOLE AREA WILL BE WITHOUT A FULL-SERVICE BANK AND WHEN THAT DISAPPEARS, YOUR COMMUNITY STARTS TO DISAPPEAR. CHASE BANK CITED THE AGE AND CONDITION OF THE BUILDING AS THE REASON FOR CLOSING THAT BRANCH.
HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY IN LAFAYETTE CAUSED FLOODING ON AMBASSADOR CAFFREY PARKWAY. SOME PARTS OF THE AREA RECEIVED AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO AVOID TRAVELING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
THE CITY OF SAINT MARTINVILLE LOST ELECTRICITY YESTERDAY. A LIGHTNING STRIKE HIT AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION AT AROUND TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. REPAIRS WERE MADE WITH THE HELP OF L-U-S CREWS, ACCORDING TO MAYOR JASON WILLIS. THEY WERE WORKING UNTIL LATE INTO THE NIGHT TO RESTORE POWER.
A NEW IBERIA FAMILY LOST THEIR MOBILE HOME AND FIVE DOGS DUE TO A FIRE. CHELSIE BURKE SAYS SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE AT THE STORE WHEN SHE GOT A CALL AND CAME BACK TO FIND HER HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. SHE TELLS KLFY TV THEY WERE GONE LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. THE FAMILY WILL STAY WITH RELATIVES AS THEY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING.
