5-10-23
ALL TRAVEL LANES ON BERTRAND DRIVE AND ERASTE LANDRY ROAD IN LAFAYETTE ARE BACK OPEN AFTER A DEADLY TWO VEHICLE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER EIGHT P-M LAST NIGHT. SYVLIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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SOME FAMILIES ARE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A TORNADO THAT STRUCK IN PARTS OF ACADIA PARISH SATURDAY. RICHARD MILLER TELLS KLFY TV THAT HIS HOME IS NO LONGER LIVEABLE AFTER IT COLLAPSED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. HE SAYS, FORTUNATELY, HIS DAUGHTER’S HOUSE NEXT DOOR WAS UNTOUCHED AND THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO. GARY DAVIS SAYS HE’S WAITING TO GO THROUGH THE APPRAISAL PROCESS WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AFTER THE TORNADO BLEW AWAY HIS FRONT PATIO AND PUSHED A CAMPER HE HAD ON ITS SIDE AND INTO THE MOBILE HOME WHERE HIS FAMILY LIVES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN IOWA WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW BECAUSE OF A BASEBALL GAME. IOWA HIGH SCHOOL IS TAKING ON NORTH DESOTO AT ELEVEN A-M THURSDAY IN SULPHUR IN A STATE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL GAME. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND MANY FACULTY AND STAFF WISH TO ATTEND THE GAME AND THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS CLASSES WILL RESUME AS NORMAL ON FRIDAY.
Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill banning discussions of sexuality in the classroom. The legislation passed Tuesday in the House 67-28 and now advances to the GOP-dominated Senate. The bill would broadly ban public school staff from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in school and during extracurricular activities “in a manner that deviates from state content standards or curricula developed or approved by the public school governing authority.” The bill would also require teachers to use a student’s name and pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth.
A BILL INCREASING PUNISHMENTS FOR FENTANYL POSSESSION IS MOVING FORWARD. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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LAST NIGHT THE BROUSSARD CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO REMOVE AN EMERGENCY ACCESS GATE SEPERATING PAIGE PLACE SUBDIVISION AND DEER MEADOW VILLAGE. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN RESIDENTS SPOKE FOR AND AGAINST THE GATE, WHICH WAS PUT UP IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN WHEN PAIGE PLACE SUBDIVISION WAS IN DEVELOPMENT. SOME DEER MEADOW VILLAGE RESIDENTS SAID THE DEVELOPER FAILED TO KEEP HIS PROMISE TO COMPLETE THE GATE, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ELECTRICAL AND NOT MANUAL. THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING UP SIDEWALKS IN DEER MEADOW AND HAVING POLICE MONITOR THE SPEED LIMIT ONCE THE GATE IS TAKEN DOWN.
TWO VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT DUTIES AND CARRYING FIREARMS AFTER THEY WERE ARRESTED RECENTLY ON SEPARATE DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES. BILL O’NEAL AND CHRISTOPHER GUIDRY HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED TO THE PARISH JAIL PERFORMING ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. A FINAL DECISION ON THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT WILL BE MADE WHEN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM REACHES A FINAL DISPOSITION. CHARGES AGAINST GUIDRY HAVE BEEN REFUSED BY THE PROSECUTOR BECAUSE THE ALLEGED VICTIM HAS REFUSED TO COOPERATE OR TESTIFY AGAINST HIM.
TWO RAILROAD CROSSINGS IN NEW IBERIA WILL BE SHUT DOWN BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. THE TWO ARE LOCATED ON CAROLINE AND PROVIDENCE STREETS. THE DECISION COMES AFTER A DECADE-LONG DISPUTE BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND NEW IBERIA CITY OFFICIALS. DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON DEIRDRE DRUILHET SAYS ALTERNATE ROUTES WILL EXIST AND BE LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM THE CURRENT CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE CLOSING.
