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A GRENADE WAS FOUND YESTERDAY AT A BUILDING OWNED BY LAMAR PROPERTIES ON CADILLAC STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THE GRENADE WAS DISCOVERED BY A WORKER, WHO WAS UNPACKING A BOX SHIPPED FROM NEW ORLEANS. EXPLOSIVES EXPERTS FROM FORT POLK CAME TO LAFAYETTE TO DETONATE THE GRENADE. LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE GRENADE WAS EXPLODED IN A REMOTE AREA OF JUDICE.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IS MAKING REPAIRS IN SULPHUR THAT WILL RESULT IN SOME RAILROAD CROSSINGS BEING CLOSED. THERE WILL BE CLOSURES TODAY AT THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS ON POST OAK ROAD, NORTH CITIES SERVICE HIGHWAY, COACH WILLIAMS ROAD, AND BEGLIS PARKWAY. THE CROSSING AT CLAIBORNE AND LEWIS STREETS WILL CLOSE AT 8:30 A-M AND REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL COMPLETION. THE CROSSINGS AT DOIRON (dweye uh RON)AND NORTH CROCKER STREETS AND AT NORTH HUNTINGTON STREET WILL ALSO BE CLOSED UNTIL COMPLETION.
WESTGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW IBERIA HELD ITS GRADUATION CEREMONY LAST NIGHT JUST HOURS AFTER TWO OF ITS STUDENTS WERE KILLED IN A CAR CRASH. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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LOUISIANA WILL BECOME THE SIXTH STATE IN THE NATION TO MAKE WOMEN WAIT THREE DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN HAVE AN ABORTION. IN A UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE LOUISIANA HOUSE GAVE FINAL PASSAGE TO THE MANDATORY 72 HOUR WAITING PERIOD WEDNESDAY. THE BILL NOW HEADS TO GOVERNOR EDWARDS, WHO INTENDS TO SIGN IT. CURRENTLY A LOUISIANA WOMAN HAS TO WAIT 24 HOURS BEFORE GETTING AN ABORTION.
People convicted of firing a gun and killing someone in a violent crime would face at least a three-year prison sentence, under a measure nearing final legislative passage. The House criminal justice committee narrowly agreed to advance the mandatory minimum sentence bill to the full House, with a 7-6 vote Wednesday.
Louisiana requires mandatory minimum sentences for murder and other violent crimes. The Senate-approved proposal by Lafayette Sen. Page Cortez would set a three-year minimum sentence for a list of other crimes — including carjacking, armed robbery and manslaughter — if a gun killed someone.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT CONSIDER ALTERING THE DISTRICT’S POLICY ON THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE UNTIL THIS SUMMER. IN APRIL, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A HUMANIST GROUP ABOUT A STUDENT ALLEGEDLY BEING MISTREATED BY A TEACHER FOR REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE CURRENT POLICY REQUIRES STUDENTS TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE EVEN IF THEY DON’T RECITE IT FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS. A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT ATTORNEYS FOR THE DISTRICT ARE WORKING ON THE MATTER.
A LIEUTENANT FOR STATE POLICE TROOP D IN LAKE CHARLES WAS PUT ON A 24 HOUR SUSPENSION FOR DIRECTING TROOPERS TO PUT EXTRA HOURS ON THEIR TIME SHEETS WHEN THEY WERE ON A FIREARMS ASSIGNMENT. ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA VOICE, LT. PAUL BRADY WAS TOLD BY TWO TROOPERS THAT THEY HAD PUT IN EIGHT OR NINE HOURS AND BRADY TOLD THEM TO PUT DOWN 12 HOURS. LOUISIANA VOICE PUBLISHER TOM ASWELL SAYS LYING BY A STATE TROOPER IS GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL. HE SAYS A 24 HOUR SUSPENSION DOESN’T EVEN QUALIFY AS A SLAP ON THE WRIST.
IN ACADIA PARISH, A CROP DUSTER PILOT HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR LYONS POINT WEDNESDAY. THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
