5-14-25
JOHNSTON STREET NEAR TARGET LOOP WAS SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS YESTERDAY DUE TO A MAJOR CRASH. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED AND POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN, CUTTING ELECTRICITY TO THE AREA. ALL LANES WERE REOPENED AT AROUND ELEVEN-THIRTY LAST NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES FROM THE CRASH.
A SUNSET MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR OPERATING A CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB. SAINT LANDRY PARISH DEPUTIES RECEIVED A TIP ABOUT FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD PHILLIP BOUTTE MANUFACTURING THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG D-M-T AT HIS RESIDENCE ON CHRETIEN POINT ROAD. DEPUTIES EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT FOUND ABOUT FOURTEEN OUNCES OF D-M-T WITH A STREET VALUE OF NEARLY EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AS WELL AS OTHER DRUGS AND A MAGNUM REVOLVER. BOUTTE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON MULTIPLE DRUG AND WEAPON CHARGES.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SUPPORTING STUDENT ATHLETES GETTING FAIR COMPENSATION FOR THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. THIS COMES AS THE N-C-A-A AND SEVERAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCES HAVE ENTERED INTO A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ALLOWING COLLEGES TO PAY STUDENT ATHLETES DIRECTLY FOR THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. LANDRY SAYS OTHER STATES HAVE ALLOWED COLLEGES TO PAY THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES DIRECTLY WHILE THE SETTLEMENT IS PENDING AND HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE LOUISIANA STUDENT ATHLETES ARE NOT LEFT AT A COMPETITIVE OR FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGE. L-S-U A-D SCOTT WOODWARD THANKED THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND PROACTIVE APPROACH WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE. IT HAPPENED IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF LOUISIANA AVENUE. THEY CONFIRM ONE PERSON IS DEAD. NO OTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME EXCEPT THAT THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
IT’S NOT KNOWN HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO RECONNECT THE GAS LINES AT THE HIMBOLA MANOR APARTMENTS IN LAFAYETTE. GAS WAS SHUT OFF DUE TO A GAS LEAK, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY LANDSCAPERS WHILE CUTTING THE GRASS. TENANTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TAKE HOT SHOWERS OR COOK BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING GAS. KADN TV IS REPORTING THAT THE OWNERS OF THE COMPLEX HAVE NOT YET SENT SOMEONE TO REPAIR THE GAS LINE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS OPELOUSAS RESIDENTS HAVE HAD REGARDING THE DONALD GARDNER STADIUM AND SOUTH CITY PARK RENOVATION PROJECT HAS BEEN WHERE IS THE FUNDING FOR IT IS COMING FROM. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A BILL HAS PASSED OUT OF THE LOUISIANA SENATE THAT WOULD REQUIRE RESTAURANTS TO DISCLOSE THE USE OF SEED OILS. IT RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNOR LANDRY AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY. IN A SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, A PEDIATRICIAN SAID SEED OILS ARE TOXIC WHILE A WELNESS COACH SAID THEY ARE INFLAMMATORY. DOCTOR RON QUINTON OF TULANE UNIVERSITY’S GOLDRING CENTER FOR CULINARY MEDICINE DISAGREES SAYING SEED OILS GOT A BAD NAME MOSTLY BECAUSE OF UNINFORMED PEOPLE ON TIK TOK.
IBERIA PARISH HELD THEIR ANNUAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS MEETING. THIS YEAR’S MEETING HIGHLIGHTED NEW DISASTER RESPONSE PROCEDURES AS THIS YEAR’S HURRICANE SEASON IS PREDICTED TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE. THEY WANT TO FORMALIZE THEIR EMERGENCY RESPONSE BY HAVING EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS IN THE PARISH. IBERIA PARISH IS ALSO COORDINATING WITH SURROUNDING PARISHES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO EVACUATION ISSUES.
