5-15-23
FOUR DOGS WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING ON SOUTH MAGNOLIA STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THERE WERE FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS. FOUR OF THEM WERE CELEBRATING MOTHER’S DAY ELSEWHERE WHILE THE FIFTH WAS AT WORK. THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN A CLOSET WHERE THE HOT WATER HEATER WAS LOCATED AND FIRE OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION. THE FAMILY LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FIRE.
NEW IBERIA POLICE DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE AT AN ARBY’S RESTAURANT. A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A WALK-IN FREEZER JUST AFTER SIX THURSDAY NIGHT BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE HAVE SAID THE EMPLOYEE WAS A MANAGER BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET RELEASED HER IDENTITY.
A BILL IN THE LOUISIANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD GIVE VICTIMS OF CRIME GREATER ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN CRIMINAL CASES PASSED FRIDAY BY A SIXTY-THREE TO THIRTY-SIX VOTE. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY SAYS THE BILL WOULD EXPOSE FAILURES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. LANDRY SAYS THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT JUDGES ARE SETTING LOW BAIL FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND HOW OFTEN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE REFUSING, OR PLEADING DOWN, THESE CASES. THE BILL NOW MOVES TO THE STATE SENATE.
A NEW EXTENSION PROJECT IN SULPHUR IS EXPECTED TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON HIGHWAY TWENTY-SEVEN AND BEGLIS PARKWAY. THE NEW ROUTE BEING BUILT BY THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY WILL EXTEND CITIES SERVICES HIGHWAY NORTH TO HOUSTON RIVER ROAD. A BRIDGE CROSSING THE SABINE RIVER AUTHORITIES DIVERSION CANAL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND A RAILROAD CROSSING IS ALSO BEING PUT IN. THE EXTENSION PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED LATE THIS SUMMER.
LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY A CYCLIST, WHO WAS STRUCK OVER THE WEEKEND, HAS DIED. GERALD GREUNIG REPORTS.
VOICER R :18
TWO MEN ESCAPED FROM THE VILLE PLATTE JAIL SATURDAY NIGHT AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY. TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER TEZENO AND FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY TEZENO, WHO ARE NOT RELATED, ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE. ANTHONY IS NON-VIOLENT BUT CHRISTOPHER WAS ON A PROBATION HOLD FOR VIOLENT CRIMES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT THE VILLE PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
THE DEADLINE TO FILE TAXES FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IS TODAY. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
VOICER Q :25
THE BRIDGE ON GRAND BOIS ROAD IN BREAUX BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED. THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT MADE THE MOVE AFTER STRUCTURAL ISSUES WERE DISCOVERED YESTERDAY. IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT CITED THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC IN MAKING THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE. IT WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THE CONDITION OF THE BRIDGE CAN BE FURTHER EVALUATED AND ALL NECESSARY REMEDIAL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.
