5-16-22
THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF A MISSING MAN FROM SAINT MARTIN PARISH. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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LAST WEEK, THE YOUNGSVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED STRICTER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODES. THE UNANIMOUS VOTE COMES IN RESPONSE TO A LAWSUIT AGAINST D-R HORTON ALLEGING THE COMPANY KNOWINGLY BUILT HOMES THAT COULD NOT WITHSTAND LOUISIANA HUMIDITY. THE NEW REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE THICKER PLYWOOD FOR EXTERIOR WALLS, ALL NEW HOMES MUST UNDERGO H-VAC TESTING WITNESSED BY A CITY INSPECTOR AND ATTICS MUST BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT. MAYOR KEN RITTER ANNOUNCED IN MARCH PLANS TO INTRODUCE AN AMENDMENT REQUIRING THE STRICTER BUILDING CODES.
The Louisiana Department of Health says that child drownings are on the rise in the state. And it says inability to swim, lack of supervision and unfenced pools, spas and water bodies are top causes of drownings among babies and children less than 15 years old. A news release Wednesday said the numbers had fallen steadily for five years but rose 60% in 2020 — from 15 to 24, and it says preliminary data indicate that last year’s total was 25. It urges precautions that include watching children who are in or around water without getting distracted, and teaching children to swim.
AN ESCAPED WORK RELEASE INMATE FROM BEAUREGARD PARISH HAS BEEN RECAPTURED. BARNEY GORDON WAS WORKING AT PAX, A STEEL FABRICATOR COMPANY IN DERIDDER. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, GORDON WAS PICKED UP BY A MAROON NISSAN SEDAN AT AROUND TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LEFT THE AREA. HE WAS APPREHENDED SATURDAY NIGHT.
A FATAL CRASH SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY-SEVEN IN VERMILLION PARISH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ALVIN J. MINNICK OF ABBEVILLE WAS DRIVING A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE WAS REAR-ENDED BY FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD OLAN MOUTON, WHO WAS DRIVING A G-M-C PICKUP TRUCK. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE TRACTOR TO OVERTURN AND MINNICK, WHO WAS NOT RESTRAINED, WAS EJECTED. MINNICK WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE MOUTON SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM AROUND ACADIANA WILL HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN WITH A FUNERAL PROCESSION TODAY. FIREFIGHTER AND ENGINEER ALEX BOURQUE DIED LAST WEEK FROM CANCER. THE PROCESSION WILL BEGIN AT FREM BOUSTANY TURNING ONTO AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL IS AND CONTINUING THROUGH BROUSSARD TO SAINT MARTIN DE TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SAINT MARTINVILLE, WHERE A REQUIEM MASS WILL BE HELD AT ONE P-M. LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON ALTON TRAHAN SAYS DRIVERS CAN EXPECT TRAFFIC DELAYS BEGINNING AT ELEVEN THIRTY THIS MORNING.
A federal judge in Lafayette is considering whether the Biden administration can end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum. After a hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays did not say when he will rule, but he made clear he intends to rule before the restrictions are set to expire May 23. In preliminary rulings in the case, Summerhays has ruled in favor of Louisiana, Arizona and 22 other states that have sued to preserve Title 42 authority. The policy denies migrants a chance to request asylum under U.S. law and international treaty on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAY TEENAGE GIRL. THE MOTHER OF SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALAYA ROBINSON SAYS SHE LAST SAW HER DAUGHTER SATURDAY AFTER THEY HAD GOTTEN INTO A DISAGREEMENT. ALAYA, WHO IS BLACK, FIVE-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY POUNDS, WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A GREY HOODIE, GREY JOGGING PANTS AND BLACK AND WHITE NIKES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
