5-19-22
A MAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE A MOBILE HOME IN CARENCRO LAST NIGHT AND A SUSPECT IS IN POLICE CUSTODY. POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON HAS NOT YET RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM OR THE SUSPECT. HE SAYS THE SHOOTING, WHICH WAS REPORTED AT AROUND SEVEN-THIRTY P-M, FOLLOWED A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE INCIDENT. THE MOBILE HOME WAS LOCATED IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SATEEN ROYALE CIRCLE.
SCHOOLS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS CITING A SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AS THE REASON FOR THE CLOSURE. EMPLOYEES ARE STILL REQUIRED TO REPORT TO WORK. MAY TWENTY-FIFTH IS THE FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL FOR SAINT MARTIN PARISH SCHOOLS.
A $39 billion state operating budget that seeks teacher pay raises and a down payment on a proposed $2.5 billion bridge across the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge has won state Senate approval. The budget passed the Senate 38-0 on Wednesday with little discussion. The House-passed bill must now go back to the state House for approval of Senate changes. Officials said the bill seeks a $1,500 annual raise for teachers and a $750 raise for school support personnel.
THE BLACK BAYOU BRIDGE SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES WILL ONLY BE OPEN FOUR HOURS A DAY BEGINNING MONDAY. THE BRIDGE WILL BE OPEN TO MOTORISTS BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT A-M AND THREE TO FIVE P-M. THE LIMITED SCHEDULE WILL ALLOW HURRICANE REPAIRS TO BE MADE. THE NEW SCHEDULE WILL LAST UNTIL JUNE TWENTY-FIRST.
STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A PEDESTRIAN, WHO WAS KILLED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, AS THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD TRACIE TROSCLAIR OF SCOTT. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCLENDON SAYS HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF GUNS STOLEN IN VEHICLE BREAK-INS. MCLENDON SAYS THE PERSON WHO STEALS THE GUN MAY NOT USE IT BUT THAT PERSON MAY SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BE DANGEROUS WITH THE WEAPON. HE SAYS THERE ARE AN EXTRA NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON THE STREET. HE’S ASKING OFFICERS TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN PATROLLING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HOTEL PARKING LOTS.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has agreed to remove the COVID-19 vaccine from the list of vaccines Louisiana students must get to enroll in school in the state next school year. The state health department said in a news release Wednesday that it will continue to strongly recommend the vaccine. Republican state Sen. Fred Mills of Parks announced on the Senate floor that the administration agreed to remove the requirement after meeting with legislators. Legislation that would have removed the COVID-19 vaccine from the requirement list had stalled earlier in the session.
SHOTGUN HOMES IN NEW IBERIA THAT WERE BUILT AFTER WORLD WAR TWO ARE GETTING A MAKEOVER. T.E. MIXON SENIOR BUILT THE HOMES FOR VETERANS RETURNING HOME FROM THE WAR SO THEY WOULD HAVE A HOUSE TO STAY IN. HIS GRANDSON, HENRY MIXON, WAS APPROACHED BY ARTIST PAUL SCHEXNAYDER ABOUT REPAINTING THE HOUSES IN VIBRANT COLORS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAINTED. SOME RESIDENTS TELL KATC TV THEY HOPE THAT THIS WILL INSPIRE CHANGE FOR THE CITY.
