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A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY FOR A SUSPECT IN A DRUG OPERATION IN SUNSET, WHO HIT A SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WITH HIS VEHICLE. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THAT, AS OFFICERS APPROACHED THE SUSPECT IN THE VEHICLE, HE TOOK OFF, HITTING THE DEPUTY AND THROWING HIM AGAINST HIS OWN UNIT. THE DEPUTY WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR, WHAT GUIDROZ THINKS, IS A LEG OR HIP INJURY. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT, TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN MILLER.
TWO UNITS AT THE MEADOWS WEST APARTMENTS, ON HIGH MEADOWS BOULEVARD IN LAFAYETTE, WERE DAMAGED BY A FIRE. OFFICIALS SAY THE LONE OCCUPANT WAS COOKING PRIOR TO FALLING ASLEEP AND AWOKE TO FIND THE KITCHEN ON FIRE. THE OCCUPANT TRIED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND RECEIVED MINOR BURNS TO HIS HANDS. THERE WAS HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE KITCHEN WHILE THE REST OF THE APARTMENT AND AN ADJOINING APARTMENT HAD SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE.
JENNINGS POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECTED CHILD PREDATOR. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD L-J DIETZ IS WANTED ON THREE COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE RAPE OF A VICTIM UNDER THIRTEEN AND TWELVE COUNTS OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE. DIETZ IS WHITE, FIVE-FEET-ELEVEN INCHES TALL AND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF DIETZ IS ASKED TO CALL THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY.
A STATE HOUSE COMMITTTEE REJECTED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE OUTLAWED FLUORIDATION OF LOUISIANA’S PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. SEVERAL DOCTORS AND DENTISTS SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE BILL SAYING DECADES OF EVIDENCE PROVES WATER FLUORIDATION EFFECTIVELY PREVENTS TOOTH DECAY. LOUISIANA SURGEON GENERAL RALPH ABRAHAM SUPPORTED THE BILL, SAYING THE SCIENCE BEHIND FLUORIDATION IS UNSETTLED. THE U-S SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUNIOR, HAS SAID FLUORIDATION OF WATER CAN LEAD TO NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THYROID HEALTH AND I-Q.
A bill that protects in vitro fertilization providers from criminal charges and lawsuits has received bipartisan approval from Louisiana lawmakers. It now heads to the desk of Gov. Jeff Landry, who has not said whether he plans to sign the bill. The measure was formed to avoid the situation that occurred in Alabama last year when the state’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. As a result of the ruling, IVF services stopped until Alabama’s governor signed a law to protect them.
FOUR SUSPECTS IN OPELOUSAS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE HOMOCIDE OF JUSTIN WASHINGTON. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE CITY OF BROUSSARD IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX. THEY SPENT JUST UNDER FOUR MILLION FOR FOUR ACRES OF PROPERTY ON EAST MADISON STREET THAT INCLUDES THE HISTORIC BROUSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OTHER STRUCTURES. MAYOR RAY BOURQUE SAYS THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS THE PERFECT BUILDING TO BE REPURPOSED FOR CITY HALL, WHICH WILL SERVE THEM WELL. THE NEW COMPLEX WILL INCLUDE A NEW CITY HALL AS WELL AS A COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.
AN ABBEVILLE COUNCILMAN SAYS HE WILL WORK WITH POLICE AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO AN ONGOING ISSUE IN THE SAINT PETER AVENUE AREA. FRANCIS PLAISANCE SAYS HE GETS CONSTANT CALLS ON THE WEEKEND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GATHERING OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAUSING LOTS OF NOISE AND BLOCKING TRAFFIC. HE WAS TOLD POLICE WILL COME OUT AND DISPERSE THE CROWD BUT, ONCE THEY LEAVE, THE CROWDS COME BACK. PLAISANCE SAYS HE DOESN’T HAVE A SOLUTION TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT HE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE COUNCIL TO HELP BRING PEACE TO THAT AREA.
