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ANOTHER SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE, THIS TIME WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SENT A TEENAGER TO THE HOSPITAL. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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A POWER LINE WAS KNOCKED DOWN NEAR THE PORT OF WEST CALCASIEU BY A TOWING VESSEL PUSHING A CRANE BARGE. LEANNA MAIO OF THE U-S COAST GUARD SAYS IT HAPPENED AT AROUND FOUR A-M YESTERDAY ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF THE ELLENDER BRIDGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM THE INCIDENT, WHICH CLOSED DOWN TRAFFIC ON THE GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. ENTERGY HAD TO IMPLEMENT PERMANENT REPAIRS TO RESTORE POWER TO CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA.
A NEW IBERIA MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON I-49 IN ST. LANDRY PARISH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. JUST BEFORE SIX A-M, 44-YEAR-OLD DUEL JUDICE WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN HE WENT OFF THE ROAD FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON AND STRUCK A DITCH. HE WAS EJECTED AND DIED AT THE SCENE. A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM HIM AND SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS IMPAIRED.
More than 900 Louisiana farmers and ranchers will receive disaster grants to help them recover from the March and August 2016 floods. Louisiana’s agriculture department says the average grant is $9,905, and the maximum award is $12,185. Of more than 1,000 applicants, 961 farmers and ranchers in 51 parishes were deemed eligible for the aid. The program is paid with $10 million in federal aid, from a $1.7 billion block grant given to Louisiana by Congress to help with the devastating floods.
THIRTY-ONE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A NEW LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN COHORT, WHICH WILL HELP THEM RETHINK THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN. SCHOOLS LABELED BY THE STATE AS COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION REQUIRED OR HAVE INDICATED TO THE STATE THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE CAN BE PART OF THE COHORT. STATE EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT JOHN WHITE SAYS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MOST STRUGGLING SCHOOLS TO COME TOGETHER WITH NATIONAL EXPERTS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT. AMONG THOSE CHOSEN ARE CARENCRO HIGH, NORTHSIDE HIGH AND N-P MOSS PREP, AS WELL AS FOUR SCHOOLS FROM ST. LANDRY PARISH…BEAU CHENE, NORTHWEST AND OPELOUSAS SENIOR HIGH AS WELL AS THE J-S CLARK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
MOSS MEMORIAL IN LAKE CHARLES IS SET TO CLOSE ON JULY FIRST UNLESS THE STATE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES FUNDING. SOME LAKE CHARLES RESIDENTS GATHERED AT THE CORNER OF PRIEN LAKE ROAD AND RYAN STREET TO GET THE WORD OUT. ONE OF THEM, TIMEKO WEST, TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE’S CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE PATIENTS WILL GO IF IT SHUTS DOWN. SHE’S HOPING THAT THE DEMONSTRATION WILL GET RESIDENTS TO CALL THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS TO TRY TO SAVE THE HOSPITAL.
CUSTOMERS IN IBERIA WATER WORKS DISTRICT THREE ARE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY AFTER AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE AT THE PLANT CAUSED LOW WATER PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. THE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. IT WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY AND THE DISTRICT IS EXPECTING SAMPLE RESULTS BACK BY TOMORROW. CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED TO BOIL WATER FOR AT LEAST ONE MINUTE IN A CLEAN CONTAINER BEFORE USING IT.
Louisiana posted the worst economic performance among the 50 states in 2017, becoming one of only three states where the economy shrank. Gross domestic product numbers released Friday by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis measure the economic output of each state. The state’s economy contracted by 0.2 percent, getting smaller for the second straight year. Louisiana was hammered by poor economic results in the nondurable goods manufacturing sector, which includes key oil refining and chemical industries.
