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ON FRIDAY, THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE GAVE FINAL APPROVAL TO A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP THAT ELIMINATES ONE OF THE TWO BLACK MAJORITY DISTRICTS. ON THE SAME DAY, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED THE NEW MAP INTO LAW. THE MAP SPLITS SAINT LANDRY PARISH INTO TWO DISTRICTS. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD SAYS THAT’S BETTER THAN A MAP PROPOSED TWO WEEKS AGO THAT WOULD HAVE HAD PARTS OF THE PARISH IN THREE DISTRICTS.
THE CITY OF JEANERETTE HAS BEEN PUT UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A WATER LINE BREAK AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. SOME RESIDENTS MAY EXPERIENCE LOW WATER PRESSURE WHILE REPAIRS ARE MADE. RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER AND LIMIT USAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.
THIS WEEK THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ONCE AGAIN CONSIDERING THE CLOSURE OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A CLEARANCE BEAM UNDER I-TEN IN WESTLAKE HAS BEEN DAMAGED. AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER HIT THE BEAM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTEER A NEW CRASH BAR WAS INSTALLED. TRAFFIC HAD BEEN REOPENED THURSDAY AFTER THE INSTALLATION WAS COMPLETED.
A POPULAR EVENT FOR REMEMBERING LOST LOVED ONES WILL SOON BE ILLEGAL IN LOUISIANA. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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THE SEARCH FOR A LAFAYETTE WOMAN ON PROPERTY NEAR LAWTELL WAS STOPPED FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE OF MUDDY CONDITIONS. THE SEARCH IS FOR DONNA MARIE GONZALES, WHO WENT MISSING IN RAYNE IN NINETEEN-NINETY-TWO. TIM MILLER OF TEXAS EQUUSEARCH SAYS THE SEARCH WILL CONTINUE WHEN CONDITIONS IMPROVE. TEXAS EQUUSERCH HAS INDICATED THAT, WHEN THE SEARCH CONTINUES, IT MAY INCLUDE OTHER PARTS OF ACADIANA.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE IS TRANSITIONING FROM MONTLY TO BIWEEKLY PAYCHECKS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE PAYROLL COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CHANGE TAKES EFFECT, MOST FACULTY WILL NOT RECEIVE A PAYCHECK IN AUGUST. THE U-L CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS IS URGING U-L TO RECONSIDER. PRESIDENT RAMESH KOLLURU SAYS CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE AND THE FEEDBACK COULD IMPACT THE PROPOSED PAYROLL CHANGES.
A MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING IN CROWLEY WAS ARRESTED IN NEW ORLEANS. MARLON HARMON JUNIOR OF CROWLEY IS NOW FACING TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS HARMON WAS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOOTING SEVERAL TIMES AT A VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF SOUTH AVENUE K AND ELM STREET. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES IN THE SHOOTING.
