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A VILLE PLATTE WOMAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE WHILE WALKING ALONG HIGHWAY ONE-OH-FOUR IN MAMOU. SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD SHARRON HAMPSHIRE WAS WALKING EAST ALONG THE FOG LINE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, A TWENTY-SIXTEEN HONDA PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE DRIVER VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED A BREATH SAMPLE WHICH SHOWED NO ALCOHOL IN HER SYSTEM WHILE A STANDARD TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM HAMPSHIRE’S BODY.
TWO TEENAGE BOYS WERE INJURED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING FRIDAY IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT JOHN HALL SAYS SCHOOL SAFEYT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS THEY WORK TO PROVIDE STATE-OF THE ART SECURITY SYSTEMS, SINGLE POINTS OF ENTRY AND WEAPONS MONITORS. FOUR SCHOOLS HAVE VESTIBULES AND FENCING, FENTON ELEMENTARY, LACASSINE HIGH, JENNINGS ELEMENTARY AND JENNINGS HIGH. ELTON HIGH AND ELTON ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE THEM BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. HALL SAYS THEY ARE IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN STAGES FOR THE SIX REMAINING SCHOOLS IN THE PARISH.
LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE NANCY LANDRY SAYS THE ELEVEN BILLS IN THEIR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE WERE ALL OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE. SHE SAYS IT WILL ALLOW LOUISIANA TO CONTINUE ON THE PATH TO BEING RANKED FIRST IN THE NATION IN ELECTION INTEGRITY. GOVERNOR LANDRY HAS SIGNED SEVERAL OF THE BILLS. LANDRY SAYS SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR TO ENSURE THE REMAINING BILLS IN THE PACKAGE BECOME LAW SO HER DEPARTMENT CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE LOUISIANA’S ELECTIONS THE SAFEST AND MOST SECURE IN THE COUNTRY.
A LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE DESIGNED TO REGULATE THE BURGEONING CARBON CAPTURE INDUSTRY PASSED IN THE RECENT REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. THE BILLS WILL PROTECT LANDOWNERS BY REQUIRING COMPANIES TO GET THEIR CONSENT TO BUILD CARBON CAPTURE WELLS OR UNDERGROUND STORAGE RESERVOIRS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE. OTHER MEASURES WOULD AFFECT THE RIGHT TO SUE FOR DAMAGES AND WOULD REQUIRE WELL OPERATORS TO FORMULATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS. REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE SHANE MACK TELLS THE ADVOCATE THE LEGISLATION DOES A LOT TO HELP LOUISIANA RESIDENTS AND MAKES HIM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE INDUSTRY MOVING FORWARD.
CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FILED AGAINST A TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO RAN A RED LIGHT RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD. THE MAN WAS DRIVING FRIDAY ALONG MUDD AVENUE WHEN HE CROSSED THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY. HE WAS HIT IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE AND A THIRD VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AS WELL AS FOUR VEHICLES PARKED AT A BUSINESS. KLFY TV HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE TEENAGER KILLED AS JESUS (HEY shus) OGBAUKU (og BWAH koo).
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO LEFT A MEDICAL MENTAL FACILITY ON WEDNESDAY. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JACOB MALVEAUX LEFT THE FACILITY AT AROUND ONE-THIRTY THAT AFTERNOON AND HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. HE IS WHEELCHAIR-BOUND WITH AN AMPUTATED LEG AND SUFFERS FROM MENTAL ISSUES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF MALVEAUX IS URGED TO CONTACT CHURCH POINT POLICE.
LITTLE ZORAH BAPTIST CHURCH IN IBERIA PARISH IS STARTING A SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM. REVEREND WILFRED JOHNSON SAYS THERE ARE LOT OF KIDS THAT WILL GO HUNGRY WITHOUT RECEIVING SCHOOL MEALS FOR THE SUMMER. HE TELLS KLFY TV HIS CONGREGATION SAW A NEED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR GENERATIONS. JOHNSON SAYS THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO START BUT WOULD APPRECIATE DONATIONS OF CANNED AND FROZEN FOODS, SNACKS, AND MONETARY DONATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO GET THEM THROUGH THE SUMMER.
