6-13-22
THE WIFE OF U-L LAFAYETTE PRESIDENT JOSEPH SAVOIE DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-SEVEN. THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED THAT GAIL SAVOIE HAS PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. DOCTOR SAVOIE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING HIS WIFE OF FORTY-FOUR YEARS WAS A PROUD AMBASSADOR OF HER ALMA MATER AND ITS GREATEST CHEERLEADER. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING AND BEING HANDLED BY DELHOMME FUNERAL HOME.
A GROCERY STORE IN JEANERETTE CAUGHT FIRE THIS MORNING. THE FRANKLIN FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO PUT OUT A FIRE AT MAC’S SUGAR CITY MARKET LOCATED IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF MAIN STREET. THEY ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THE WEST SAINT MARY PARISH AND IBERIA PARISH FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAYS HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH A NEW BILL THAT STRENGTHENS LOUSIANA’S TWO-THOUSAND-SIX TRIGGER LAW, THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY BAN ABORTIONS IN LOUISIANA IF THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE-V-WADE. THE NEW LAW, WHICH PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WOULD ENSURE JAIL TIME FOR DOCTORS WHO PERFORM ABORTIONS EXCEPT FOR WHEN THE MOTHER’S LIFE IS AT STAKE OR THE BABY IS MEDICALLY FUTILE. EDWARDS SAID HE WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE OR INCEST. NONETHELESS, EDWARDS SAYS HE IS LIKELY TO SIGN THE NEW BILL.
STATE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN. SEVENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JERRY W. HUGHES OF WELSH WAS KILLED ON JUNE SIXTH WHEN, WHILE RIDING A BICYCLE, HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A DRIVER WHO LEFT THE SCENE. SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD PETER E. DOLAND OF LAKE ARTHUR HAS SINCE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE DRIVER. HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON CHARGES OF FELONY HIT AND RUN AND CARELESS OPERATION. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL WITH NO BOND.
A WOMAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND IN LAFAYETTE. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A CRASH ON L-A THIRTY-FIVE IN ST. LANDRY PARISH AT AROUND FOUR-THIRTY SATURDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE SAY JAMES ROY OF OPELOUSAS WAS BACKING AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE WHEN HE CROSSED THE CENTERLINE INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANE. TROOPER THOMAS GOSSEN SAYS A NISSAN MURANO, DRIVEN BY TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD SCOTTY J. CORMIER OF CHURCH POINT, STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRAILER AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ROY WAS NOT INJURED. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.
A federal appeals court has put on hold a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw U.S. House districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted Thursday night, hours after U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick refused to delay her deadline while it was appealed. Louisiana state Senate president and the House speaker both say the order means a special session called to revise district lines is premature and should be called off. Gov. John Bel Edwards says it’s too early to do that.
Bridging the digital divide has become a priority for Louisiana since the COVID-19 pandemic showed the crucial role high-speed internet plays in the state’s education and economic systems. Internet infrastructure company System Services and LUS Fiber are working with South Louisiana Community College to launch a new fiber-optic install technician program this summer to meet the region’s workforce needs. The school’s new program is expected to launch at SLCC’s Crowley campus in July. It has room for up to 30 students for an 18-to-20-week course.
