6-16-23
A SECTION OF JOHNSTON STREET IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICED AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THE ROADWAY BUCKLED. THE TWO SOUTHBOUND LANES OF JOHNSTON NEAR MARIE ANTOINETTE STREET WERE DETERMINED TO BE IMPASSIBLE BECAUSE OF A CONCRETE PAVEMENT BLOWUP. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATON AND DEVELOPMENT IS ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID THE AREA AND USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IN NEW IBERIA. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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ANYONE WITH A LOUISIANA DRIVER’S LICENSE LIKELY HAD THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION EXPOSED BECAUSE OF A MASSIVE DATA BREACH. THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES USES A THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE SERVICE, CALLED MOVEIT, THAT WAS AT THE ROOT OF A SWEEPING INTERNATIONAL BREACH THAT AFFECTED UNIVERSITIES, COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ALL LOUISIANANS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE STEPS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR IDENTITY SUCH AS CHECKING CREDIT REPORTS AND CHANGING PASSWORDS. STATE OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE MADE A SECOND ARREST THIS WEEK IN A JUNE SEVENTH HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED ON WEST VERDINE STREET. GERALD WILSON JUNIOR OF SULPHUR WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING AND TWO OTHER MALES WERE WOUNDED. TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KARDAE VYNTREL CALDWELL OF LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER MONDAY NIGHT. PREVIOUSLY POLICE ARRESTED TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CONNOR TERRELL GUILLOT OF LAKE CHARLES ON THE DAY OF THE HOMOCIDE FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
THE CITY OF SCOTT HAS FINALIZED A PURCHASE OF OVER THIRTY-SEVEN ACRES ALONG MILLS STREET NORTH OF THE CURRENT PARK TO EXPAND ITS RECREATIONAL FOOTPRINT, ACCORDING TO MAYOR JAN SCOTT RICHARD. THE CITY PAID NEARLY ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS. RICHARD SAYS PLANS FOR THE LAND WILL BE DETERMINED LATER BUT IT COULD INCLUDE AN INDOOR FACILITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING OTHER COMPLEXES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH DO NOT HAVE. TO HELP FUND THE PROJECT, SCOTT CITY OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING PUTTING A FIVE PERCENT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ON THE BALLOT IN OCTOBER.
THE SUPERIOR CANAL BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED AFTER AN INSPECTION DETERMINED IT WAS NOT SAFE TO CROSS. THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY EIGHTY-TWO BETWEEN VERMILLION AND CAMERON PARISHES IS ON A POPULAR ROUTE FOR FISHERMEN TO GET TO THE ROCKEFELLER REFUGE AND JOSEPH HARBOR. THE D-O-T-D IN A STATEMENT SAID THEY UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION FOR DRIVERS, BUT SAFETY IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED.
AT THE LOUSIANA SCHOOL SAFETY SUMMIT, OFFICIALS SAY THEY SURVEYED STUDENTS AND THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN WAS THEIR SAFETY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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TWO VILLE PLATTE MEN WERE CITED FOR FISHING ILLEGALLY ON THE RED RIVER IN RAPIDES PARISH. AGENTS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES FOUND A LINE THAT LED TO A TWELVE VOLT BATTERY CONNECTED TO A CAN OF SMOKELESS TOBACCO. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BRANDON THERIOT ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO SHOCKING THE CATFISH IN ORDER TO HARVEST THEM. THE CATFISH WERE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WATER AND THE ELECTRICAL DEVICE WAS SEIZED.
