6-18-26
A BOAT CRASH LED TO THE DEATH OF A MAN IN IBERIA PARISH. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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IT TOOK AN OPELOUSAS JURY LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO FIND A LAFAYETTE MAN GUILTY OF ARMED ROBBERY. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KAYVYON SAPP ROBBED A MURPHY U-S-A GAS STATION IN OPELOUSAS IN MARCH OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. HE ROBBED THREE PEOPLE AT GUNPOINT. SAPP FACES UP TO NINETY-NINE YEARS AT HARD LABOR WHEN HE’S SENTENCED ON SEPTEMBER THIRD.
LOUISIANA HAS LIFTED A BAN ON TREATING OBESITY VIA TELEHEALTH. THAT’S BECAUSE OF G-L-P-ONE MEDICATIONS LIKE FOUNDAYO AND WEGOVY, WHICH HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE TREATMENT. THE COUNTRY IS ALSO NOT SEEING A SHORTAGE OF G-L-P ONE DRUGS, WHICH WAS THE CASE IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE AND TWENTY-FOUR. SENATOR PATRICK MCMATH, WHO SPONSORED THE BILL LIFTING THE BAN, SAYS LOUISIANA HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST OBESITY RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
THE PROVISIONAL FIRE CHIEF FOR ABBEVILLE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE PERMANENT FIRE CHIEF. DORIS LANGLINAIS JUNIOR HAS BEEN THE PROVISIONAL CHIEF SINCE JANUARY. HE REPLACES JUDE MIRE, THE FORMER CHIEF WHO RETIRED IN DECEMBER AFTER THIRTY-SIX YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT. LANGLINAIS HAS NEARLY THIRTY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE ABBEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE LAFAYETTE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY HAS DIRECTED ITS STAFF TO PROCEED WITH DEMOLISHING THE COBURN SUPPLY BUILDING. IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF MAY ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH, THE COBURN BUILDING PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, LEADING TO THE CLOSURE OF SECOND STREET. FINANCING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALEX LAZARD SAYS THE DEMOLITION WILL LIMIT PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING WHILE ALLOWING THE REOPENING OF SECOND STREET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE DEMOLITION WILL BEGIN AFTER FINAL COORDINATION WITH CONTRACTORS AND REGULATORY AGENCIES.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW THAT STIFFENS THE PENALTIES OF ASSAULT AND SIMPLE BATTERY WHEN THE CRIME IS COMMITTED AGAINST EMPLOYEES IN FOOD AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS. LANDRY SIGNED THE LEGISLATION WHILE STANDING BEHIND THE COUNTER OF A MCDONALDS IN BATON ROUGE. THE PENALTY FOR SIMPLE BATTERY OF A RESTAURANT OR RETAIL EMPLOYEE IS UP TO A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AND AS MUCH AS TWO YEARS IN PRISON. THE LEGISLATION CAME AFTER AN INCIDENT IN MARCH WHEN A BATON ROUGE COUPLE SHOT A RESTAURANT OWNER OVER A MISTAKE IN THEIR ORDER.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AN ARSON ATTACK IN OPELOUSAS THAT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY. ARSONISTS ARE SEEN ON VIDEO POURING GASOLINE ON A CAR AND SETTING IT ON FIRE, DESTROYING BOTH THE CAR AND THE HOME. THE DAUGHTER OF THE HOMEOWNER TELLS KADN TV THE ATTACK CAME OUT OF THE BLUE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
PORT BARRE POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO CAPTURE AN ALLIGATOR THAT WAS IN A RESIDENT’S YARD. POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX ESTIMATED IT TO BE ABOUT SIX-AND-A-HALF FEET LONG. THEY REMOVED IT FROM THE AREA AND RELEASED IT INTO A BAYOU. HE SAYS THE WOMAN WHO CALLED THEM SAID ONE OF HER DOGS IS MISSING, SUGGESTING THE ALLIGATOR MAY HAVE EATEN IT BUT THERE’S BEEN NO CONFIRMATION OF THAT.
