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A LAFAYETTE MAN, WHO SURVIVED A HEART ATTACK MARCH THIRTIETH, GOT TO MEET AND THANK THE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HELPED SAVE HIM. BILLY SAVELY SENIOR SAYS POLICE OFFICERS PUMPED HIM FOR ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE THE AMBULANCE GOT THERE AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. SAVELY SAYS HE WENT TO THANK THE CARDIOLOGIST AND STAFF AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL FOR SAVING HIM, BUT THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS THE FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE AND MEDICS WHO SAVED HIS LIFE. SERGEANT WAYNE GRIFFIN AND CORPORAL BRANDON DUGAS WITH THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND E-M-T LUKE HENNINGS AND PARAMEDIC DYLAN LAVIOLETTE WITH ACADIAN AMBULANCE RECEIVED CERTIFICATES HONORING THEIR LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS.
A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT FOR A NEW WHEELCHAIR FOR A NINTH GRADE ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS NEARING THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE GOAL OF TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF UNITED CEREBRAL PALSEY OF VIRGINIA WROTE A LETTER TO TAY’SHAWN LANDRY AFTER SEEING THE VIRAL SENIOR PRANK VIDEO OF STUDENTS WHICH RESULTED IN HIS WHEELCHAIR BEING BROKEN. ARMANDO CONTRERAS SAID HE WAS APPALLED AFTER SEEING THE VIDEO AND TOLD TAY’SHAWN THEY ARE AVAILABLE IF THERE’S ANYTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP HIM. HE SAYS BULLYING IS A CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY AND SUGGESTED THE OFFENDING STUDENTS WORK WITH A NONPROFIT TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITITES AS PART OF THEIR DISCIPLINE, SO THAT THEIR HEARTS WOULD BE OPENED.
A FIRE BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PORT OF LAKE CHARLES. FIREFIGHTERS TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS TO FULLY EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE WHICH STARTED AT THE CITY DOCKS NEAR CONTRABAND BAYOU IN AN AREA LEASED BY ACE MARINE. PORT DIRECTOR RICKY SELF SAYS THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO CHEMICALS RELEASED IN THE FIRE. HE SAYS THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
Amid mounting pressure from Republicans, a bill banning gender transformation procedures for youths in Louisiana, which was narrowly killed by a legislative committee last week, has been resurrected. In a rare occurrence, the Senate voted to recommit the controversial bill to a different committee, giving it a second chance at life. Sen. Fred Mills, the Republican chairman of the Health & Welfare Committee, who cast last week’s tie-breaking vote to kill the bill, told his colleagues on the chamber floor Thursday that he opposed reviving the legislation. The Senate voted, 26-11 — along party lines, with the exception of Mills – to recommit the bill to the Senate Judiciary committee, which is scheduled to meet Friday afternoon.
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A bill that would broadly ban K-12 public school employees in Louisiana from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom or during extracurricular activities is nearing final passage, after advancing in a legislative committee Thursday. Another measure before lawmakers would require teachers to use a student’s name and pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. With a week left in Louisiana’s session, both bills will move to the Senate floor for debate. If they receive final passage, the legislation will be sent to the desk of Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes the bills.
SIX CATS DIED AFTER BEING LEFT ABANDONED IN A HOME IN IBERIA PARISH. A NEIGHBOR TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE HOMEOWNER WOULD LEAVE FOR WEEKS AT A TIME, BUT THIS TIME SHE HAD BEEN GONE FOR MONTHS. THE NEIGHBOR SAYS THAT AFTER REACHING OUT TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHE AND HER HUSBAND DECIDED TO BUST INTO THE HOME WHERE THEY FOUND THE CATS DEAD AND STARTING TO DECAY. THE NEIGHBOR SAYS THE CATS DIDN’T DESERVE THAT AND SHE WANTS THE OWNER OF THE CATS TO PAY.
ANOTHER LAFAYETTE RESTAURANT IS CLOSING. SMITTY’S WINGS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THEY ARE CLOSING INDEFINITELY. TODAY IS THEIR LAST DAY OF BUSINESS AND THEY WILL REMAIN IN OPERATION UNTIL TEN O’CLOCK TONIGHT. SMITTY’S IS LOCATED ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY NEAR THE DULLES DRIVE INTERSECTION.
OFFICIALS WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SET FIRE TO A VILLE PLATTE HOME WITH TWO PEOPLE SLEEPING INSIDE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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