6-23-23
A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE YESTERDAY MORNING ON THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LAFAYETTE. AT AROUND TEN-FORTY-FIVE A-M, POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE COLLISION, WHICH WAS IN THE TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTHWEST EVANGELINE THRUWAY. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS ALERT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.
THE KAPLAN CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A NEW CURFEW THAT GOES INTO EFFECT STARTING IN JULY. THE CURFEW WILL BE BETWEEN ELEVEN P-M AND FOUR A-M. NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO WALK OR RIDE A BIKE OR ELECTRIC BIKE DURING THOSE HOURS. POLICE CHIEF JOSHUA HARDY SAYS HE BELIEVES THE CURFEW WILL HELP COMBAT VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
An adult entertainment group and others in the industry are challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to verify the age of viewers. A lawsuit filed late Tuesday in federal court challenges laws passed in 2022 and this year. Such websites would be subject to damage lawsuits and state civil penalties as high as $5,000 a day if they fail to verify that users are at least 18 years old through the use of digitized, state-issued driver’s licenses or other methods. The lawsuit says the laws are unconstitutionally vague and that they deny access to websites for some groups of people.
THE LAKE ARTHUR TOWN COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER REPEALING A NEARLY TWENTY-YEAR-OLD BAN ON PIT BULLS. BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND FOUR, RESIDENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OWN A PIT BULL, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY ITS FEATURE. COUNCILWOMAN DEBBIE ABSHIRE-SONNIER TELLS KLFY TV THAT, BECAUSE PIT BULLS HAVE BEEN CROSS BRED SO MUCH, D-N-A TESTING IS NOW NECESSARY FOR IDENTIFICATION. ABSHIRE-SONNIER SAYS IF THEY DO REPEAL THE BAN, THEY WOULD RELY ON A LEASH LAW CURRENTLY ENFORCED TO MAKE SURE PIT BULLS AND OTHER DOGS DO NOT ROAM FREELY.
THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS, ACCORDING TO MELINDA TAYLOR OF THE ACADIANA HOUSING ALLIANCE AND THE LAFAYETTE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. WITH FAIR MARKET RENT AT NEARLY A THOUSAND DOLLAR, TAYLOR SAYS A FAMILY OF FOUR WOULD NEED TO EARN FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO AFFORD A DECENT TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT. SHE SAYS EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF LAFAYETTE FAMILIES ARE MAKING BELOW THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, WHICH IS CAUSING PROBLEMS. TAYLOR SAYS THEY ARE PUSHING TO DOUBLE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN LOUISIANA TO HELP SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND CRIME NEAR VACANT HOMES IN NEW IBERIA. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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Commercial fishing for greater amberjack in Louisiana waters is coming to an end for this year. State wildlife officials said in a news release that the commercial season for the fish ends at midnight today. It will reopen Jan. 1. The state also said Thursday that the 2023 spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6 p.m. on Monday, in all state inside waters, to allow small, developing shrimp to reach marketable size.
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH HAT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE TEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN ACADIA PARISH. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A CULVERT HEAD-ON. IT HAPPENED JUST OUTSIDE DUSON AND DUSON FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED AND REMOVED THE DRIVER, WHO WAS TRAPPED BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MODERATE, NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
