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A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE LEBEAU AREA AND RESIDENTS IN PALMETTO ARE PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE EVACUATION. SOME RESIDENTS IN THE PORT BARRE AREA HAVE ALREADY EVACUATED. WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE IN PARTS OF SAINT LANDRY PARISH. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY PARISH OFFICIALS TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS, STAY INFORMED THROUGH EMERGENCY UPDATES AND PREPARE TO EVACUATE IN CASE FLOODING WORSENS.
A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE YOUNGSVILLE AREA, THE VICTIM OF AN APPARENT HIT-AND-RUN. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPONDED JUST BEFORE THREE A-M YESTERDAY TO MARTEAU ROAD, WHERE THE MAN WAS FOUND. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIM WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE. THE MAN’S IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THINGS GOT HEATED BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA DURING A PRIVATE LUNCH YESTERDAY WITH THE SENATE GOP. TRUMP WONDERED ALOUD HOW ANYONE COULD HAVE VOTED FOR THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS TO BLOCK FURTHER U-S MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN. CASSIDY SAID HE STOOD UP AND TOLD THE PRESIDENT HE HADN’T TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT’S GOING ON AND HIS OBEJECTIVES HAD NOT BEEN ACHIEVED. TRUMP REPORTEDLY TOLD CASSIDY TO SIT DOWN AND THEN CALLED HIM A LUNATIC.
ACADIA PARISH VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF A PROPERTY TAX THIS SATURDAY. THE FIFTEEN-POINT-TWO-EIGHT MILL PROPERTY TAX WOULD LAST FOR TEN YEARS IF APPROVED. IT WOULD RAISE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. ACADIA PARISH SUPERINTENDENT CAROL TALL TELLS KLFY TV THIS MONEY IS CRUCIAL FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD’S BUDGET.
A TEN YEAR RENEWAL FOR A ONE PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX IS ON THE BALLOT SATURDAY IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. IT IS FOR THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SUPERINTENDENT JOHN HALL SAYS IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR SUSTAINING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE SAYS THE REVENUE IT BRINGS TOUCHES EVERYTHING THEY DO. THERE’S ALSO A TEN YEAR, TEN-POINT-THREE-FIVE MILL PROPERTY TAX UP FOR RENEWAL SATURDAY FOR THE EVANGELINE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TODAY OVEY COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE OPENING ITS DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ONE LAST TOUR. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE APPROVED GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REDIRECT ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM TO GIVE STIPENDS TO SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. THE VOTE WAS SEVENTY-EIGHT-TO-EIGHT IN THE STATE HOUSE AND THIRTY-SEVEN-TO-ONE IN THE STATE SENATE. THE VOTES WERE SUBMITTED DESPITE A JUDGE’S ORDER TEMPORARILY BLOCKING THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER. PLAINTIFFS IN THE LAWSUIT ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY BELIEVED THE VOTE HAD NO FORCE OF LAW BECAUSE IT CLEARLY CONTRAVENED THE JUDGE’S TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.
ABBEVILLE POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING ON HAWTHORNE STREET AT AROUND FIVE-THIRTY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SHOOTING IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PROMPTED BY AN EALIER VERBAL ALTERCATION AT A POPEYE’S IN ABBEVILLE. TWO PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING AND TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL. THE SHOOTING REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
