6-28-21
TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE A BUSINESS ON NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN LAFAYETTE AT AROUND TEN-FORTY-FIVE LAST NIGHT. POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A DRIVE BY SHOOTING AND ARRIVED TO FIND A PERSON DEAD IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS IN THE EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH UNIVERSITY. A SECOND PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER DIED. CORPORAL BRIDGETTE DUGAS SAYS OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS.
NEW IBERIA NATIVE MORGANN LELEUX IS HEADING TO THE OLYMPICS NEXT MONTH. LELEUX, WHO ATTENDED CATHOLIC-NEW IBERIA HIGH SCHOOL AND SPENT HER FINAL COLLEGE SEASON AT U-L, CLEARED FIFTEEN FEET, FIVE INCHES IN THE POLE VAULT TO FINISH SECOND AND QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS. IN A TWEET, LELEUX THANKED ALMIGHTY GOD AND SAID HE WAS IN CHARGE THE WHOLE TIME. THIS WAS THE TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LELEUX’S THIRD ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE OLYMPIC TEAM.
Louisiana’s health insurer for state workers, teachers and retirees will soon cover weight loss surgery for people who are obese. Baton Rouge Sen. Regina Barrow had previously tried to get the Office of Group Benefits to cover gastric bypass surgery and other types of weight loss surgeries, to lessen the health conditions associated with obesity, but lawmakers had raised concern about the costs. Barrow made some adjustments to the legislation and won unanimous support from the House and Senate in the recently ended legislative session. Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed to the idea and signed the bill.
THE ELITE CHARTER ACADEMY IS APPLYING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO OPEN A TYPE TWO CHARTER SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAD REJECTED THEIR TYPE ONE CHARTER REQUEST BY A FOURTEEN TO TWO VOTE WHICH LED THE ELITE CHARTER ACADEMY BOARD TO APPLY TO THE STATE. BOARD CHAIRMAN CATHY BANKS SAYS THE MISSION OF THEIR SCHOOL IS TO “SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE PROVEN EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES THAT EXISTS IN THIS REGION’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MINORITY STUDENTS.” A TOWN HALL MEETING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS PLANNED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE DREAM CENTER ON RYAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES.
A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH TWO HOUSE FIRES THAT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY ON SAINT FIDELIS STREET IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DARCY J. BAUDOIN FACES TWO COUNTS OF SIMPLE ARSON. LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON ALTON TRAHAN SAYS BAUDOIN WAS AN OCCUPANT IN ONE OF THE HOMES AND SET THE FIRES AFTER A DOMESTIC SITUATION. THE OTHER HOUSE THAT WAS SET ABLAZE WAS NOT OCCUPIED BUT WAS BEING USED FOR STORAGE.
LAST WEEK THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED NINE PEOPLE AS PART OF A DRUG ROUND UP. IT’S AN EFFORT BY SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY TO FULFILL A CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS AND MAKE THEM SAFER, ONE ARREST AT A TIME. HE ESTABLISHED A DRUG AND NARCOTICS DIVISION WHICH HAS ARRESTED OVER THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH DRUG DEALING, TAKING OVER EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS OFF THE STREETS. GUILLORY CREDITED THE PUBLIC, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING IN WITH TIPS.
As states end their coronavirus restrictions, very few are creating systems to help businesses verify whether customers have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Far more states are banning vaccine checks by public entities and, in some cases, also prohibiting businesses from denying service to those who aren’t vaccinated. Hawaii is the only state with some form of a vaccine passport for travelers. Louisiana is one of three states that have voluntary programs that let people download digital proof of vaccination that can be shown on smartphones or printed as QR codes for others to scan, but many businesses are hesitant about asking customers for vaccine proof.
IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH, A MAN FACES DRUG CHARGES. CAROINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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