6-28-22
A STATE COURT HAS BLOCKED LOUISIANA’S TRIGGER BAN ON ABORTIONS FROM BECOMING LAW. THE DECISION WAS MADE AFTER THE FILING OF A LAWSUIT BY THE CENTERS FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF A SHREVEPORT ABORTION CLINIC. A HEARING ON THE LAWSUIT HAS BEEN SET FOR JULY EIGHTH. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY SAYS THEY ARE FULLY PREPARED TO DEFEND THE LAWS IN THE STATE COURT JUST AS THEY DID IN FEDERAL COURTS.
A PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE SAYS A TEMPORARY BLOCK ON THE LOUISIANA TRIGGER LAW IS SOMETHING SHE EXPECTED. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH PROUD COALITION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HELD A STICKER SHOCK CAMPAIGN AT PARTICIPATING STORES IN OPELOUSAS TO TRY TO DETER UNDERAGE DRINKING. SAINT LANDRY IS ONE OF TEN HIGH-NEED PARISHES SELECTED BY THE LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY OF STOPPING UNDERAGE DRINKING. COALITION COORDINATOR DALE FONTENOT SAYS THEY WERE ASKED BY THE ACADIANA SERVICE DISTRICT TO DO A PILOT PROJECT POSTING STICKERS ON ALCOHOL CARTRIDGES WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF ALCOHOL. THE CAMPAIGN IS SUPPORTED BY POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCLENDON AND THE ENTIRE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE WEST NILE VIRUS HAS BEEN FOUND IN CALCASIEU PARISH, ACCORDING TO THE JENNINGS DAILY NEWS. CALCASIEU PARISH MOSQUITO CONTROL SAYS FOUR OF THEIR MOSQUITO POOLS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARISH TESTED POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO WEAR MOSQUITO REPELLANT WHILE OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALSO, ITEMS CONTAINING WATER AROUND THE HOUSE SHOULD BE DISPOSED AS MOSQUITOS LAY THEIR EGGS IN WATER.
A HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST FIRST IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH TO DETERMINE IF A LAWSUIT AGAINST D-R HORTON CAN PROCEED. THE ATTORNEYS SUING THE NATIONAL BUILDING COMPANY SAY INSPECTORS FOUND DESIGN PROBLEMS IN MORE THAN FIFTY HOMES THAT RESULTED IN HIGH HUMIDITY IN THE HOMES AND MOLD. THE HOMES ARE ACROSS SOUTH LOUISIANA, FROM LAKE CHARLES TO SLIDELL, BUT MOSTLY IN YOUNGSVILLE AND MAURICE. ATTORNEYS FOR D-R HORTON, SAY THE LAWSUIT IS PREMATURE AND FILED IN AN IMPROPER VENUE. THEY’VE ASKED THE JUDGE TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A LAFAYETTE WOMAN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF BONIN ROAD. THE WOMEN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KARLA GARNER. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD PHILLIP DWAYNE JOSEPH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, AS WELL AS ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AND OTHER CHARGES. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MARSHALL RECHELLE LEDAY IS FACING A CHARGE OF ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
AGENTS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES ARRESTED A MORGAN CITY MAN ON JUNE EIGHTEENTH. THE AGENTS PATROLLING THE BELLE RIVER NOTICED THE MAN APPEARED TO BE IMPAIRED WHILE BOATING AND STOPPED HIM. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER DINNATTEO ALLEGEDLY GOT COMBATIVE WITH THE AGENTS AND GAVE FALSE INFORMATION. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE MORGAN CITY JAIL ON CHARGES OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND RESISTING AN OFFICER.
A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE FOR THE SHOOTING LAST WEEK OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY. THE BOY WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE LAST TUESDAY ON SOUTH STERLING STREET AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE DIED. THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
