6-29-22
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN CITED FOR POSSESSING TWO COPPERHEAD SNAKES. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AGENTS RECEIVED A TIP AND GOT A WARRANT TO SEARCH CALEB M. HUDSON’S RESIDENCE ON JUNE TWENTIETH. THE SNAKES WERE FOUND IN PLASTIC TOTES IN HUDSON’S HOME. AGENTS SEIZED THE COPPERHEADS AND DONATED THEM TO THE AUDOBON AND ALEXANDRIA ZOOS.
U-L’S DEAN OF EDUCATION, NATHAN ROBERTS, IS STEPPING DOWN AND WILL ASSUME A NEW ROLE AT THE UNIVERSITY, WORKING PRIMARILY WITH GRADUATE EDUCATION STUDENTS. ROBERTS SAYS HIS NEW ROLE WILL ALLOW MORE TIME FOR RESEARCH. ROBERTS SERVED AS THE DEAN OF EDUCATION FOR SIX YEARS. A FORMER ASSOCIATE DEAN, PAULA MONTGOMERY, WILL TAKE OVER THE POSITION ON AN INTERIM BASIS UNTIL A NEW DEAN IS FOUND.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT HAS PUT A HOLD ON A LOWER COURT DECISION THAT REQUIRED THE CREATION OF A SECOND MAJORITY BLACK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN LOUISIANA. THAT MEANS THE STATE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE BASED ON A CONGRESSIONAL MAP ADOPTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR. THE SUPREME COURT IS HEARING ARGUMENTS IN OCTOBER ON A SIMILAR CASE FOR ALABAMA. THE JUSTICES DECIDED TO PUT A HOLD ON THE LOWER COURT’S DECISION UNTIL THEY RENDER A DECISION ON THE ALABAMA CASE.
MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR HOMES IN CALCASIEU PARISH ARE CLASSIFIED AS UNDERWATER. THAT MEANS THE PRINCIPAL OWED ON THE HOME IS MORE THAN ITS ACTUAL VALUE. THE RESEARCH FIRM ATTOM DATA SOLUTIONS FOUND THAT 28 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE PARISH HAD LOANS UNDERWATER, WHICH WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST OF THE FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WERE SURVEYED. THIRTEEN-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT OF HOMES IN LAFAYETTE PARISH ARE UNDERWATER.
ONE PERSON IN EUNICE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND LAST NIGHT. POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT SAYS HIS OFFICERS, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING, FOUND AN UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM AT THE CORNER OF JELK AND UYLSSE STREETS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOOTING AND TRYING TO GET A POSITIVE I-D ON THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
ANOTHER FAMILY IS REACHING OUT FOR HELP AFTER LOSING A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD TO GUN VIOLENCE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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TWO OF THREE ABORTION CLINICS IN LOUISIANA HAVE RESUMED OPERATIONS AFTER A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ORDERED A HALT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE’S TRIGGER LAW BANNING MOST ABORTIONS ONCE ROE V WADE IS OVERTURNED, WHICH HAPPENED LAST WEEK. THE THIRD ABORTION CLINIC REMAINED OPEN. A HEARING IS SCHEDULED JULY EIGHTH ON THE STATE LAWS, WHICH, PLAINTIFFS ARGUE, ARE NOT CLEAR TO MEDICAL PROVIDERS ON WHAT IS ALLOWED. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HAS VOWED TO DEFEND THE STATE’S BAN.
A PRESSURE WASHER VALUED AT TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS STOLEN EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM A BUSINESS ON WEST MILL STREET IN CROWLEY. ON JUNE THIRD, A MAN, WITH A FACE COVERING AND RIDING A DARK-COLORED BIKE WITH WHITE WALL TIRES, WAS SEEN ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE DISCONNECTING AND STEALING THE PRESSURE WASHER. POLICE BELIEVE A NEWER MODEL, MAROON, EXTENDED CAB TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN THE THEFT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IF IT LEADS TO AN ARREST.
