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A FRANKLIN MAN DIED YESTERDAY FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A CRASH SUNDAY IN A ROUNDABOUT AT L-A THREE-TWENTY AND L-A EIGHTY-SIX IN IBERIA PARISH. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MARTEILAN MITCHELL WAS A PASSENGER IN A DODGE RAM THAT OVERTURNED WHEN EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT. HE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP FLED THE SCENE AND WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MASON COUVILLIER OF JEANERETTE. HE WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING FELONY-HIT-AND-RUN.
CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR A NEW NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY WERE UNVEILED AT THE LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. THE NEW LIBRARY WILL SPAN MORE THAN TWENTY-THOUSAND SQUARE FEET ON SIX-AND-A-HALF ACRES. ONCE COMPLETED, THE LIBRARY WILL HOUSE BETWEEN FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND ITEMS AND FEATURE THIRTY-SEVEN PUBLIC COMPUTER STATIONS. MAYOR-PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS THE DESIGN IS BEAUTIFUL, INVITING AND UPLIFTING AND REFLECTS THE CHARACTER AND PRIDE OF THE NORTHSIDE.
A JUDGE IN BATON ROUGE HAS CLEARED THE WAY FOR GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY’S TEACHER STIPEND PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS AFTER THROWING OUT A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON A LEGAL TECHNICALITY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE MYSTERIOUS DEBRIS THAT WASHED ASHORE THURSDAY AT MAE’S BEACH IN CAMERON PARISH BELONGED TO A SOLAR POWER AIRCRAFT THAT ONCE SET A RECORD FOR TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD. MULTIPLE SEPERATED PARTS OF A LARGER OBJECT WASHED ASHORE INCLUDING A WHEEL, A LARGE BLACK STRUCTURE AND APPARENT COMPUTER PARTS. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD CONFIRMED THE DEBRIS BELONGED TO A SKYDWELLER SOLAR IMPULSE S-TWELVE. A SIMILAR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE GULF ON MAY FOURTH OFF THE COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
HENDERSON CITY OFFICIALS ARE MONITORING WATER LEVELS AND PREPARING TO RESPOND IF CONDITIONS CHANGE. RIVERS IN THE AREA HAVE RECEDED BUT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE RAINFALL IN THE COMING WEEK. OFFICIALS OPENED GATES AT HENDERSON LAKE AHEAD OF A RECENT STORM THREAT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITHIN THE WATER SYSTEM. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NEWS AND WEATHER UPDATES.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED LANE CLOSURES BEGINNING TODAY ON JOHNSTON STREET NEAR THE LEWIS STREET INTERSECTION. SURVEY CREWS WILL BE ON HAND COLLECTING DATA FOR THE JOHNSTON STREET SEGMENT THREE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. LANE CLOSURES WILL BEGIN AFTER THE MORNING RUSH AND ALL LANES WILL REOPEN BY FOUR-THIRTY P-M. THE SURVEY WORK IS EXPECTED TO LAST TEN TO FIFTEEN DAYS DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
LOUISIANA AGRICULTURE SECRETARY MIKE STRAIN TRAVELED TO OPELOUSAS TO SPEAK TO FARMERS AFFECTED BY RECENT FLOODWATERS. CROP DAMAGE IN AVOYELLES AND SAINT LANDRY PARISH HAS CLIMBED INTO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH FLOODWATERS STILL COVERING PORTIONS OF THOSE TWO PARISHES. STRAIN URGED THE AFFECTED FARMERS TO METICULOUSLY DOCUMENT THEIR LOSSES. HE OUTLINED THE STEPS FARMERS MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO ACCESS STATE AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
TWO BREAUX BRIDGE MEN ARE FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGES AFTER AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING IN OPELOUSAS. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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