6-6-23
A FAMILY IN LAFAYETTE SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM A STORM SUNDAY MORNING THAT LIFTED THEIR GARAGE OUT OF THE GROUND AND INTO THE TREES. ROSE EDWARDS TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE RETURNED HOME FROM CHURCH TO FIND THE GARAGE FLEW FROM THE FRONT OF HER HOME, CUTTING ELECTRICAL WIRES AND BRINGING A POLE DOWN. SHE WAS THANKING GOD THAT THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO HER TRAILER AND HER HUSBAND AND SON, WHO WERE HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED, WERE NOT HURT. KLFY METEOROLOGISTS BELIEVE THE DAMAGE WAS FROM A MICROBURST, WHICH HAPPENS WHEN A STORM CLOSES QUICKLY, CAUSING A RUSH OF COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO THE GROUND.
A SOCCER FIELD NEAR NORTH VERMILLION HIGH SCHOOL WAS VANDALIZED. CHRIS GUIDRY OF THE NORTH VERMILLION YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SAYS THEY DISCOVERED HOW BAD THE VANDALISM WAS WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO SET UP THE FIELD FOR THE UPCOMING SOCCER SESSION. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING USING ADDITIONAL ACREAGE WHERE THEY CAN PUT SOCCER FIELDS, BUT THOSE AREAS DON’T DRAIN AS WELL. THE ASSOCIATION HAS POSTED PICTURES OF THE VANDALISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY ARE HOPING ANYONE WHO HEARD OR SAW SOMETHING WILL NOTIFY AUTHORITIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR SHOOTINGS IN JENNINGS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THREE OF WHICH, POLICE BELIEVE, ARE CONNECTED. THE LATEST HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET WHEN SOMEONE PARKED IN A CAR BEGAN FIRING SHOTS AT TWO PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET. A WOMAN SITTING ON A PORCH WAS STRUCK BY A STRAY BULLET AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS THEY BELIEVE A SHOOTING DURING A FAMILY REUNION AT MARCUS CAIN PARK ON MAY TWENTY-SEVENTH WAS THE CATALYST THAT CAUSED ALL THE OTHER SHOOTINGS.
A bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning sex change procedures on youths in Louisiana, was passed by the Senate on Monday and is likely to reach the governor’s desk. The bill would prohibit hormone treatments, gender-transition surgery and puberty-blocking drugs for minors in Louisiana. The measure will go back to the House, which has already overwhelmingly passed the legislation, to approve of minor amendments. If the House concurs, the legislation would be sent to the desk of Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes it.
TWO OTHER HOUSE MEASURES WERE PASSED IN THE STATE SENATE YESTERDAY. THE SENATE APPROVED A BILL THIRTY-ONE-TO EIGHT THAT WOULD RESTRICT A STUDENT’S DESIRE TO BE REFERRED TO BY THE PRONOUN OF THEIR CHOOSING OR BY A DIFFERENT NAME BY TEACHERS AND PUBLIC-SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. ANOTHER BILL, PASSED TWENTY-NINE TO NINE, WOULD PROHIBIT TEACHERS FROM THE DISCUSSION OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY BEYOND WHAT IS IN THE STATE CURRICULUM. THE VOTES WERE MAINLY ALONG PARTY LINES BUT LAWMAKERS STILL MUST APPROVE MOSTLY MINOR AMENDMENTS.
THE YOUNGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STARTING THEIR VACATION NOTIFICATION PROGRAM. RESIDENTS WHO ARE GOING ON VACATION CAN NOTIFY POLICE WHO WILL DO EXTRA PATROLS IN ORDER TO WATCH OVER THE HOUSE WHILE THE RESIDENTS ARE AWAY. PARTICIPATING RESIDENTS FILL OUT A FORM LETTING OFFICERS KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE AWAY AND A CONTACT NUMBER CAN BE PROVIDED IN CASE THE POLICE NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE HOMEOWNER. YOU CAN FIND THE FORM ONLINE AT YOUNGSVILLE POLICE DOT-COM AND BY CLICKING VACATION NOTIFICATION UNDER THE RESOURCES TAB.
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD CEDRIC EVANS OF NEW IBERIA WAS ARRESTED BY ABBEVILLE POLICE. DANIELLE DUNCAN EXPLAINS WHY.
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CUSTOMERS WITH LAWTELL WATER DISTRICT ONE WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR A PORTION OF TOMORROW. REPAIRS WILL BE MADE TO A MAJOR LEAK ON THE LINE THAT FEEDS THE WATER TOWER. THE WATER WILL BE CUT OFF BEGINNING AT SIX A-M TOMORROW. THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS.
