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THE POLICE CHIEF FOR JEANERETTE SAYS THEY ARE OBTAINING ARREST WARRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY EVENING. SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A PARTY AND TWO PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED. ONE OF THEM, A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD MAN, DIED FROM HIS INJURIES ON SATURDAY. THE SHOTS THAT WERE FIRED AT THE PARTY WERE FROM DIFFERENT CALIBER WEAPONS.
A PORTION OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY IN LAFAYETTE WILL UNDERGO PAVEMENT PATCHING THIS WEEKEND. IT’S IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES BETWEEN SETTLERS TRACE BOULEVARD, NEXT TO WHOLE FOODS, TO DOVER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS WHERE THE IHOP RESTAURANT IS LOCATED. IT WILL BEGIN FRIDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AT SIX. THERE WILL BE ALTERNATING LANE CLOSURES DURING THIS PERIOD.
STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR AN S-U-V THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT-AND-RUN MONDAY MORNING THAT LEFT A SEVENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MAN DEAD. JERRY HUGHES OF WELSH WAS RIDING A BICYCLE ON L-A ELEVEN-TWENTY-SIX NEAR FARM SUPPLY ROAD IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH WHEN HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A SMALL, WHITE S-U-V. TROOPERS SAYS THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE HOOD DAMAGE AS WELL AS HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE CRASH IS URGED TO CALL THE STATE POLICE TROOP D OFFICE.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says it would be futile for him to veto a bill to keep transgender women and girls in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 female athletic teams — even though he still opposes it. Edwards says it’s clear that lawmakers would override his veto, so he’s allowing the bill to become law without his signature. His remarks came at the end of the 2022 legislative session. He praised a state budget increasing spending on higher education, elementary and secondary school teacher pay raises and transportation infrastructure.
Edwards says he’ll call the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature into special session to draw up new congressional districts. Gov. John Bel Edwards made the announcement Monday evening after a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the use of a newly drawn map that includes only one mostly Black district. U.S. District Judge Shelley Dick in Baton Rouge on Monday issued an injunction blocking the use of the new plan. She also ordered lawmakers to adopt a new plan by June 20.
IN THE WAKE OF THE MASS SHOOTING AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE MAKING SAFETY PLANS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SYLVIA MASTERS TELLS US WHAT EVANGELINE PARISH IS DOING.
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A MEETING IS PLANNED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT IN SCOTT TO DISCUSS THE CONTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT APOLLO ROAD. IT TAKES PLACE AT SIX O’CLOCK AT THE SCOTT EVENT CENTER ON LIONS CLUB ROAD. THE DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE DETAILS ON THE ROAD CLOSURE AND A DETOUR AT DULLES AND RUE DE BELIER BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COME AND SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND CONCERNS.
A SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT IN NEW IBERIA STRUCK A STORE EMPLOYEE AS HE WAS FLEEING FROM THE SCENE IN HIS CAR SUNDAY NIGHT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ONE OF TWO WHO WENT AFTER TWO ALLEGED SHOPLIFTERS AS THEY LEFT THE STORE, LOCATED IN THE NINE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST ADMIRAL DOYLE. THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HIT BY THE CAR WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES, ACCORDING TO POLICE. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FROM A PHOTO.
