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HIGH TEMPERATURES IN LAFAYETTE HAVE ALREADY CAUSED PROBLEMS ON SOME ROADWAYS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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EMERGENCY REPAIRS BEGIN TODAY ON THE ESTHERWOOD PONTOON BRIDGE. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS CREWS WILL BE DEALING WITH MAJOR STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL ISSUES. IT’S EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS. THE BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED DURING THAT PERIOD.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES BY THE OCCUPANT OF A PASSING G-M-C TRUCK ON HOBART STREET IN JENNINGS AT AROUND ONE-FIFTEEN SATURDAY MORNING. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A TRAUMA CENTER WHERE HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. JENNINGS POLICE BELIEVE THE TRUCK WAS STOLEN BY THE SUSPECT. DETECTIVES OBTAINED VIDEOS OF THE ACTUAL SHOOTING AND HAVE COLLECTED D-N-A EVIDENCE FROM THE TRUCK AFTER IT WAS FOUND DITCHED ON HIGHWAY TWENTY-SIX.
A BILL PASSED THROUGH THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD BAN ATTEMPTS TO MODIFY THE WEATHER THROUGH TECHNIQUES LIKE SOLAR GEOENGINEERING OR CLOUD SEEDING. THE TECHNIQUES ARE EITHER EXPERIMENTAL OR NOT WIDELY USED, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. REPUBLICAN SENATOR MIKE FESI OF HOUMA SAYS HIS BILL ENSURES DECISIONS ABOUT OUR AIR AND CLIMATE ARE MADE RESPONSIBLY. THE BILL NEEDS THE SIGNATURE OF THE GOVERNOR BEFORE IT BECOMES LAW.
THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS WELCOMED TWELVE NEW FIREFIGHTERS. THE TWELVE RECENTLY COMPLETED SEVEN HUNDRED HOURS OF TRAINING AND ARE SET TO JOIN THE RANKS. THIS WEEK THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OPENING A NEW STATION ON CAMELLIA BOULEVARD. IT WILL REPLACE AN OLDER STATION ON MONTROSE AVENUE, PROVIDING NECESSARY SPACE FOR THE EXPANDED TEAM.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED A VIOLENT ROBBERY IN BREAUX BRIDGE. THE SECOND-DEGREE ROBBERY HAPPENED MAY TWENTY-FOURTH AT A BUSINESS ON MILLS HIGHWAY. A MAN AND WOMAN GOT OUT OF A WHITE CHEVY MALIBU AND ATTACKED THE VICTIM, STEALING A CELL PHONE. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES INCURRED FROM THE ATTACK. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO ATTACKED THE VICTIM ARE URGED TO CALL SAINT MARTIN CRIME STOPPERS AT FOUR-FOUR-ONE-THIRTY-THIRTY.
THE CITY OF OAKDALE’S BUDGET WILL UNDERGO MAJOR CUTS DUE TO A TAX MEASURE NOT BEING RENEWED AS A RESULT OF IT NOT BEING PUT BEFORE VOTERS. AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY, MAYOR DAVID VIDRINE SAYS THEY LOST ONE THIRD OF THE CITY’S REVENUES. SEVERAL CITY OFFICIALS TOLD KPLC TV IT WAS UNCLEAR WHEN THE TAX SHOULD HAVE BEEN RENEWED AND CLAIM THE PROBLEMS DATE BACK TO THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION. THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS A TAX RENEWAL TO BE PUT BEFORE VOTERS AT THEIR JULY THIRD MEETING.
A CROWLEY MAN WAS KILLED THURSDAY IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION ON HIGHWAY THIRTEEN NEAR AIRPORT ROAD. STATE POLICE SAY SIXTY-YEAR-OLD RODERICK BOULLION WAS DRIVING NORTH IN A MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WHEN HE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND COLLIDED WITH AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER. BOULLION DIED AT THE SCENE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS PROPERLY RESTRAINED. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS UNINJURED AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT.
