7-19-22
A CALIFORNIA WOMAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH NEAR A BUSINESS IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY. REPORTS SAY THAT THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND HER ROOMATE. CHARGES IN THE INCIDENT ARE PENDING.
DISTRICT JUDGE DON JOHNSON COULD RULE AS EARLY AS TODAY ON THE LOUISIANA BAN ON ABORTIONS. LAWYERS FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS YESTERDAY TOLD THE JUDGE, AS THEY PUT IT, THAT THE STATE’S BAN ON THE PROCEDURE IS RIFE WITH AMBIGUITY THAT IS HURTING PREGNANT WOMEN BY CAUSING DOCTORS TO DELAY CERTAIN TYPES OF MEDICAL CARE AS THEY FEAR THEY’LL END UP IN JAIL”. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY’S LAWYERS IN DEFENDING THE BAN, COUNTERED THAT THE LAW IS PLENTY CLEAR; ELECTIVE ABORTIONS ARE BANNED, AND DOCTORS WON’T BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAWS AS LONG AS THEY USE “REASONABLE JUDGEMENT”.
THE PAIN THAT ELECTRIC USERS ARE FEELING IN LAFAYETTE WILL BE ON DISPLAY TONIGHT AT A PUBLIC MEETING, BY THE CITY UTILITIES SYSTEM TO HEAR WHY THE ELECTRIC RATES ARE SO HIGH. TV 10’S SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE:
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THE OUTCRY FOR THE CLOSURE OF A JUVENILE PRISON IN BRIDGE CITY GREW STRONGER AFTER SIX MORE PRISONERS ESCAPED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE PRISON HAS A HISTORY OF REPEATED JAILBREAKS. THE SIX WERE CAPTURED, BUT NOT BEFORE MORE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED ACROSS JEFFERSONAND ORLEANS PARISHES.
LSU IS LOOKING TO EXPAND IT’S ROLE IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY FOLLOWING A $27.5 INVESTMENT FROM SHELL. LSU WILL USE THE FUNDING TO START A NEW LSU INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION, WHICH ACCORDING TO SCHOOL OFFICALS, WOULD MAKE LSU A “NATIONAL MODEL” FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN ENERGY RELATED FIELDS.
ST MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF HAS ANNOUNCED THE CONCLUSION OF A 40 YR INVESTIGATION. NEWS 10’S SYLVIA MASTERS HAS DETAILS:
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AFTER CELEBRATING UL’S DESIGNATION A TOP-TIER RESEARCH INSTITUTION THE SCHOOL IS NOW WORKING TO MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF UL’S NEW STATUS. THE LOFTY RANK HAS BEEN SOUGHT FOR A HALF CENTURY BY DOCTORATE GRANTING UNIVERSITIES WITH VERY HIGH RESEARCH ACTIVITY. THE STATUS COMES FROM THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION. THE R1 BENCHMARK RANKS UL AMONG THE TOP 3%, THE TOP 140 OF MORE THAN3,000 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
QUICK ACTION BY A ON DUTY POLICEMAN RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. THE VECHILE THE WERE TRAVELING IN WENT OFF THE INTERSTATE INTO A NEARBY CANAL. WHEN OFFICIALS ARRIVED THE VECHILE WAS ALMOST SUBMERGED. THE OFFICE JUMPTED IN AND WAS ABLE TO PULL THE TWO FROM THE VECHILE WHICH WAS FILLED WITH WATER.
07/19…6:30AM….BDT
