7-19-23
THE LOUISIANA HOUSE VOTED TO OVERRIDE GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARD’S VETO OF A BAN ON GENDER TREATMENTS FOR MINORS. THE BILL WOULD BAR DOCTORS FROM CONDUCTING GENDER SURGERIES FOR MINORS AS WELL AS PRESCRIBING HORMONE TREATMENTS. THE HOUSE VOTE WAS SEVENTY-FIVE TO TWENTY-THREE AND IT NOW GOES TO THE STATE SENATE, WHICH MUST APPROVE THE OVERRIDE BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. AT LEAST TWENTY STATES HAVE PASSED BANS ON GENDER-RELATED TREATMENTS FOR MINORS.
THE STATE HOUSE FAILED TO OVERRIDE TWO OF GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARD’S VETOS. ONE WOULD HAVE BANNED TEACHERS FROM USING A NEW PRONOUN FOR STUDENTS UNLESS THEY GOT PERMISSION FROM THEIR PARENTS. THE VOTE WAS THREE SHORT OF GETTING THE TWO-THIRDS VOTES NECESSARY. THE HOUSE WAS TWO VOTES SHORT TO OVERTURN A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE BLOCKED TEACHERS FROM DISCUSSING GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL CLASSROOMS.
BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE HAVE OBTAINED WARRANTS FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY AT REES TOBACCO AND VAPE CIGARS. KYLON CELESTINE IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. FABIAN WILLIAMS IS BEING SOUGHT ON A CHARGE OF PRINCIPAL TO ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THE TWO ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
A POPULAR COFFEE SHOP IN LAFAYETTE IS CLOSING. SIGNS WERE POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR AT JOHNSTON STREET JAVA ANNOUNCING THE CLOSURE. THE SIGNS POINTED TO THE RETIREMENT OF THE OWNER AS THE REASON FOR THE CLOSURE. THEY SAY THEIR LAST DAY OF BUSINESS WILL BE AUGUST FOURTH.
POLICE IN CALCASIEU PARISH BELIEVE AN ILLEGAL SKIMMING DEVICE WAS PLACED AT A LOCAL RETAILER AND E-B-T CARDS MAY HAVE BEEN CLONED. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SAYS NO VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED IN ALLEN PARISH LAST WEEK AND THE D-C-F-S IDENTIFIED TWELVE VICTIMS. THE D-C-F-S RECOMMENDS E-B-T CARDHOLDERS IN CALCASIEU PARISH CHANGE THEIR PIN NUMBER, MONITOR CARD ACTIVITY AND BE CAUTIOUS WITH CARD USAGE, INCLUDING EXAMINING THE CARD TERMINAL FOR ANY UNUSUAL DEVICES OR SIGNS OF TAMPERING.
A SAINT LANDRY PARISH MAN, WANTED FOR TWO SHOOTINGS AND CALLED A DOMESTIC TERRORIST BY SHERIFF BOBBBY GUIDROZ, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL. GUIDROZ SAYS ROBERT TANNER SHOT AT A CHURCH IN BIG CANE SUNDAY THAT HAD ABOUT TWENTY PEOPLE IN IT. HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND WOUNDING A TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS REPOSSESSING TANNER’S VEHICLE. TANNER IS EXPECTED TO FACE FURTHER CHARGES FOR THREATENING THE LIFE OF PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD.
A GROUP OF LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS ARE CALLING SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES IN THEIR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DISRUPTIVE. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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A GOFUNDME FUNDRAISER HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE FAMILY OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD FROM NEW IBERIA, WHO WAS HIT IN THE HEAD DURING A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE SHE WAS PLAYING IN HER ROOM. THE FAMILY OF NOVAH GRACE SAYS SHE HAS PULLED THROUGH THE SURGERY AND IS RESPONDING WELL. THE GOFUNDME PAGE IS HASHTAG JUSTICE FOR NOVAH, SPELLED N-O-V-A-H. THEY’VE SET A GOAL OF TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND, SO FAR, HAVE RAISED OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
