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STATE TROOPERS ARE INVESTIGATING A CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BREAUX BRIDGE TEENAGER. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE SHUT DOWN AN UNLICENSED MASSAGE PARLOR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION AT OASIS MASSAGE ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY IN RESPONSE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. THEY GATHERED ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ARREST THIRTY-YEAR-OLD WEI CHEN ZHANG ON A CHARGE OF SOLICITATION OF SEXUAL ACTS. THEY ALSO FOUND THAT THE BUSINESS DID NOT HAVE A VALID LICENSE, WHICH LED TO IT BEING CLOSED.
ON TUESDAY, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SAID LOUISIANA WILL JOIN OTHER SOUTHERN STATES IN DEVELOPING NEW ACCREDITING AGENCIES FOR PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. HE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATING A TASK FORCE THAT WILL EXPLORE ADOPTING A NEW ACCREDITOR. LANDRY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE TASK FORCE WILL ENSURE THE STATE’S UNIVERSITIES MOVE AWAY FROM D-E-I DRIVEN MANDATES TO A SYSTEM ROOTED IN MERIT BASED ACHIEVEMENT. LAST APRIL, PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED ACCREDITOR’S ARE ABUSING THEIR AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO MEET STANDARDS RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, OR D-E-I.
MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED COWBOY STADIUM IS BEING RENAMED NAVARRE STADIUM. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A TEN YEAR, FIVE MILLION DOLLAR DEAL WITH THE NAVARRE FAMILY. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HEATH SCHROYER SAYS IT’S THE LARGEST DEAL OF ITS KIND IN THE HISTORY OF MCNEESE STATE ATHLETICS AND THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE. HEAD FOOTBALL COACH MATT VIATOR SAYS HE HOPES THIS DONATION WILL HELP BOOST THE PROGRAM AND GIVE FANS A GREATER EXPERIENCE.
A HELICOPTER PILOT FROM ABBEVILLE DIED IN A CRASH NEAR THIBODEAUX. LAFOURCHE PARISH OFFICIALS SAY THEY BELIEVE STANLEY HEBERT JUNIOR WAS SPRAYING CROPS NEAR A SUGARCANE FIELD WHEN HE STRUCK A POWER LINE. SHERIFF CRAIG WEBRE SAYS THE HELICOPTER IS OWNED BY J-B-I HELICOPTER SERVICES IN ABBEVILLE. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ARE INVESTIGATING THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE CRASH.
RESIDENTS AT THE POTPOURRI VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF A PERSISTENT WATER LEAK. ONE RESIDENT SAYS IN PARTS OF HER YARD, SHE WILL SINK INTO THE SOIL UP TO HER KNEES, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MOW AND EDGE. SHE TELLS KLFY TV THE MOISTURE IS ATTRACTING SNAKES AND MOSQUITOS. THE CO-OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK, KRIS HODGES, ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT NORTH KNOWS IT’S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY BUT THEY WILL NOT WORK ON IT UNTIL THE AREA IS DRY, BUT THE ACTIVE LEAK KEEPS IT FROM BEING DRY.
LOUISIANA SUGAR CANE FARMERS ARE HOPING THE CREATION OF A CANE SUGAR COKE PRODUCT WILL BENEFIT THEM. LOUISIANA IS THE SECOND-LARGEST PRODUCER OF SUGAR BEHIND FLORIDA. YOUNGSVILLE CANE FARMER EDDIE LEWIS THE THIRD TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT HE EXPECTS SUGAR PRICES TO DROP OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. BUT, HE SAYS, A CANE SUGAR PRODUCT BY COKE COULD HELP STABILIZE PRICES.
THE BROTHER OF SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD IRIS DAVIS HAS BEEN ARRESTED. DAVIS IS THE MISSING TEENAGER FROM SAINT MARTINVILLE WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A FIELD NOT FAR FROM HER HOME. THE BROTHER, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DORIAN SAVOIE OF SAINT MARTINVILLE, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO REPORT A HOMOCIDE AND PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT A CRIME. THE SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.
