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THE FAMILY OF A TEENAGER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT AN OPELOUSAS PARK WEDNESDAY HELD AN HONOR WALK SATURDAY TO SAY GOODBYE AND HONOR THE DECISION TO DONATE HIS ORGANS TO OTHERS IN NEED. RODERICK JONES JUNIOR WAS FOUND SHOT AT NORTH CITY PARK WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT STILL ALIVE. HE WAS LATER DECLARED BRAIN DEAD. A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY AND FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
U-L LAFAYETTE HAS RECEIVED A ONE MILLION DOLLAR SOLAR GRANT FROM THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. U-L IS THE ONLY UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE THE GRANT. ITS AIM IS TO CREATE JOBS IN THE SOLAR INDUSTRY. DOCTOR TERRANCE CHAMBERS SAYS THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO PUT IN AN APPRENTICE TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS CAN EARN MONEY AS THEY LEARN AND GET ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has blocked a package of, what he calls, anti-LGBTQ bills from becoming law. He vetoed the three bills Friday. They are: a ban on medical procedures for young transgender people that includes puberty-blockers, hormone treatment and surgery; a bill that broadly bars teachers from discussing gender-identity and sexual orientation in public school classrooms; and a measure requiring public school teachers to use the pronouns and names that align with what students were assigned at birth. Republicans say they are likely to return to the Capitol for a veto session in an attempt to override the governor’s decision.
A POWER OUTAGE WAS PLANNED FOR THE TOWN OF WELSH FOR WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER, ON THEIR OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY ANNOUNCED THE POWER OUTAGE IS CANCELLED. THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE HEAT ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR THAT DAY. THEY SAY IT WILL BE POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE.
A MISSING ESTHERWOOD WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND, ACCORDING TO POLICE. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD AMBER FAITH LANGLINAIS HADN’T BEEN SEEN BY FAMILY FOR TWO MONTHS. SHE HAD BEEN REPORTED LAST SEEN IN LAKE CHARLES. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DISCOVERY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REMINDING THOSE WHO PURCHASE FIREWORKS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE HANDLED WITH CAUTION. THE U-S CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION SAYS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE A DAY, ON AVERAGE, GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH FIREWORKS RELATED INJURIES AROUND THE FOURTH OF JULY. LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATOR ALTON TRAHAN SAYS MOST OF THE INJURIES ARE TO THE HANDS OR FACE AND SOMETIMES CLOTHES GET IGNITED. HE ADVISES KEEPING A WATER HOSE OR FIRE EXTINGUISHER HANDY JUST IN CASE AND READ THE DIRECTIONS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED ITS APPROVAL OF A DISASTER DECLARATION OVER DAMAGE TO LOUISIANA FISHERIES BY THREE HURRICANES IN TWENTY-TWENTY. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR THE DECLARATION ABOUT A MONTH AFTER HURRICANE LAURA HIT THE STATE. U-S SECRETARY GINA REIMONDO TOLD THE GOVERNOR IN A LETTER THAT THEY DETERMINED COMMERCIAL FISHERY REVENUE LOSSES WERE IN THE RANGE OF THIRTY-FIVE TO EIGHTY PERCENT. A STATE OFFICIAL SAYS THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE STATE, WHICH COULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS.
A JEANERETTE FAMILY IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER A LOVED ONE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF HIS HOME. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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