7/31/18
A SECTION OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY IN LAFAYETTE WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER A CONTRACTOR BREACHED A THREE INCH GAS LINE. LAFAYETTE FIRE HAZMAT RESPONDED AFTER REPORTS OF GAS FUMES AT THE INTERSECTION OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND DULLES DRIVE. FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALTON TRAHAN SAYS UTILITIES IN THE AREA WERE SHUT DOWN AND A NURSING HOME ON DULLES DRIVE WAS ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE. POWER WAS RESTORED AND THE ROADWAYS WERE REOPENED TO TRAFFIC AT ABOUT NOON.
TODAY THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO INSTALL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING WARNING LIGHTS ON MCNEESE STREET AT BARBE HIGH SCHOOL. LAST MARCH, A STUDENT WAS HIT BY A CAR TRYING TO CROSS THAT STREET. FOR NOW, THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A SINGLE CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF BARBE HIGH SCHOOL. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE FOR THE WARNING LIGHTS AT THEIR AUGUST 15TH MEETING.
A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY SCOUT DIED SUDDENLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHILE CANOEING WITH HIS TROOP MEMBERS IN THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Some Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods who received help from the state’s recovery program will be receiving checks for full reimbursement of their repairs. Louisiana officials announced Monday they received federal approval to reimburse additional homeowners the full 100 percent for repairs they completed before entering the Restore Louisiana rebuilding program. Until now, only low- to moderate-income homeowners with someone elderly or disabled in their households have received full reimbursement of money spent on repairs before entering the state program. Pat Forbes, director of Louisiana’s flood recovery work, told The Advocate the checks will start being mailed this week.
CAJUNDOME DIRECTOR GREG DAVIS IS RETIRING EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 31ST. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE CAJUNDOME IS FACING ITS GREATEST FINANCIAL CHALLENGE IN HIS 33 YEARS. HE SAYS THE CAJUNDOME HAS A DEFICIT THAT EXCEEDS THE 376 THOUSAND DOLLAR SUBSIDY FROM THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED COUNCIL AND THEY’VE HAD DIFFICULTY BOOKING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. HE SAYS HIS RETIREMENT IS PART OF A DOWNSIZING THAT INCLUDES SEVEN OTHER POSITIONS.
A WOMAN WAS SEVERELY INJURED BY A BOAT PROPELLER SATURDAY NIGHT AT A PARTY HELD AT THE CALCASIEU RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER IN LAKE CHARLES. WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AGENTS ARRESTED 37-YEAR-OLD JASON COMEAUX OF SULPHUR ON CHARGES OF VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE, D-W-I AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. SERGEANT STUART GUILLORY SAYS THE WOMAN’S LEG WAS CUT SEVERELY, BUT SHE’S IN STABLE CONDITION. AT LAST YEAR’S ANNUAL PARTY, A MAN DROWNED AFTER JUMPING IN THE WATER.
A PILOT BUS ROUTE CONNECTING LAFAYETTE TO ACADIA PARISH IS SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON AUGUST 20TH. THE ROUTE WILL INCLUDE STOPS IN LAFAYETTE, SCOTT, DUSON, RAYNE AND CROWLEY. THE STOPS IN LAFAYETTE INCLUDE THE U-L CAMPUS, SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE OIL CENTER NEAR LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER. A TWELVE RIDE CARD WOULD COST TWENTY DOLLARS, OR TEN DOLLARS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, THE DISABLED AND MEDICARE RECIPIENTS.
A bipartisan coalition is working to win voter support for a proposal ending a Jim Crow-era law that allows split juries to convict people of serious felony crimes.
Voters will decide the fate of the constitutional change on the Nov. 6 ballot. Currently, serious felony trials in Louisiana, including some murder cases, can be resolved when 10 out of 12 jurors agree on a person’s guilt. Former Grant Parish District Attorney Ed Tarpley said Monday that organizations across the political spectrum will finance a digital media campaign and other efforts to back Constitutional Amendment 2.
