8-10-26
THE CITY OF SCOTT HAS A NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF. GEORGE FAUST TELLS US WHO IT IS.
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A COUPLE IN RAYNE WERE ARRESTED AFTER THREE KIDS TESTED POSITIVE FOR ILLEGAL NARCOTICS. THE CHILDRED, AGED TWELVE, EIGHT AND A NEWBORN WERE TESTED POSITIVE FOR METH, MARIJUANA AND FENTANYL. THE CHILDREN WERE REMOVED FROM THE HOME AND THE COUPLE, TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DRAKE ANTHONY DOUCET AND THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JAMIE LYNN LOPEZ, WERE EACH CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE CRUELTY TO JUVENILES. THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN WHEN DOUCET WAS ARRESTED AFTER DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS FOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN.
A TRUCK COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH AN AMERICAN SAFETY BUS ON HIGHWAY EIGHTY-TWO IN CAMERON PARISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE BUS WAS TRANSPORTING MORE THAN THIRTY WORKERS TO CAMERON. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CONFIRMED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL INCLUDING BOTH DRIVERS.
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria. Louisiana has confirmed nine cases so far this year of Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in warm coastal waters. All were hospitalized, and five died. The numbers are above average. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Vibrio vulnificus is the most deadly Vibrio bacteria, killing as many as one in five people infected.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT HAS SCHEDULED A PUBLIC MEETING FOR TONIGHT TO GATHER INPUT FROM RESIDENTS ON PLANS FOR RAPID GROWTH. THE MEETING WILL FOCUS ON KEY ISSUES SUCH AS POPULATION TRENDS, DRAINAGE, UTILITIES AND OVERALL COMMUNITY NEEDS. PARISH PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL AS OFFICIALS WORK TO GATHER INFORMATION TO GUIDE DECISION-MAKING. THE MEETING TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AT SIX AT THE BROUSSARD EVENT CENTER.
THE CHURCH POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR ANNUAL BEAT THE HEAT EVENT ON SATURDAY. POLICE CHIEF DALE THIBODEAUX SAYS THEY GATHER DONATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HOLD THE EVENT EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THEY ALSO GAVE THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TIPS TO PREVENT GETTING A HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. THIBODEAUX ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, TAKE BREAKS FROM THE HEAT AND WATCH THOSE AROUND THEM FOR SIGNS OF DANGEROUS OVERHEATING.
IBERIA PARISH HELD ITS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ON FRIDAY. THE NEW ANDEERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL HELD ITS FIRST EVER DAY OF CLASSES. SUPERINTENDENT HEATH HULIN SAYS HE’S HAPPY WILL HOW WELL THINGS WENT ON OPENING DAY. HE SAYS THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AND HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO HELP STUDENTS OUT.
UNITED WAY OF ACADIANA PARTNERED WITH HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK FOR THE ANNUAL STUFF THE BUS CAMPAIGN. HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK GAVE A CHECK FOR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE CAMPAIGN. DONATIONS WERE COLLECTED THROUGH THE SUMMER TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. THE CAMPAIGN BENEFITS STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS IN ACADIA, IBERIA, LAFAYETTE, SAINT MARTIN AND VERMILLION PARISHES.
