8-12-25
THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A UNIDENTIFIED PERSON THAT THEY FOUND YESTERDAY AT THE 12OO BLOCK OF NEWMAN STREET. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL YESTERDAY ABOUT AN UNRESPONSIVE PERSON. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE PERSON DEAD. THE DEATH IS BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS. ANY WITH ANY INFORMATION IS URGED TO CONTACT THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON LA 699 IN VERMILION PARISH. THE PROJECT IS BEING MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON A FIVE AND HALF MILE STRETCH FROM LA 35 TO LA 343. THE PROJECT INCLUDES SOIL CEMENT TREATMENTS, DRAINAGE, MILLING AND ASPHALT CONCRETE OVERLAYS. THE WORK WILL BE FROM 7AM TO 5PM, WITH ALTERNATING LANE CLOSURES, ALLOWING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC THROUGH. THE CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE FINISHED BY NEXT SPRING.
DAVID WOODSON, 58 OF OPELOUSAS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE SPECIAL VICTIM’S UNIT BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION IN JULY LOOKING INTO SEX CRIMES INVOLVING A MINOR. THAT INVESTIGATION LED THEM TO ABTAIN AN ARREST WARRANT FOR WOODSON. FRIDAY, POLICE ARRESTED WOODSON AT HIS HOME AND BOOKED HIM INTO A ST. LANDRY PARISH JAIL. WOODSON IS BEING CHARGED FOR AGGRAVATED CRIMES AGAINST NATURE, SEXUAL BATTERY OF A VICTIM UNDER 13, AND MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE.
THE CITY OF JEANERETTE RECEIVED A STATE AWARD FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT TO THE WATER SYSTEM. TV 10’S GEORGE FAUST HAS DETAILS
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THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR’S OFFICE HAS UNCOVERED THE FACT THAT $9.6 IN MEDICAID HAS BEEN PAID TO DECEASED PEOPLE FROM FEBRUARY 2019 TO MARCH 2025. THEY CROSS REFERENCED THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY DATABASE AND FOUND THE PROBLEM. TYPICALLY WHEN A BENEFICIARY DIES IN LOUISIANA THEY ARE REMOVED FROM LOUISIANA MEDICAID, BUT IF SOMEONE MOVES OUT OF STATE AND DIES AND DIES WHILE OUT OF STATE, THAT ISN’T NECESSARILY REPORTED IN LOUISIANA’S VITAL RECORDS. THAT’S WHY AS MANY DATASETS ARE USED AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HASN’T SEEMED TO PRACTICE LOOKING TO OTHER DATASETS TO HELP INFORM THEM. AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS RECOVERED $4 OF THE MISSPENT FUNDS AND NEWLY APPOINTED LDH SECRETARY BRUCE GREENSTEIN STATED THAT THEIR TAKING A WHOLE NEW APPROACH TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. LA-DOGE WILL BE RELEASING A REPORT ON ITS OVERALL FINDINGS BY THIS DECEMBER.
