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A MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN SAINT MARTINVILLE SATURDAY NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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U-L LAFAYETTE HAS CONTRACTED WITH TWO HOTELS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A RECORD-BREAKING DEMAND FOR STUDENT HOUSING IN THE FALL SEMESTER. THE HOTELS WILL BE OCCUPIED BY STUDENTS AND MANAGED, SUPERVISED AND SECURED BY U-L LAFAYETTE PERSONNEL. WITH THE STUDENTS MOVING IN, THOSE STAYING AT THE HOTELS WILL HAVE TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO STAY.
LOUISIANA’S TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD AS SEVERAL GROUPS CHALLENGED THE LEGISLATION. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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TWO LOUISIANA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE CREATED A CHILDREN’S BOOK THAT FOCUSES ON NOLA, AN ALLIGATOR AT THE GATOR CHATEAU IN JENNINGS. THE BOOK TITLED “YOU CAN SIT WITH US” IS WRITTEN BY TISHA WHITTINGTON OF KINDER AND ILLUSTRATED BY LEIGHA BRIOLO OF KAPLAN. THE BOOK EMPHASIZES ALLITERATION TO STRENGTHEN LITERACY SKILLS. THE FIRST BOOK READING ALONG WITH A BOOK SIGNING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GATOR CHATEAUX ON SATURDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH, FROM TEN TO NOON.
THE L-A SEVEN-FIFTY-FIVE SPUR IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH HAS BEEN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE CLOSURE WAS BECAUSE OFF A SEWER LEAK. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THIS REPORT FROM THE D-O-T-D WILL BE UPDATED AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
A WOMAN IN YOUNGSVILLE REPORTED TO POLICE THAT SHE BELIEVED HER DRINK AT A LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT WAS DRUGGED. THE WOMAN SAID THAT MINUTES AFTER ORDERING A SECOND DRINK, SHE BEGAN TO SEE DOUBLE AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK. SHE SAYS SHE THEN BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. YOUNSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
NEW LOUISIANA LAWS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST FIRST MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR INMATES TO GET PAROLE. BO DUHE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR IBERIA, SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT MARY PARISHES, TELLS KLFY-TV HE SUPPORTS THE NEW LAWS BECAUSE THEY KEEP REPEAT OFFENDERS FROM GETTING OUT AND CONTINUING THEIR PATTERN OF CRIME. HE SAYS INMATES WHO ARE ON THEIR THIRD OR FOURTH FELONY CONVICTION SHOULD JUST STAY IN JAIL FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR SENTENCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. THE NEW LAW ONLY AFFECTS THOSE WHO COMMIT A CRIME AFTER AUGUST FIRST.
A SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS ARRESTED IN LATE JULY FOR DRUNK DRIVING. JASON VIDRINE WAS ARRESTED ON JULY TWENTY-EIGHTH AT TWO A-M BY STATE TROOPERS AND HIS BREATH TEST REGISTERED OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT. HE WAS RELEASED ON A SUMMONS DUE TO OVERCROWDING AT THE JAIL. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS VIDRINE WORKS AS A PAPER SERVER IN THE CIVIL SECTION AND HE DID FOLLOW POLICY BY CALLING IN AND NOTIFYING THE OFFICE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
