8-5-25
THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO EXTEND MILLS AVENUE TO CHAMPAGNE BOULEVARD TO OPEN NEW AREAS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MAYOR RICKY CALAIS SAYS DESIGN WORK FOR THE PROJECT BEGAN LAST YEAR BUT LAND SURVEY CHALLENGES DELAYED IT. HE SAYS IT’S MOVING FORWARD THANKS TO FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. CALAIS EXPECTS THEY WILL BE PUTTING THE PROJECT OUT FOR BIDS IN MARCH OR APRIL AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS.
A LAFAYETTE BUSINESSMAN WAS KILLED IN A GLIDER CRASH IN UTAH. SIXTY-YEAR-OLD ARTHUR HARTIE SPENCE JUNIOR WAS PRESIDENT OF ASH INDUSTRIES, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN CUSTOM INJECTION MOLDS. SPENCE’S GLIDER CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN AT AROUND SEVEN THOUSAND FEET HIGH. THE CRASH CAUSED A SMALL WILDFIRE THAT HAS BEEN CONTAINED.
YESTERDAY U-S SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BROOKE ROLLINS SIGNED A WAIVER ENDING THE PURCHASE OF JUNK FOOD USING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR SNAP BENEFITS IN LOUISIANA. THE WAIVER IS PART OF A NATIONAL HEALTH INITIATIVE KNOWN AS MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN. BACK IN MAY, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY DIRECTED THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES TO SUBMIT A WAIVER TO THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. GOVERNOR LANDRY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING “GONE ARE THE DAYS OF TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND EATING HABITS.”
A LAKE ARTHUR MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND SEVEN A-M. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CHAD MCCLELLAND WAS RIDING A HARLY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE ON L-A TWENTY-SIX IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH WHEN HE LOST CONTROL WHILE GOING THROUGH A CURVE. HE CROSSED THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND WENT INTO A DITCH, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. A STANDARD TOXICOLOGY TEST WAS TAKEN FROM MCCLELLAND FOR ANALYSIS AND STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT WAS REPORTED MONDAY EVENING ON JEFFERSON AND OAK STREETS. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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REMEDIATION CREWS EXAMINED WOODVALE ELEMENTARY AND COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOLS OVER CONCERNS OF MOLD. LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NO MOLD BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL MILDEW DUE TO CONDENSATION IN THE AIR CONDITIONERS. TRACY WIRTZ WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYSS MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE WORKING OT DETERMINE IF IT’S A LEAK OR JUST CONDENSATION AT WOODVALE ELEMENTARY, BUT, RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO MOLD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF CONCERNS AND WILL OPEN ON SCHEDULE.
A CANDIDATE FOR LOUISIANA GOVERNOR IN THE LAST ELECTION IS NO LONGER AN INDEPENDENT. HUNTER LUNDY OF LAKE CHARLES OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HE IS JOINING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. LUNDY SAYS HE’S ALWAYS BEEN CONSERVATIVE AT HEART. HE SAYS HE’S JOINING TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO AND HELP RETURN THE FOCUS TO PRINCIPLES THAT PUT AMERICA AND AMERICANS FIRST.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARRESTED A WOMAN WHO ASSAULTED AND THREATENED PEOPLE WITH A MACHETE. TWO PEOPLE WERE STRUCK BUT THE BLADE WAS DULL AND DID NOT CUT THEM AND ANOTHER PERSON WAS THREATENED. WHEN POLICE WENT TO ARREST FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD SALLY CHAVIS, SHE BARRICADED HERSELF IN AND THE OFFICERS CONDUCTED A FORCED ENTRY TO TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY. AUTHORITIES SAY CHAVIS HAS MENTAL ISSUES AND HAS BECOME VIOLENT BEFORE LEADING TO SEVERAL ARRESTS BY CHURCH POINT POLICE.
