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STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING AT AROUND TWO A-M THIS MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS LOCATED ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE. A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER, ASSIGNED TO A SECURITY DETAIL, APPROACHED A GROUP OF PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT, WHEN ONE OF THE PEOPLE FIRED ON THE OFFICER, WHO RETURNED FIRE. THE OFFICER WAS NOT INJURED BUT A MAN WAS KILLED AND A WOMAN SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND. A CONCERT INVOLVING BATON ROUGE RAPPER WEBBIE WAS HELD AT THE EVENT CENTER LAST NIGHT.
A SAINT MARTINVILLE WOMAN IS IN JAIL AFTER HER THREE SMALL CHILDREN TESTED POSITIVE FOR METH. POLICE CHIEF RICKY MARTIN SAYS AN ANONYMOUS TIPSTER TOLD POLICE THEY SAW BRITTANY DEGEYTER(DEHG UH TARE) SMOKING METH AND THE TIPSTER SAID THE CHILDREN, ALL UNDER THE AGE OF TEN, MAY HAVE INGESTED METH AS WELL. BRITTANY FLED WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT HER HOME, BUT LAST NIGHT SHE SURRENDERED TO POLICE ON CHARGES OF CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. THE HAIR FOLLICLES OF ALL THREE CHILDREN WERE TESTED FOR DRUGS AND CAME BACK POSITIVE.
A program that uses oyster shells discarded by restaurants to construct artificial reefs to protect coastal Louisiana is rebuilding itself after being shut down last year by the coronavirus pandemic. The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana program has been working since 2014 to recycle oyster shells to protect wetlands and coastal communities, but The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported that with stay-at-home orders and and other pandemic restrictions in 2020, it was shuttered. Prior to the pandemic, about 20 restaurants produced about 75 tons a month for the effort. Now the coalition and the Chef’s Brigade have 13 restaurants contributing cast-off shells.
A CHURCH IN LAKE CHARLES SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM A FIRE ON SATURDAY. A FACEBOOK POST BY FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE SAYS PART OF THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE FACEBOOK POST SAYS THE CHURCH HAD ALMOST COMPLETED REPAIRS FROM LAST YEAR’S HURRICANES. THE LAKE CHARLES FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.
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A NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS THIS WEEK FOR SOME STUDENTS IN ACADIANA AND, FOR THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, IT WILL BE A UNIQUE START. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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Debate over mask and vaccination requirements in Louisiana continues even as COVID-19 hospitalization rates soar and officials sound the alarm about infections among children. One restaurant owner says he was met with anger from some when he began requiring proof of vaccination for indoor dining, but he said he’s also had customers say they appreciate the requirement. State and local mask mandates also get mixed reactions. Tourists also have had varying reactions.
GLASSWARE FROM THE DEPRESSION ERA WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR ALL THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT THE LOUISIANA ORPHAN TRAIN MUSEUM IN OPELOUSAS. THE GLASSWARE, WHICH WAS OFTEN CLEAR OR COLOR TRANSLUCENT, COMES FROM THE PERIOD BETWEEN NINETEEN-TWENTY-NINE AND NINETEEN-THIRTY-NINE. THE MACHINE MADE GLASSWARE WAS DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE OR AT LOW COST DURING THE DEPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXHIBIT, GO ONLINE TO L-A ORPHAN TRAIN MUSEUM-DOT-COM.
