9-2-25
AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN EUNICE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT A HOUSE PARTY ON MAYVIEW FARM ROAD LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. TWO JUVENILES HAD NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUNDS. A HOMEOWNER IN THE AREA, KAYLIE CLARKE, SAYS THAT THERE WAS MUSIC PLAYING WHEN SHE HEARD THREE GUNSHOTS FOLLOWED BY SIRENS AND POLICE ARRIVING ON THE SCENE. KLFY TV REPORTS THAT RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS NORMALLY QUIET, HAVE BEEN SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE ANNOUNCED REGISTRATION FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THE LOUISIANA FORTIFY HOMES PROGRAM. TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANTS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR HOMEOWNERS IN THE LOUISIANA COASTAL ZONE TO FORTIFY THEIR ROOFS TO BETTER WITHSTAND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. PARTICIPANT WILL BE PICKED THROUGH A LOTTERY SYSTEM. TO REGISTER FOR THE GRANTS, GO TO THE WEBSITE L-D-I-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV. THE REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER TWELFTH, AT FIVE P-M.
SINCE MARCH, WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON THE I-TWO-TEN BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS BEEN DOWN TO ONE LANE AS CREWS HAVE INSTALLED NEW LIGHTING AND MADE REPAIRS. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY WITH NO FURTHER LANE CLOSURES NEEDED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THE LEFT LANE ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE DAY FOR ELECTRICAL WORK, BUT BOTH LANES WILL BE OPEN FOR THE WEEKEND. THE LEFT LANE WILL BE CLOSED AGAIN ON MONDAY FOR INSPECTION BEFORE BOTH LANES ARE REOPENED FOR GOOD.
A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A VIDEO POKER ROOM IN ARNAUDVILLE SATURDAY EVENING. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD HAYDEN BOUDREAUX HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD NATHAN POWELL IN THE NECK DURING A FIGHT. ARNAUDVILLE POLICE CHIEF JOSH ROSS SAYS THE TWO WERE ACQUAINTANCES AND THERE WAS A KNOWN TENSION BETWEEN THEM. ROSS SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST HOMOCIDE IN ARNAUDVILLE IN THREE YEARS.
ABOUT A DOZEN ACTIVISTS GATHERED FOR A LABOR DAY PROTEST AT PREJEAN UNITY PARK IN LAFAYETTE. THEY CALLED FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS AND TO DEMAND GOVERNMENT LEADERS PUT PEOPLE BEFORE PROFITS. IT WAS PART OF A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN. THE MOVEMENT IS PUSHING FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND FAIRNESS FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
THIS WEEKEND, HUNTERS ACROSS ACADIANA CAN GET A TAX BREAK DURING THE SECOND AMENDMENT WEEKEND SALES TAX HOLIDAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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SEVEN ROAD PROJECTS ARE SET TO BEGIN TODAY IN NEW IBERIA. THOSE STREETS WILL BE MILLED, RECONSTRUCTED AND PAVED WITH NEW ASPHALT. THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE WEEKDAYS AND SOME SATURDAYS BETWEEN SEVEN A-M AND FIVE P-M. THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT THREE WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
