9-28-21
RAYNE IS IN THE LAST LEG OF THE CITY’S WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS, ACCORDING TO CITY ENGINEER BRETT BAYARD. HE SAYS THEY ARE FLUSHING THE WATER THROUGH HYDRANTS IN ORDER TO STIR UP THE WATER AND GET THE SETTLEMENT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PIPES FOR SIXTY TO ONE HUNDRED YEARS OUT THROUGH THE HYDRANTS RATHER THAN PEOPLE’S HOMES. THIS FLUSHING IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS. MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHAUX SAYS RESIDENTS MAY SEE A BRASSY DISCOLORATION IN THEIR TAP WATER BUT IT IS SAFE TO DRINK.
A THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM LEESVILLE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO STABBING HER BOYFRIEND ON INTERSTATE TEN IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. DISPATCHERS WITH THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM JENNIFER RENEE BRAXTON, WHO REPORTEDLY TOLD THEM SHE HAD STABBED HER BOYFRIEND, AND DEPUTIES WENT OUT TO THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS AT AROUND MILE MARKER FORTY-EIGHT. THE BOYFRIEND WAS BLEEDING HEAVILY FROM THE CHEST AND ARM. BRAXTON WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY AND BATTERY OF A DATING PARTNER.
YESTERDAY OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL BEGAN GIVING OUT THE PFIZER BOOSTER SHOT. THEY HAD MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THE SHOT YESTERDAY. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT, A PERSON MUST BE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS REMOVED FROM HAVING RECEIVED THE PFIZER TWO DOSE VACCINE. ALSO TO BE ELIGIBLE, A PERSON MUST BE AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE OR IF YOU’RE OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND HAVE AN UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITION OR WORK OR LIVE IN A PLACE WITH A HIGH RISK OF GETTING COVID.
HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS NOW WITH THE LATEST COVID NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR LOUISIANA.
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TODAY GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON LOUISIANA’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-NINETEEN PANDEMIC. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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SOME IBERIA PARISH FAMILIES HAVE LOST PETS TO A PACK OF FERAL DOGS INCLUDING ONE FAMILY THAT LOST TEN SHOW RABBITS. IBERIA PARISH COUNCILWOMAN NATALIE BROUSSARD SAYS THE PACK APPEARS NOT TO BE KILLING FOR FOOD BUT FOR THE SAKE OF KILLING. PARISH PRESIDENT LARRY RICHARD SAYS THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO ADD TWO FULL TIME ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, BUT THEY DON’T HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THAT. HE SAYS THE PLAN NOW IS TO BRING IN A WILDLIFE SPECIALIST, AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING HOW TO DO THAT.
A SPECIAL OLYMPICS VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A PLACE TO PRACTICE IN ACADIANA. THE COACH, MIKE RHODES, SAYS THEY ARE LOOKING TO PRACTICE EVERY OTHER SATURDAY FROM TEN TO TWO AND THEN EVERY WEEK WHEN IT GETS CLOSER TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN JUNE, TAKING PLACE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. RHODES SAYS THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO ACADIANA TO SEE IF ANYBODY CAN PROVIDE A FACILITY. THERE ARE 80 SPECIAL OLYMPIC LOUISIANA TEAM MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS SPORTS, AND ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE OF THEM ARE FROM ACADIANA, ACCORDING TO RHODES.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS. DENISE OLNEY ROSE PASSED AWAY SUNDAY, BUT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NOT RELEASED. ROSE HAD BEEN A TEACHER AT MELVILLE AND PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM TWENTY-TWELVE TO TWENTY-SIXTEEN, WHEN SHE RETIRED. SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN TWENTY-EIGHTEEN TO REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH INCLUDES PALMETTO, MORROW, LEBLEAU AND MELVILLE.
