9-3-25
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING BY POSTING A THREAT TO SHOOT UP PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL. PARENTS SAW THE THREAT ON TIK TOK AND NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES ON MONDAY. BY TUESDAY MORNING, PORT BARRE POLICE HAD IDENTIFIED THE STUDENT AND LOCATED HIM AT HIS HOME IN KROTZ SPRINGS. POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX SAYS THE BOY CLAIMED HE WAS MAKING A JOKE, BUT, HE SAYS, YOU CAN’T JOKE LIKE THAT TODAY.
A HOMELESS CAMP NEAR THE ILE DESS CANNES APARTMENT COMPLEX IN SCOTT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE FIRE WAS REPORTED FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION IN THE AREA AND WHEN SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THE CAMP WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. NO ONE WAS HURT. SCOTT FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS THE CAMP WAS CONSTRUCTED USING HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, TIRES, FURNITURE, REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THAT A FEDERAL WAIVER BANNING THE USE OF SNAP FUNDS TO PURCHASE SODA, CANDY AND ENERGY DRINKS IS OFFICIAL. IN A VIDEO POSTED TO INSTAGRAM, GOVERNOR LANDRY HELD UP THE WAIVER THAT WAS SIGNED BY U-S SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BROOKE ROLLINS. LANDRY SAYS SNAP BENFICIARIES HAVE HIGHER RATES OF OBESITY WHICH LEADS TO A GREATER RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASES. THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR.
SOME RESIDENTS IN SULPHUR RECEIVED DOCUMENTS IN THE MAIL ABOUT A POSSIBLE C-O-TWO PIPELINE BEING BURIED BENEATH THEIR PROPERTIES. THE NOTICE ASKED RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PIPELINE BY SEPTEMBER EIGHTH. THE TWELVE INCH PIPELINE WOULD RUN ELEVEN-POINT-EIGHT MILES CONNECTING THE LAKE CHARLES METHANOL C-O-TWO FACILITY SOUTH OF SULPHUR TO THE GREEN PIPELINE SYSTEM BETWEEN SULPHUR AND DEQUINCEY. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY IN BATON ROUGE.
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT INJURED ONE PERSON OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A VEHICLE PURSUIT INVOLVING SAINT LANDRY PARISH DEPUTIES. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KAVANTE RICHMOND WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECTED DRUG DEALER AT ANDY’S #2 AND HE SPED OFF WHEN DEPUTIES APPROACHED HIM. HE LATER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WAS QUICKLY CAPTURED. FOLLOWING HIS ARREST, DEPUTIES SEIZED THREE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS CONTAINING THREE OUNCES OF CRYSTAL METH AND ANOTHER BAG WITH ONE OUNCE OF MARIJUANA.
THE ABBEVILLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW DISTRICT MAP THAT AIMS TO CONCLUDE A FEDERAL LAWSUIT. THE VERMILLION N-DOUBLE-A-C-P AND THEIR ATTORNEYS ARGUE THAT THE NEW MAP FAILS TO ADDRESS THE CORE ISSUE OF GERRYMANDERING, WHICH THEY CLAIM REDUCES THE VOTING POWER OF BLACK PEOPLE. THE NEW MAP WAS INTENDED TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT RACIAL GERRYMANDERING BY LEVELING OUT THE POPULATIONS IN THE CITY DISTRICTS. MAYOR ROSLYN WHITE SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS FULFILLED ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS BY PASSING THE NEW MAP.
A FIFTY-ONE ACRE SITE ON THE EDGE OF CROWLEY HAS BEEN CERTIFIED UNDER THE LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIED SITES PROGRAM. THE FOSTER SITE IS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED LESS THAN A MILE FROM I-TEN WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO HIGHWAY NINETY. THE SITES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND BY AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTY ACRES, MAKING IT A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR ATTRACTING BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE AREA. THIS IS THE THIRTIETH SITE CERTIFIED SINCE TWENTY-FIFTEEN UNDER ONE ACADIANA’S SITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE NINE PARISH REGION’S MARKETABILITY.
