9-5-23
A LAFAYETTE FAMILY IS SEEKING HELP FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES AFTER THEIR SON WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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SAINT LANDRY PARISH AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS HAVE WORKED OUT A PLAN TO TACKLE TRUANCY, WHICH WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD. BELLARD, SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW THOSE INVESTIGATORS TO ASSIST THE SCHOOL BOARD WHEN THERE’S A HIGH AMOUNT OF TRUANCY. IF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS UNABLE TO GET THE STUDENT BACK IN SCHOOL, THE TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS WILL STEP IN AND TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO HELP GET THE STUDENT BACK IN CLASS.
CAMPFIRES AND COOKING OUTDOORS IS A TRADITION ON HUNTING TRIPS, BUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES IS ASKING HUNTERS TO PUT THE TRADITION ON HOLD THIS YEAR. THE AGENCY ASKS HUNTERS TO COOPERATE WITH A STATEWIDE BURN BAN. THEY ASK THEM TO BE CONSIDERATE OF FIRST-RESPONDERS, WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN DANGER WHEN FIGHTING THE FIRES. IN AUGUST, THERE WERE FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY WILDFIRES IN LOUISIANA THAT BURNED OVER FIFTY THOUSAND ACRES.
THE TIGER ISLAND FIRE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH IS FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT CONTAINED. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED ON AUGUST TWENTY-SECOND EAST OF MERRYVILLE AND MORE THAN THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND ACRES HAVE BURNED. THERE’S ALSO A FIRE ALONG HIGHWAY ONE THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN MILES NORTHWEST OF OAKDALE. IT’S FIFTY PERCENT CONTAINED AND HAS BURNED MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES.
A TWENTY-ONE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO REHABILITATE TWO SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY NINETY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH BEGINS TODAY. STATE SENATOR GERALD BOUDREAUX SAYS HE’S PLEASED THAT THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY FROM THE RAILROAD JUNCTION TO EAST PINHOOK ROAD. THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONCRETE PAVEMENT PATCHING, ASPHALT, CONCRETE PAVING, AND RELATED WORK. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THROUGH THAT SITE AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIVES OF THE WORK CREW.
ACADIA PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL GO TO A FOUR DAY WEEK BEGINNING TODAY. BACK IN JANUARY, THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED TO GO TO THE FOUR DAY WEEK, GIVING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS MONDAYS OFF. THE SCHOOL DAYS ARE EXTENDED TO MAKE UP FOR LOST INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT RICHARD TOLD KATC TV THAT ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE CHANGE WAS TO DEAL WITH BURNOUT.
LOUISIANA IS LISTED AS HAVING ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF OBESITY IN THE U-S. THE COMPANY TOTAL SHAPE USED STATISTICS FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO COMPILE THE LIST. LOUISIANA RANKED SEVENTH AMONG THE STATES FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST OBESITY RATE, WITH NEARLY FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE POPULATION DEALING WITH SOME FORM OF OBESITY. NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST IS WEST VIRGINIA.
A WOMAN WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT AROUND THREE-THIRTY SUNDAY MORNING IN IBERIA PARISH. TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TAYZIA BROWN DIED IN THE SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON JEFFERSON ISLAND ROAD. DEPUTIES SAY HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
