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9-6-22

THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND MAMOU POLICE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP DRUGS OFF THE STREETS.  DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.

 

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THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS RECEIVING THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE UNIVERSITY AVENUE MORE PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.  COUNCILMAN PAT LEWIS TELLS KATC TV THAT THE PROJECT INCLUDES WIDENING UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN SECTIONS TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC AND ADDING SIDEWALKS OR EXPANDING SIDEWALKS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.  LEWIS CALLS IT A MAJOR PROJECT THAT WILL BRING COMMERCE TO THAT AREA OF THE CITY.  THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE IN LATE OCTOBER ON WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN.

 

THERE HAS BEEN TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA THAT HAVE CONTRACTED THE NEUROINVASIVE DISEASE FROM THE WEST NILE VIRUS, AN INCREASE OF SEVEN CASES FROM LATE LAST MONTH.  THAT COMPARES TO FOUR CASES AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND ONE CASE AT THE SAME TIME IN TWENTY-TWENTY.  MOSQUITO ABATEMENT EXPERTS ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THE INCREASE, BUT IT’S NOT DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINS SINCE THE PARTICULAR SPECIES THAT CARRIES THE WEST NILE VIRUS THRIVES IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS.  THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE NEUROINVASIVE CASE IN THE ACADIANA REGION AND NONE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

 

A LAKE CHARLES MAN, ACCUSED OF RAPING AN UNDERAGE GIRL, HAD HIS BOND SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.  AFTER TWO DAYS OF INVESTIGATING, CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES FOUND AND ARRESTED TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD HUNTER SMITH.  HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE RAPE.  THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM WAS UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN.

 

A SOUP KITCHEN IN NEW IBERIA IS CLOSED THIS WEEK DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW SUPPLIES.  THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAINT FRANCIS DINER, JUANITA LEWIS, TELLS KLFY TV THAT, IN HER TWENTY-TWO YEARS AT THE DINER, SHE’S NEVER SEEN THE FOOD SUPPLY SO LOW.  SHE SAYS BY CLOSING THE DINER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY, IT WILL GIVE THEM TIME TO RESTOCK.  LEWIS SAYS THE SOUP KITECHN IS DRIVEN BY DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS.

 

 

AFAYETTE HAS MADE A NATIONAL LIST FOR THE MOST DEPRESSED CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.  CEU FAST COMPILED THE LIST USING DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION TO FIND CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OFO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE SOME FORM OF DEPRESSION.  LAFAYETTE WAS NUMBER TEN ON THE LIST AT TWENTY-FIVE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT.  BILLINGS, MONTANA, AT THIRTY-ONE PERCENT, IS NUMBER ONE.

 

THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE QUESTIONED BY STATE OFFICIALS TODAY AS THE AGENCY FACES LEGAL ACTION AFTER A TWO-YEAR-OLD DIED FROM AN OVERDOSE.  DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.

 

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A BOIL WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT IN SAINT MARTINVILLE UNTIL AT LEAST TOMORROW.  THE ADVISORY IS THE RESULT OF EMERGENCY REPAIRS MADE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MADISON AND LEWIS STREETS.  THE REPAIRS REQUIRED CREWS TO SHUT OFF OF THE WATER FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  THE REPAIRS IN SERVICE ALSO AFFECTED CUSTOMERS IN CATAHOULA.