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THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS PREDICTING A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE GULF WILL DEVELOP INTO A HURRICANE WITH UP TO EIGHTY MILE AN HOUR WINDS. THE FORECAST PATH HAS IT HITTING ACADIANA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF EDDIE LANGLINAIS IS URGING RESIDENTS TO PREPARE THEIR HOMES AND SUPPLIES AS A NOTICEABLE STORM SURGE IS EXTREMELY LIKELY. THE CALCASIEU PARISH GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED SEVERAL SANDBAGGING LOCATIONS THAT OPEN BEGINNING AT EIGHT-THIRTY THIS MORNING.
ESTHERWOOD POLICE, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A STABBING ON MILLER AVENUE SATURDAY, FOUND A WOMAN LYING DOWN AND BLEEDING. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. A MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY EVENING. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND RESISTING ARREST.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING AFTER A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER WAS STRUCK BY A SUSPECT VEHICLE AT AROUND THREE-THIRTY SATURDAY MORNING. THE OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS ON SYBIL DRIVE. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY OFFICERS APPROACHED A SUSPECT VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER ACCELERATED AND HIT AN OFFICER, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. ANOTHER OFFICER FIRED A SHOT AT THE VEHICLE AND TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RIGOBERTO SANCHEZ OF LAFAYETTE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE OFFICER WHO DISCHARGED HIS WEAPON HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE THE INCIDENT IS INVESTIGATED BY STATE POLICE.
An abandoned 22-story building in Lake Charles that became a symbol of the destruction inflicted by back-to-back hurricanes in 2020 has been imploded. The once gleaming building in Lake Charles came down Saturday after the demolition crew set off a series of explosions inside. Formerly known as the Capital One Tower, the structure had been a dominant feature of the city skyline for decades. After powerful hurricanes Laura and Delta ripped through southwest Louisiana in 2020, the building became an eyesore of shattered windows and shredded tarps.
CRIMESTOPPERS OF NEW ORLEANS HAS AN APP DESIGNED TO HELP PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS LIKE THE RECENT ONE IN GEORGIA. THE SAFE SCHOOLS
L-A APP ALLOWS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE TO ANONYMOUSLY REPORT TIPS. THE APP IS A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR, SEVEN DAY A WEEK ANSWERING SERVICE WITH OPERATORS VETTING TIPS AND SENDING THEM TO A TEAM OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN ACADIANA USE THE SAFE SCHOOLS APP INCLUDING SCHOOLS IN SAINT MARTIN, VERMILLION AND SAINT MARY PARISHES.
THE SECOND PERSON, WHO WAS SHOT AT A LAFAYETTE BARBERSHOP A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, HAS DIED. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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LAST THURSDAY, THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A REORGANIZATION OF STAFF AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, TO CONSOLIDATED PARISH COSTS. SUPERINTENDENT MILTON BATISTE SAYS CENTRAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES WILL BE MOVED AROUND AND GIVEN NEW TITLES. HE SAYS IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE, FORWARD-THINKING AND MORE COLLABORATIVE IN THEIR NEW ROLES. HE TELLS KLFY TV THE GOAL OF THE REORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE MORE HANDS-ON INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE PARISH.
THE CITY OF JENNINGS HAS SEEN MAJOR GROWTH IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION INVESTED OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. MAYOR HENRY GUINN SAYS ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS IS INVESTMENTS TO MAKE THE CITY ATTRACTIVE AND TO RETAIN RESIDENTS. GUINN CITED THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF TEN THOUSAND, SAYING NOT MANY CAN TOUCH THE GROWTH FOR A CITY OF JENNING’S SIZE. HE TELLS KLFY TV JENNINGS BOASTS NEW BUSINESSES, A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PLANS TO RENOVATE AND BUILD TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS, IN ADDITION TO A TWENTY-TWO MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN OCHSNER AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL.
