5-24-23
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT AFTER A TEENAGER WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF FOR A PORTION OF SAINT MARTINVILLE TONIGHT. THAT’S SO EMERGENCY REPAIRS CAN BE MADE TO A BROKEN WATER LINE THAT WAS CAUSED BY AN OUTSIDE UTILITY CREW. THE SHUT OFF BEGINS AT NINE-THIRTY TONIGHT FROM DENIER STREET SOUTH TO THE CITY LIMITS. ONCE THE WATER IS TURNED BACK ON, THE CITY WILL BE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
AN ALABAMA MAN WAS CITED FOR ALLEGED WILDLIFE VIOLATIONS IN LAKE CHARLES. AGENTS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES RECEIVED A TIP ABOUT A MAN SHOOTING SEAGULLS AT A RESIDENCE IN LAKE CHARLES ON THE NIGHT OF MAY ELEVENTH. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THE NEXT MORNING, THEY FOUND SHOTGUN SHELLS AND FOURTEEN DEAD SEAGULLS, A HERON AND AN IBIS. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN T. WILSON WAS CITED AFTER HE ADMITTED TO THE AGENTS HAVING SHOT THE BIRDS WITH A TWELVE GUAGE SHOTGUN.
A bill that restricts children and teens from accessing public library books deemed sexually explicit, advanced out of a legislative committee on Tuesday. It’s headed to the full GOP-controlled House for debate and possible final passage. It would require public libraries to create a card system to prevent children from checking out sexually explicit material unless they have parental approval. If the bill passes, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has not said if he would sign it.
A BILL THAT BANS ANYONE WITH TIES TO CHINA, RUSSIA, CUBA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND VENEZUELA FROM BUYING OR LEASING PROPERTY IN LOUISIANA PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE BY A SEVENTY-EIGHT TO TWENTY-TWO VOTE. THE BILL’S SPONSOR, REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE VALERIE HODGES OF DENHAM SPRINGS, ADDED AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD EXCLUDE PEOPLE LIVING HERE LEGALLY FROM THE BAN. THAT ADDRESSED CONCERNS FROM UNIVERSITIES THAT THE BAN WOULD AFFECT FOREIGN BORN PROFESSORS. SOME CHINESE AMERICANS HAVE HELD PROTESTS AS THE BILL HAS ADVANCED SAYING IT THREATENS THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
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A LAFAYETTE JUDGE DECIDED MONDAY THE LEGAL CAREGIVERS FOR JOSHUA BARRAS, A MAN WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF A RIGHT-TO-LIFE CASE. BARRAS HAS BEEN IN A MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE SINCE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HIS LIFE IN JAIL AND IS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN A NURSING HOME IN NEW IBERIA. FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE VALERIE GOTCH GARRETT APPOINTED BARRAS’ SISTER, ROBYN WELLS, AS HIS CURATOR AND HIS MOM WILL BE THE UNDER CURATOR. JOSHUA’S WIFE WAS DISQUALIFIED IN JANUARY TO EVER SERVE AS HIS LEGAL CAREGIVER BECAUSE OF MISMANAGEMENT OF HIS FUNDS.
THE FAMILY OF NGUYET LE OF TEXAS ARE PLANNING TO FILE SUIT AGAINST ARBY’S. LE WAS A MANAGER AT THE NEW IBERIA ARBY’S RESTAURANT WHERE SHE WAS FOUND DEAD IN A WALK-IN FREEZER BY HER SON. PAUL SKRABANEK (skruh BAH nehk), THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE FAMILY, SAYS, FROM TALKING TO AUTHORITIES, SOMETHING WAS BROKEN IN THE LATCH AND THEY ROUTINELY KEPT THE DOOR OPEN WITH A BOX OF OIL. HE SAYS PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM THE CORONER’S OFFICE BLAME HYPOTHERMIA AS THE CAUSE OF DEATH. HE SAYS THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD ON THE DOOR SO SHE MUST HAVE FOUGHT TO GET OUT BEFORE COLLAPSING.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN EVANGELINE PARISH WILL BE GOING TO A FOUR-DAY WEEK BEGINNING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST WEEK VOTED EIGHT-TO-FOUR TO GIVE THE STUDENTS MONDAYS OFF. TEACHER TRACEY JAGNEAUX TELLS KLFY TV THIS DECISION SHOULD HELP KEEP A TEACHER SHORTAGE FROM GETTING WORSE. SHE SAYS THEY’VE BEEN LOSING TEACHERS TO OTHER PARISHES THAT ARE GOING TO THE FOUR-DAY WORK WEEKS.
