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ON SATURDAY, A VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO THE BE TRUE TATTOO SHOP ON JOHNSTON STREET, INJURING A WORKER IN THE SHOP. LAFAYETTE POLICE DETECTIVES SAY THE DRIVER WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT JOHNSTON AND WHITTINGTON DRIVE, STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN ON AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER, AND WENT THROUGH FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC INTO THE TATTOO SHOP. THE PEDESTRIAN AND WORKER WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES. THE OWNER OF THE TATTOO SHOP, MARY CASTILLE, TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE PLANNING A FUNDRAISER FOR THE WORKER AND DISCUSSING PLANS ON HOW TO REBUILD AND MOVE FORWARD.
THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAINT MARTINVILLE IS UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A MAJOR LEAK OFF OF AUBREY OZENNE ROAD RESULTING IN A LOSS OF WATER PRESSURE. THE SYSTEM WAS VALVED OFF AT CAPRITTO ROAD. CUSTOMERS IN THAT AREA WILL BE WITHOUT WATER UNTIL THE LEAK IS REPAIRED.
The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall. The court issued a brief order Friday. The case is closely watched because during arguments in March, several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they could vote to throw out the map and make it harder, if not impossible, to bring redistricting lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act. The case involves the interplay between race and politics in drawing political boundaries in front of a conservative-led court that’s been skeptical of considerations of race in public life.
LAST WEEK THE BEAUREGARD PARISH POLICE JURY VOTED TO ALLOW SWYFT FIBER TO CONTINUE WORKING IN THE PARISH. THE INTERNET COMPANY HAS STRUCK MULTIPLE WATER LINES WHILE LAYING OPTIC FIBER. THE COMPANY OFFICIALS CLAIM THE DAMAGES WERE DUE TO INCORRECT MARKING BY THE WATER DISTRICTS. JUROR BETH MONTGOMERY, THE ONLY NO VOTE, SAYS SHE SHE DOESN’T WANTS THE PROJECT TO STOP, BUT SHE DOES WANT THE COMPANY TO PAY FOR DAMAGES.
A HOMEOWNER ON CROOKED CREEK NEAR OSSUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYS SHE’S BATTLING STANDING WATER PROBLEMS IN HER YARD. BILLIE GOODMAN TELLS KLFY TV THAT HAS RESULTED IN INCREASES IN MOSQUITOES AND SNAKES AND HAS CAUSED A GREEN FUNGUS THAT PRODUCES A FOUL SMELL. GOODMAN SAYS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES CAME WITH THE INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS BY THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. L-C-G OFFICIALS SAYS THE DRAINAGE TEAM HAS PLANS TO INSTALL A CULVERT BUT THEY DID NOT GIVE A TIMETABLE.
IN VERMILLION PARISH, STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN ON HIGHWAY FOURTEEN NEAR CALLAHAN STREET. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR A BRAND NEW J-S CLARK LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IN OPELOUSAS. THE NEW ACADEMY WILL GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND A COLLEGE DEGREE. PRINCIPAL VICTOR LEWIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT HE AND TIFFANIE LEWIS WORKED WITH THE ARCHITECT ON THE DESIGN OF THE SCHOOL THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR INNOVATIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAMPUS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT SUMMER.
IBERIA PARISH IS PREPARING TO BREAK GROUND ON A NEW TEN-POINT-EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR CAREER CENTER. ITS AIM IS TO MODERNIZE WORKFORCE TRAINING WHILE BOOSTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. VOTERS APPROVED BONDS IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CAREER CENTER TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE. IT’S EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY TWENTY-TWENTY-SEVEN.
