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A FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD OPELOUSAS MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH BEFORE TWO YESTERDAY MORNING. OFFICIALS SAYS THE MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS RIDING A HARLEY DAVIDSON WEST ON L-A THIRTY-TWO-TWELVE NEAR GRAND PRAIRIE HIGHWAY IN IBERIA PARISH, WHEN HE LEFT THE ROADWAY. HE STRUCK A CONCRETE CURB AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE BIKE. THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN THE THIRTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAINT MARY STREET IN SCOTT. A FIREFIGHTER RECEIVED MINOR BURNS WHILE A RESIDENT OF THE HOUSE ALSO SUFFERED BURNS AFTER OPENING THE BACK DOOR AND ENCOUNTERING FIRE CONDITIONS. A DOG AND TWO CATS WERE KILLED. SCOTT FIRE CHIEF CHRIS DOMINGUE SAYS THE HOME SUSTAINED HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE.
LAST WEEK LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL AND L-S-U OFFICIALS ASKED A JUDGE TO DISMISS A SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE’ LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SCHOOL. THE LAWSUIT STEMS FROM A DISPUTE OVER NCAA ELIGIBILITY RULES AND WHETHER CERTAIN FOOTBALL PLAYERS COULD RETURN FOR THIS SEASON. THE DEFENDANTS SAY THE CONTROVERSY IS NO LONGER ACTIVE BECAUSE THE ROSTER IS NOW FULL AND CLOSED. THE SEC ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN “THIS FILING GAME” AND SAYING THEY ARE PREPARING THEIR RESPONSE IN COURT.
THE MOTHER OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAKE CHARLES BOY, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN AUGUST, IS SPEAKING OUT. JOSEPH SPEARS WAS SHOT AUGUST FOURTH ON COMBRE STREET, WHEN HE GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER BOY. HIS MOTHER, KIMBERLY GUIDRY, SAYS SHE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING UNTIL SHE GETS JUSTICE FOR HER SON. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED FOUR SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING.
IBERIA PARISH FIRE DISTRICT ONE IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SET UP FOR A FAMILY OF SEVEN IN LAFAYETTE. THEIR HOME BECAME UNINHABITABLE AFTER A TREE FELL ON IT. NOBODY WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED. SEVERE STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS PREVENT ANYONE FROM ENTERING THE BUILDING. THE MOTHER, LATREVION BELLOW SAYS THE FAMILY HAD BEEN IN THE HOME LESS THAN A YEAR AND SHE FEELS KIND OF TRAUMATIZED.
THE SUGAR CANE HARVEST BEGINS TOMORROW IN LOUISIANA. FARMERS WILL BEGIN MOVING THEIR CROPS TO MILLS, MEANING AN INCREASE IN TRACTOR AND CANE TRUCK TRAFFIC. THE HARVESTING SEASON LASTS UNTIL LATE DECEMBER OR EARLY JANUARY. LOUISIANA IS THE LARGEST SUGAR-CANE PRODUCING STATE IN THE COUNTRY WITH MORE THAN TWO MILLION TONS OF RAW SUGAR PRODUCED LAST YEAR.
THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS GIVING FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO L-S-U AS RESEARCHERS WORK TO COMBAT THE PASTURE MEALYBUG, AN INVASIVE INISECT AFFECTING SUGARCANE FIELDS. DEPARTMENT SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE RAPID RESPONSE GRANT THURSDAY WHILE VISITING THE LOUISIANA SUGAR CANE COOPERATIVE IN SAINT MARTINVILLE WITH GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER MIKE STRAIN. THE INSECT WAS FIRST FOUND IN LOUISIANA LAST YEAR INITIALLY IN VERMILLION AND IBERIA PARISHES. AFFECTED FIELDS HAVE SHOWN SEVERE YELLOWING AND YIELD LOSS, BUT ITS EXACT IMPACT IS BEING STUDIED.
