7-4-17
A BICYCLIST WAS KILLED IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. A VEHICLE STRUCK THE BICYCLIST AT THE CORNER OF WEST WILLOW AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE. POLICE HAVE NOT YET RELEASED ANY DETAILS. THEY ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.
TWO PEOPLE WERE HURT IN A CRASH NEAR RAGLEY YESTERDAY. STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND IT OVERTURNED. ONE PASSENGER WAS AIRLIFTED TO RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH MODERATE INJURIES WHILE ANOTHER PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED IN LAKE CHARLES. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 171.
A STATE ROAD WORKER WAS KILLED IN IBERIA PARISH YESTERDAY WHEN THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK STRUCK HIM AND A DUMP TRUCK THAT HE WAS STANDING BEHIND. 63-YEAR-OLD PAUL V. FEATHERSTON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE THE DRIVER, 88-YEAR-OLD ALLEN OLIVIER OF ST. MARTINVILLE, SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM OLIVIER BUT STATE POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE HE WAS IMPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND NINE A-M YESTERDAY ON HIGHWAY 31, JUST NORTH OF NEW IBERIA.
Louisiana won’t give President Donald Trump’s voting commission the voter identification information it requested. Secretary of State Tom Schedler (SHED’-lur) announced his decision Monday. In a statement, Schedler says he believes voters’ private information — including Social Security numbers, birth dates and mother’s maiden name — should be kept private and should be protected by the state. Schedler, a Republican, says he believes the Trump commission’s request is politically motivated.
LAFAYETTE PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL WILL HOST ITS SECOND CHANCE SATURDAY EVENT THIS SATURDAY FROM ONE TO FIVE P-M. THE SHELTER, LOCATED AT 613 WEST PONT DES MOUTON ROAD, WILL BE OPEN FOR THOSE WISHING TO ADOPT A DOG OR CAT. THE ADOPTION FEE IS 100 DOLLARS FOR DOGS AND 80 DOLLARS FOR CATS, AND THEY WILL BE NEUTERED OR SPAYED, VACCINATED AND MICROCHIPPED, WHICH WOULD COST UP TO 500 DOLLARS AT A LOCAL VETERINARIAN’S OFFICE. SECOND CHANCE SATURDAYS ARE HELD ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH AS A WAY TO INCREASE ADOPTIONS WHILE LOWERING THE EUTHANASIA RATE.
CHARLIE BORDELON IS WANTING TO BRING THE P.G.T. BEAUREGARD STATUE TO BEAUREGARD PARISH. THE STATUE OF THE CIVIL WAR GENERAL WAS REMOVED FROM NEW ORLEANS, AND BORDELON SAYS HIS INTEREST IN IT IS BECAUSE THE PARISH DERIVES ITS NAME FROM HIM. BORDELON TOLD THE BEAUREGARD PARISH WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT THAT HE’S HAD PEOPLE FROM THE PARISH AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE APPROACH HIM ABOUT BRINGING THE STATUE THERE. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TOOK NO ACTION BUT THE CHAIRMAN SAID, IF THE STATUE BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE ISSUE COULD BE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR PARISH VOTERS TO DECIDE.
JULIE DARCE HAS A HEADS UP FOR RAYNE RESIDENTS.
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Louisiana’s public school classrooms will be required to teach cursive writing to students starting with the new school year. That mandate was approved by lawmakers in 2016 but delayed a year so schools could prepare. The cursive writing legislation requires public schools, including charter schools, to introduce cursive writing instruction by third grade. Instruction will have to continue through 12th grade, under the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell, of Franklinton.
