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THE BODY OF A BROUSSARD BOY, WHO WAS KILLED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT AT CALCASIEU LAKE, WAS RECOVERED LAST NIGHT AT AROUND TEN. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, 11-YEAR-OLD GRIFFIN LEBLANC WAS DRIVING A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WITH ANOTHER 11-YEAR-OLD AS A PASSENGER WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING 22 FOOT VESSEL. GRIFFIN’S LIFE JACKET CAME OFF WHEN HE WAS EJECTED INTO THE WATER. HIS 11-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER WAS RESCUED AND TAKEN TO LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL, WHERE HE IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
I-TEN IN BOTH DIRECTION IS OPEN AT THE TEXAS BORDER. THE WESTBOUND SIDE HAD BEEN CLOSED AT THE REQUEST OF TEXAS AUTHORITIES DUE TO THE FLOODING. HOWEVER, I-TEN, BOTH EAST AND WESTBOUND AT VIDOR TO THE NECHES RIVER IS STILL CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER. L-A 12 AT THE STATE LINE IS ALSO STILL CLOSED.
A PARKS TEENAGER WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTING A 16-YEAR-OLD IN THE NECK. THE 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS AIRLIFTED FROM A HOME IN PARKS SATURDAY NIGHT TO LAFAYETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE’S IN SERIOUS CONDITION. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DETERMINED THAT THE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL. 17-YEAR-OLD RYAN JEFFERY WAS BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON ONE COUNT OF NEGLIGENT INJURY.
The Trump administration has approved Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ request to expand a federal emergency declaration in Louisiana. The expansion, approved Friday, includes seven additional parishes affected by Tropical Storm Harvey: Acadia, Allen, Iberia, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine and Vernon. A total of 12 parishes have now received federal emergency declarations. The initial order included: Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis and Vermilion parishes.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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President Donald Trump has visited with emergency responders and others in Lake Charles who helped during Harvey. At a Louisiana guard armory, Trump thanked the emergency responders for their efforts. He was accompanied by his wife, first lady Melania Trump, and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. Trump came to Lake Charles after first visiting Houston, which was severely flooded after Harvey made landfall more than a week ago.
A FORMER IBERIA PARISH PRESIDENT HAS PASSED AWAY. ERNEST FREYOU WAS ELECTED PARISH PRESIDENT IN 2008. HE DIED FRIDAY AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. FREYOU ALSO WAS PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF NEW IBERIA BANK AND A REGIONAL PRESIDENT OF REGIONS OF ACADIANA, AFTER IT PURCHASED NEW IBERIA BANK IN 1997.
THE STATE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO HEAR ARGUMENTS TOMORROW THAT COULD AFFECT THE FUTURE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. IN 2015, THE IBERVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD FILED A LAWSUIT SAYING FUNDS FROM THE LOUISIANA MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM COULD ONLY GO TO CITY AND PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS, NOT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. A DISTRICT JUDGE RULED AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD BUT AN APPEALS COURT REVERSED THAT DECISION. THAT LAWSUIT HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH A SIMILAR ONE THAT WAS FILED BY THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS.
