6-26-19
10 ACADIANA RESIDENT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN A STATEWIDE CHILD PORN BUST. CALLED OPERATION “BROKEN HEART, IT WAS A 2 MONTH INVESTIGATION DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY;, ARREST AND PROSECUTE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH PRODUCING, DISTRIBUTING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORN OR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ENTICEMENT AND SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN. A TOTAL OF 63 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED THUS FAR.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN JENNINGS ARE SEARCHING FOR A PICKUP TRUCK THAT STRUCK 2 PEOPLE ON HWY 26 NEAR MCDONALDS. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE DRIVER WAS ELDERLY AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE ACCIDENT.
ONE OF THE YEARS MOST ANTICIPATED FARM EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN
CROWLEY. THE ANNUAL RICE FI3LD DAY WILL BE HELD AT THE ROUSE CAFFEY RICE RESEARCH STATION. SPEAKERS TODAY INCLUDE MIKE STRAIN OUR LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRILCULTURE COMMISSIONER AND BETSY WARD USA RICE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
MEGAN KELLY REPORTS ON A TRAFFIC FATALITY IN CALCAUSIEU PARISH.
THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SUFFER DIRE EFFECTS IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI DUE TO AND INFLUX OF FRESH WATER. LA OFFICIALS SAY FLOODWATERS FROM THE MIDWEST ARE HURTING PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LIVING FROM COASTAL SEAFOOD. FLOOD WATERS RUSHING FROM THE BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS HAVE
KILLED OYSTERS AND HURT FISH CATCHES. THE FRESH WATER HAS
DRIVEN CRABS, SHRIMP AND FISH OUT OF BAYS AND MARSHES AND INTO
SALTIER WATER WHERE THEY CAN SURVIVE, BUT OYSTERS CANNOT MOVE. ONE OYSTER FARMER WHOSE FAMILY WORKS 10,000 ACRES OF OYSTER
LEASES IN LA WATERS SAID ON A SCALE OF 1-10 WE ARE 9 ½ DESTROYED.
LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN RANKED 3RD BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN LOUISIANA. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.ORG PLACE LAFAYETTE JUST BEHIND MANDEVILLE AND COVINGTON. LAFAYETTE WAS THE LARGEST CITY IN
THE STATE TO REACH THE TOP 5. BY THE WAY NEW ORLEANS WAS RANKED NEXT TO LAST IN THE
LOUISIANA HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE STRUCK A DEAL WITH A DRUG MAKER TO REDUCE THE COST OF HEPATITIS C DRUGS FOR SOME OF THE STATES MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS. IN THE AGREEMENT SHEPHERDED THROUGH NAEOTIATIONS BY LA HEALTH DEPARTMENT SECRETARY REBEKAH GEE, PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT GILEAD SCIENCES HAS AUTHORIZED THE DISTRIBUTION OF A MEDICATION THAT TYPICALLY COSTS $24,000 PER TREATMENT TO THE STATE’S MEDICAID PATIENTS AND PATIENTS IN PRISONS IN UNLIMITED QUANTITIES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE STATE WILL PAY A FIXED FEE, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR THE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE DRUG WHICH CURES 98% OF HEPATITIS C CASES.
