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BRENT THIBODEAUX, 41 OF RAYNE, DIED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE WAS DRIVING HIS TRUCK WESTBOUND ON 1-10 NEAR MILE MARKER 115 IN ST. MARTIN PARISH, WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS HE RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, CROSSED A DITCH EMBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE. THIBODEAUX WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, BUT HE SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S SPOKESWOMAN KIM MYERS REPORTS THAT A TRUCK RAN INTO A HOUSE ON THE 2500 BLOCK OF MILLER AVENUE IN WESTLAKE YESTERDAY. THE HOMEOWNER HAD JUST GOT HOME WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD SKID AND THEN A BANG INTO HIS HOUSE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK OVERCORRECTED.
AFTER PASSIONATE DEBATE, THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SECTION OF WEST PRIEN LAKE ROAD FROM THE HOLLY HILL INTERSECTION TO NELSON ROAD TO BE RENAMED CONTRABAND PARKWAY. SOME RESIDENTS AND CITY COUNCILWOMAN MARY MORRIS LED THE OPPOSITION TO THE NAME CONTRABAND, SITING IT HAS RACIAL REFERENCE. BUT IN THE END THE COUNCIL VOTED 6-1 TO CHANGE THE NAME SITING THAT THE STRETCH OF ROAD RUNS ALONGSIDE CONTRABAND BAYOU AND THE NAME FITS. THE CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSORTATION CONSTRUCTS THE SIGN.
AN UPDATE TO THE BURGLARY AT CANCUN MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN LAKE CHARLES ON SUNDAY MAY 7TH; TIFFANY WIGGINS, 32 OF SULPHUR, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 11 BY LAKE CHARLES POLICE. TUESDAY ARREST WARRANTS WERE ISSUED FOR WIGGINS AND AARON “COOKIE” COOK, 36 OF LAKE CHARLES, ON CHARGES OF SIMPLE BURGLARY AND THEFT. TUESDAY AFTERNOON COOK WAS ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. BOND WAS SET AT $3,500 FOR BOTH BY JUDGE CLAYTON DAVIS.
TODAY IS THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER DINE FOR THE DINER. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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(AP) The Louisiana House advanced a proposal to join more than 40 other states in regulating ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, thereby expanding access and standardizing rules.
Lawmakers voted 79-12 yesterday in favor of the measure sponsored by Rep. Kenny Havard, a St. Francisville Republican who argued that state regulations will allow the companies to operate in Louisiana’s smaller cities and result in more drunken drivers staying off the road. The bill, which is headed to the Senate, would have the state and local municipalities share 1 percent of each fare. The proposal was met with opposition from representatives from New Orleans, who said their city could lose $2 million annually if the agreements it has with Uber and Lyft are superseded.
IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY YESTERDAY AT THE LAFAYETTE POLICE STABLES. THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORED THE MEMORY OF LT. RICHARD NEWMAN SR. , BY NAMING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THEIR MOUNTED POLICE FORCE AFTER HIM. NEWMAN WAS A CROWLEY POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE WORKING A DRUG STING IN LAFAYETTE IN 1993. THE HORSE IS NICKNAMED L.T. AND HAS ANOTHER TWO OR THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING BEFORE SERVING ON THE STREETS OF LAFAYETTE. L.T. IS TAKING THE PLACE OF GUNNY, A HORSE THAT IS BEING RETIRED. L.T. IS A 15 YEAR OLD CLYDESDALE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT BY THE HORSES FOR HEROES FOUNDATION. THEY PLACE RETIRED HORSES USED IN SPORT WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR RETIRRING HORSE.
National police Week is this week, which honors our police officers serving our communities and also remembers those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Memorial services continues in Iowa with a candlelight vigil at 5:30 at their headquarters. And Lafayette Parish will have a memorial service at 6:00 this evening at Saint Barnabas on Camellia in Lafayette.
