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1-24-17

A SHORT IN AN EXTENSION CORD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 1000 BLOCK OF SOUTH ORANGE STREET IN LAFAYETTE.  THE EXTENSION CORD RAN TO A SPACE HEATER.  FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALTON TRAHAN SAYS FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE AT 12:07 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND PUT OUT THE FIRE, WHICH CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.  NOBODY WAS HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED.

 

A SURVEY BEGINS TODAY TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN CALCASIEU PARISH.  THE POLICE JURY’S HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT THE SURVEY OF BOTH SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED HOMELESS PERSONS.  COORDINATORS TELL KPLC TV THAT THE SURVEY WILL DIRECTLY INFLUENCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PROGRAMS PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY.  ANYONE KNOWING HOMELESS PERSONS SHOULD CALL THE POLICE JURY’S HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 721-35-HUNDRED.

 

FORMER ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER MAXINE TRAHAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING EVEN MORE MONEY SEIZED FROM DRUG BUSTS.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration will unveil its proposal for closing Louisiana’s $304 million deficit to lawmakers Friday. The budget-rebalancing plan will hinge on the governor’s plan to call a mid-February special legislative session.

Edwards spokesman Richard Carbo says the ideas will be released to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget at its meeting to officially recognize the deficit.  Louisiana’s lawmakers are split on the need for a deficit-closing legislative session and the wisdom of using the state’s “rainy day” fund to help bail out the budget as Edwards wants.

 

A DUSON WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO FORCE ANOTHER WOMAN TO END HER PREGNANCY BY DRINKING CASTOR OIL.  36-YEAR-OLD SHERYL ROBERTSON WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE FETICIDE AND HER BOND WAS SET AT 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  JOHN MOWELL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SAYS THE VICTIM WAS ABOUT A MONTH INTO HER PREGANCY.  HE SAYS THE BABY IN HER WOMB WAS STILL ALIVE AS OF YESTERDAY.

 

SOME RESIDENTS IN LAKE CHARLES REPORTED THAT THEIR TAP WATER YESTERDAY WAS PINK.  ONE PERSON, JASON HIGGINBOTHAM, TOLD KPLC TV THAT HE RAN THE WATER IN HIS HOUSE FOR A HALF HOUR UNTIL IT CLEARED UP.  THE LAKE CHARLES WATER DIVISION WAS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND SAID THEY DETECTED NO PROBLEMS, BUT THEY WERE PERFORMING FLUSHING IN THE AREAS WHERE PINK WATER WAS REPORTED.  THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE COME FROM A SLIGHT OVERFEED OF POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE, WHICH IS AN ORGANIC SALT USED TO TREAT MANGANESE.

 

A MAN WANTED BY THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN CONNECTION WITH A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES IN TERREBONNE PARISH.  JOHN BUCK JUNIOR OF BAYOU VISTA IS ACCUSED OF GETTING INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH A WOMAN AT A RESIDENCE ON CAROL ROAD.  ANOTHER PERSON AT THE HOUSE SHOT BUCK WITH A 22 CALIBER GUN AND BUCK FLED ON FOOT, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.  BUCK WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE ST. MARY PARISH JAIL, WHERE HE FACES CHARGES OF SECOND DEGREE BATTERY, HOME INVASION, SIMPLE BATTERY, AND DISTURBING THE PEACE.

 

A STATE SENATOR FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA IS NOT HAPPY WITH HOW ONE-POINT-6 BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FLOOD RECOVERY AID IS BEING DIVVIED UP AND HAS ASKED STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON WHETHER THE STATE LEGISLATURE CAN GET INVOLVED.  REPUBLICAN SENATOR BODI WHITE IS CONCERNED THAT A PROVISION THAT PRIORITIZED LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE MONEY WOULD MEAN MANY OF HIS CONSTITUENTS WOULD NOT QUALIFY.  GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS APPOINTED A 21 MEMBER TASK FORCE THAT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACCESS MONEY FOR HOMEOWNER REBUILDING PROGRAMS.  EDWARD’S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF JULIE BAXTER PAYER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE  PROCESS FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE THE PLAN.