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LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE ONE ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING ON BERANDA STREET. AT 5:12 SATURDAY MORNING, POLICE WERE CALLED OUT BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED AND FOUND A MALE VICTIM IN A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN A DITCH, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A NON LIFE THREATENING INJURY. THEY LATER ARRESTED 32-YEAR-OLD RONALD JAMES GEORGE OF LAFAYETTE AND CHARGED HIM WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. HIS BOND WAS SET AT 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Investigators say combustible items placed too close to a wood stove ignited, causing a fire that resulted in the death of a Lake Charles woman and injuries to her daughter and grandson. The State Fire Marshal’s Office says investigators responded shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters found the body of 63-year-old Barbara Thomson in a bedroom. Thomson was visiting her daughter, Jennifer Melancon, who was transported to an area hospital for treatment of moderate-to-severe burns suffered while removing her 6- and 4-year-old sons from the home.
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE GUNMAN WHO SHOT TWO PEOPLE SUNDAY AT SHOT STREET NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH ANDERSON STREET. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Louisiana’s state utility regulatory agency is searching for a new top administrator.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is seeking candidates to be its next executive secretary, after Eve Kahao Gonzalez retired from the position, which oversees the day-to-day operations of the agency. Commission spokesman Colby Cook says Gonzalez’s official last day was Tuesday. The five elected commissioners voted to conduct a national search for the position, with an advertised salary range between $100,000 and $140,000.
WEST CONGRESS STREET IN LAFAYETTE WILL BE CLOSED TODAY BETWEEN CAJUNDOME BOULEVARD AND CORRINE STREET BEGINNING AT NINE A-M. THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS CLOSING IT TO DO BRIDGE REPAIRS AND RESURFACING, WEATHER PERMITTING. THE STREET IS EXPECTED TO BE REOPENED AT SIX P-M TOMORROW. DETOUR ROUTES WILL BE POSTED.
A BODY WAS FOUND IN WESTLAKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND 2:30. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THE VICTIM’S FAMILY FOUND THE BODY IN A SWAMP AT THE END OF WILLIAMS STREET. THE CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A POSSIBLE HOMOCIDE.
A TEENAGER, WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING A PERSON IN GRAND COTEAU FRIDAY NIGHT, SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES SATURDAY MORNING. 17-YEAR-OLD JAMES ANTONIO CHARLES IS BEING HELD IN THE ST. LANDRY PARISH JAIL AND BOND HAS NOT BEEN SET. THE VICTIM WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ dictate on federal marijuana prosecutions isn’t slowing Louisiana plans to have medical marijuana available to patients by the summer. Sessions announced the end to an Obama-era policy that kept federal authorities from cracking down on legalized pot. Supporters of Louisiana’s medical marijuana program hope the state won’t be targeted because it only allows medicinal, not recreational, marijuana. Acting U.S. Attorney Corey R. Amundson seemed to suggest Louisiana’s burgeoning program won’t be impacted.
