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OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT IN CARENCRO. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS FOUND VIOLATIONS AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF CAMERON L-N-G IN HACKBERRY, ONE OF WHICH IS CONSIDERED SERIOUS. THE VIOLATIONS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH BY THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION INVOLVED HAZARDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. OSHA SAYS THE EMPLOYER, C-B-AND-I AND CHIYODA CORPORATION OF JAPAN, DIDN’T PROVIDE A WORKPLACE FREE FROM HAZARDS THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS INVOLVED EXPOSING WORKERS TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WHEN PERFORMING CONCRETE FINISHING WORK.
THE OWNERSHIP OF A REFINERY IN KROTZ SPRINGS COULD BE CHANGING. ALON U-S-A ENERGY CURRENTLY OWNS THE REFINERY, BUT DELEK U-S HOLDINGS IS SEEKING TO PURCHASE THE COMPANY AND ALL OF ITS PROPERTIES. DELEK HAS MADE AN ALL STOCK DEAL VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY 314 MILLION DOLLARS TO ACQUIRE ALON U-S-A. THE KROTZ SPRINGS REFINERY CAN PROCESS UP TO 74 THOUSAND BARRELS OF CRUDE PER DAY.
A judge has thrown out Gov. John Bel Edwards’ lawsuit seeking to force Attorney General Jeff Landry to sign off on legal contracts that include anti-discrimination language to protect LGBT people. Judge Donald Johnson dismissed the case Monday, saying the law is unclear what the attorney general’s authority is in reviewing the contracts. Edwards’ lawyer Matthew Block says the governor intends to appeal the decision. The Democratic governor issued an executive order in April requiring a clause barring discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity to be included in most state contracts.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS IN TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY. IN THE FIRST, WHICH HAPPENED AT AROUND 2:30 IN THE MORNING ON COURET STREET, SOMEONE APPROACHED A MAN AND WOMAN PARKED IN A CAR AND SHOT THE MAN, WHO IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. THE SECOND SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF EAST VERMILLION STREET AT AROUND ELEVEN A-M. A MAN WAS SHOT WHILE STANDING IN THE ROADWAY, THOUGH HIS INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, AND THE SUSPECT FLED IN A VEHICLE.
CALCASIEU PARISH IS SEEING RECORDS IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REGISTERING TO VOTE. REGISTRAR OF VOTERS ANGIE QUIENALTY SAYS THEY ARE RIGHT AT 130 THOUSAND THAT ARE REGISTERED. SHE’S HOPING THAT WILL TRANSLATE INTO MORE PEOPLE VOTING IN THE NOVEMBER EIGHTH ELECTION. SHE SAYS IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2012, ONLY 65 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS.
THE NEW IBERIA CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT WILL DECIDE ON WHETHER TO ADOPT A NEW BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER THAT INCLUDES A TWO PERCENT PAY INCREASE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. THE CITY HAS SEEN A SEVEN PERCENT DECREASE IN SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR, WHICH TRANSLATES TO ABOUT 917 THOUSAND DOLLARS. MAYOR HILDA CURRY TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY’VE DIPPED INTO THEIR RESERVES TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET. SHE SAYS DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THIS YEAR.
Clyde Holloway, a former congressman and chairman of Louisiana’s utility regulatory agency, has died. He was 72. A member of the Public Service Commission since 2009, Holloway died at his home in Forest Hill on Sunday, according to his office. No cause of death was released.
