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DUSON POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OF A MAJOR CRASH THAT KILLED ONE MAN AND SENT ANOTHER TO THE HOSPITAL. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING DEATH THAT HAPPENED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF FIFTH AVENUE AND LILY STREET. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS ELGIN GREEN AND A SECOND PERSON SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AN INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT GREEN AND THE SECOND VICTIM GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WHILE IN A VEHICLE AND, WHEN THEY EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE TWO WERE SHOT. JEREMIAH ELIJAHJUAN ELLIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND SET AT 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
St. Landry Parish authorities say they’ve arrested four people in a shooting that injured the target and a good Samaritan who had pushed a woman and a toddler to safety. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said in a news release Sunday that two men were arrested on four counts of attempted murder, a third on a charge of principal to attempted murder, and the 20-year-old woman on a charge of accessory after the fact. He says all four allegedly drove to the home of the woman’s ex-boyfriend and two men got out shooting pistols at him. The third man allegedly fired from the car as it drove off Thursday.
Louisiana’s lawmakers have traveled the country to meet with colleagues and attend conferences since their legislative sessions ended, trips that have cost taxpayers nearly $120,000. Twenty-four of 105 House members and 17 of 39 senators attended events in a dozen states, including Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida and Nevada. Lawmakers went to meetings of the Southern Legislative Conference in Missouri; the National Conference of State Legislatures in Los Angeles; the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.; and the National Conference of Insurance Legislators in Utah, among others. Information provided to The Associated Press by the Legislature showed the trips cost the House nearly $58,000 and the Senate about $60,000 for travel expenses such as airfare, hotel rooms and the daily per diem paid to lawmakers for attending work-related meetings.
Louisiana’s Avery Island, a salt dome and the birthplace of Tabasco pepper sauce, is newly listed on the National Register of Historic Places. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced Friday that the U.S. Department of the Interior has given the historic designation to the island, located in Iberia Parish. In a statement, the Republican senator called Avery Island a significant part of Louisiana’s history and culture.
Company President and CEO Anthony Simmons says the historic designation comes the same year that marks the 150th anniversary of Tabasco and the 200th anniversary of his family’s settlement on the island.
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTS IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT A MAIN STREET CONVENIENCE STORE IN JENNINGS OCTOBER NINTH. TORRY CEASAR WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. TARYKE JACOBS WAS ALSO ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH AN OBLITERATED SERIAL NUMBER. AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A THIRD SUSPECT, JALAWRENCE WHITE.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR THE RICE FESTIVAL IN CROWLEY. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH STREET AND AVENUE B, FIVE BLOCKS FROM THE RICE FESTIVAL. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS THERE MAY BE TWO SUSPECTS, BUT NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
Louisiana’s efforts to reduce state-created boards and commissions have failed, with their number instead increasing, along with their spending. Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera’s office released its annual report on the entities, finding 477 boards and commissions, up 13 from the prior year. The auditor’s office tallied the panels’ spending for the financial year that ended June 30 and found $1.3 million spent on per diem, $1.7 million for salaries and $2.1 million for travel. Total spending is up $1 million from last year’s report.
