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NEXTGEN UTILITY SYSTEMS WILL END EFFORTS TO TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SYSTEM IF THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL PASSES AN AMENDMENT OPPOSING ANY SALE, LEASE OR PRIVATE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME. THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THAT AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMAN WILLIAM THERIOT NEXT MONDAY. NEXTGEN DIRECTOR JEFF BAUDIER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THEY WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO A BID PROCESS WITH OTHER COMPANIES BUT, IF THE COUNCIL EFFECTIVELY VOTES TO NOT TALK ABOUT L-U-S, THEY WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOWN. NEXTGEN HAS PROPOSED A FORTY YEAR MANAGEMENT DEAL WHERE THEY WOULD PAY A LUMP SUM OF 140 MILLION DOLLARS WITH ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF 23 MILLION DOLLARS FOR CONTROL OF LAFAYETTE’S UTILITIES.
A PROPERTY TAX RENEWAL FOR THE CALCASIEU PARISH LIBRARY SYSTEM IS ON THE BALLOT. CALCASIEU PARISH VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO RENEW THE SIX MILL, TEN YEAR TAX. LIBRARY DIRECTOR MARJORIE HARRISON SAYS THE PROPERTY TAX ACCOUNTS FOR 96 PERCENT OF THEIR FUNDING. IF APPROVED, A PERSON WITH A 100,000 DOLLAR VALUED HOME WOULD PAY A DOLLAR-25 PER MONTH.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION IS FOR THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND TODAY YOU’LL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES. JEFF HORCHAK EXPLAINS.
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THE ELECTION IS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY AND EARLY VOTING ENDS TODAY.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM IN SATURDAY NIGHT’S DEADLY SHOOTING AS 26-YEAR-OLD BRYDEN GRAY. HERE’S JEFF HORCHAK AGAIN WITH THE DETAILS.
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KATC TV IS BEING SOLD BY ITS PARENT COMPANY. CORDILLERA COMMUNICATIONS IS SELLING 15 TELEVISION STATIONS TO THE E-W SCRIPPS COMPANY, ONE OF WHICH IS KATC. THE SALE IS PENDING FEDERAL APPROVAL. ITS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
THE REMAINS OF A KOREAN WAR VETERAN ARE BEING RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY IN LAKE CHARLES. A BURIAL WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS FOR ARMY CORPORAL EDWARD M. JONES WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER NINTH. JONES WAS REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION ON FEBRUARY TWELFTH, 1951 AND LATER DECLARED DECEASED WHEN A RETURNING PRISONER OF WAR REPORTED THAT JONES HAD DIED AT A P-O-W CAMP IN NORTH KOREA. 208 BOXES OF COMINGLED HUMAN REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO THE U-S IN THE EARLY 90’S, AND THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, THE REMAINS OF JONES WERE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
A MAN FROM RAYNE WAS ARRESTED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT A MOTORIST PASSED ANOTHER VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY 35 NORTH OF RAYNE AND THEN SHINED BRIGHT LIGHTS FROM THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE. HE SAYS WHEN THE VICTIM LOOKED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THAT VEHICLE, SHOTS WERE FIRED AT HIS VEHICLE, AND A PASSENGER WAS INJURED. RAYNE POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND ARRESTED 22-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL NUGENT, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
Louisiana’s annual book festival will celebrate 15 years when it’s held in mid-November. The free celebration of readers and writers is set for Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Louisiana State Capitol, state library, Capitol Park Museum and surrounding grounds. More than 250 authors and presenters will discuss books during the day and sign their books in a nearby tent. A full schedule is available online at louisianabookfestival.org . Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser will present the Louisiana Writer Award to poet and essayist Sheryl St. Germain.
