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LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF TWO MEN KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT IN A SHOOTING AT A RESTAURANT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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AN ELDERLY BREAUX BRIDGE COUPLE LOST THEIR HOME IN A STORM LAST MAY AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A CAMPER ON THE PROPERTY SINCE THEN. BUT THAT’S NO LONGER THE CASE AS A NEIGHBOR DONATED A MOBILE HOME TO MERLINE AND MAXIE BATISTE TWO WEEKS AGO. MERLINE SAYS THE NEIGHBOR HAD BOUGHT SOME PROPERTY AND WAS MOVING THE MOBILE HOME OFF OF IT, AND HE DECIDED TO GIVE IT TO THE BATISTE FAMILY. MERLINE TELLS KLFY TV SHE HAS FOUND STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE THROUGH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A THREE VEHICLE CRASH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN LAKE CHARLES. SIXTY-YEAR-OLD DONNA CHIMENO OF LAKE CHARLES WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON NELSON ROAD WHEN SHE WAS REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUSHED INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING JEEP CHEROKEE. CHIMENO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE THE OCCUPANTS IN THE TWO OTHER VEHICLES WERE UNINJURED. IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AS A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.
Louisiana lawmakers have advanced bills to flatten the state’s income tax rate and repeal the corporate franchise tax in a special legislative session focused on passing Gov. Jeff Landry’s sweeping tax reform package. House committees have overwhelmingly voted to support the two bills, which are slated to head before the full House for a vote. But to make up for the more than $1 billion revenue hole created by the income tax cuts, Landry proposes expanding state sales tax to a range of services and digital goods in other legislation which will likely prove a tougher sell for the GOP-dominated Legislature.
ONE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF C-O CIRCLE IN LAFAYETTE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD RICKEY CHRISTIAN WAS INVOLVED IN A DISPUTE WHEN A SUSPECT FIRED A GUN, HITTING CHRISTIAN. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS URGED TO CONTACT LAFAYETTE POLICE OR CALL TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
TENANTS AT THE IBERIA SOUTH APARTMENTS IN NEW IBERIA HAVE STARTED A PETITION TO GET THE MANAGEMENT TO TAKE CARE OF BLACK MOLD AND MILDEW AT THE COMPLEX. ELIZABETH LANDRY, WHO HAS BEEN A TENANT FOR FIVE YEARS, SAYS SHE’S HAD NUMEROUS HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE TO THE MOLD AND FOUND OUT OTHERS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE MOLD AS WELL. THEY’VE DECIDED TO GO ON STRIKE BY NOT PAYING THEIR RENT UNTIL THEY SEE CHANGE. KLFY TV HAS SOUGHT COMMENT FROM INTEGRITY RISE MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE PETITION BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
OAKDALE EXPERIENCED SOME FLOODING SATURDAY NIGHT AS HEAVY RAINS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. OAKDALE HIGH SCHOOL HAD SOME FLOODING BUT CLASSES WILL BE OPEN TODAY. KPLC TV IS REPORTING THAT SOME HOMES WERE UNDERWATER, GRAVES WERE OVERTURNED AND SOME WATER RESCUES WERE MADE.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON EXPLAINED WHY THEY PUT IOTA HIGH SCHOOL ON A LOCKDOWN THURSDAY AFTER A LOADED MAGAZINE WAS FOUND ON CAMPUS. GIBSON SAYS THE FIRST INITIATIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THESE PROTOCOLS IS TO EVACUATE ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT, ONCE THAT IS DONE, THEY NEXT CONDUCT A THOROUGH SEARCH TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO WEAPONS INSIDE AND ENSURE THE SCHOOL IS SAFE. HE SAYS THE JUVENILE WHO BROUGHT THE MAGAZINE TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.
