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YOUNGSVILLE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED AT A MOBILE HOME IN THE 100 BLOCK OF VERMILLION CIRCLE. THE VICTIM IS A 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO, POLICE SAY, MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED AS THE RESULT OF A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. A MAN, WHO WAS FOUND NOT DRESSED AT THE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING, WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE VICTIM OR SUSPECT OR ANY OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME. SOME RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE SUSPECT IS THE BROTHER OF THE VICTIM.
LAKE CHARLES HAD THE HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT RATE GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY USA TODAY. THE EMPLOYMENT RATE IN LAKE CHARLES GREW BY 28-POINT-3 PERCENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. MOST OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SEVERAL MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THE MEDIAN ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN LAKE CHARLES IS OVER 52 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A SERIAL KILLER HAS CONFESSED TO STRANGLING AN OPELOUSAS WOMAN 22 YEARS AGO. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says he’ll run for re-election, rather than challenge Gov. John Bel Edwards in next year’s governor’s race. The Republican attorney general ended speculation about his 2019 election plans in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. Landry says he’ll seek a second term as Louisiana’s chief legal officer, after raising the profile of the job and becoming one of the state’s most prominent GOP elected officials. Landry says he’s comfortable he can best serve the state by continuing in his current job.
A Eunice-based crawfish company says it has plans for a $3 million expansion in the state that will create 10 jobs and at least 30 seasonal positions. Riceland Crawfish and state officials said at a news conference Tuesday the company is spending $2 million for a new facility in Eunice and $1 million on equipment to process crawfish and alligator meat. Riceland President Dexter Guillory says the addition to the company’s facility will allow it to package, freeze and sell crawfish all year. State Agriculture and Forestry Department Commissioner Mike Strain says Riceland can offer crawfish boils year-round and have its products in more than 900 Walmart stores nationwide.
LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DISTRIBUTED SMART HELMETS TO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE AREA BEFORE THE SEASON. THE HELMETS WERE SYNCED UP WITH A DEVICE THAT TELLS WHEN A PLAYER IS HIT HIGHER THAN THE THRESHOLD ALLOWED FOR THE POSITION. THE HOSPITAL’S DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE JAMEY RASBERRY SAYS THE HELMETS WORKED WELL THIS SEASON, HELPING TO PREVENT SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME. THE HELMETS WERE FUNDED THROUGH A 100 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT PROVIDED BY LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS SEEN GANG VIOLENCE. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RISE IN DRUG ACTIVITIY, WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH THE GANGS. GIBSON SAYS THE GANGS IN THE PARISH ARE MORE LOCAL OR REGIONAL THAN BELONGING TO ANY OF THE MAJOR GANGS IN THE COUNTRY. HE SAYS HIS GOAL IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN DRUGS AND VIOLENT CRIMES OFF THE STREET.
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is calling on Louisiana’s health secretary to resign after an audit said her agency may have spent as much as $85 million on Medicaid coverage for people who weren’t eligible. The Republican senator Wednesday said Rebekah Gee, an appointee of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, didn’t show respect for taxpayer dollars. The legislative auditor’s office found problems with the health department’s infrequent use of wage data from the state labor department to confirm that people enrolled in Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion program meet the income criteria. Edwards spokesman Richard Carbo dismissed Kennedy’s criticism, saying the governor has confidence in Gee.
