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TONIGHT IN LAFAYETTE, A BURIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST FOR 16 BODIES THAT HAVE GONE UNCLAIMED IN THE CORONER’S OFFICE OR WHOSE FAMILIES COULD NOT AFFORD TO BURY THEM. CEMETARY DIRECTOR BRADY LEBLANC SAYS AMONG THE 16 ARE TWO NURSING HOME RESIDENTS, TWO VETERANS AND A BABY, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A STORAGE UNIT IN JUNE. THE MOTHER OF THE BABY, WHO DIED SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH IN 2001, HAS BEEN INDICTED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THE ANNUAL BURIAL SERVICE BEGAN IN 2012, AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, 173 UNCLAIMED BODIES HAVE BEEN LAID TO REST IN THE CEMETARY BEHIND THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.
AN EMPLOYEE AT THE CAJUN LUNCH BOX IN WELSH WAS STABBED SUNDAY EVENING. WELSH POLICE CHIEF MARCUS CROCHET SAYS THE PERSON WAS TREATED AT THE JENNINGS AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING WOUNDS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST. THAT SUSPECT WAS NOT YET IN CUSTODY.
FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN THREE SEPARATE CRASHES ON INTERSTATE TEN IN ACADIA PARISH BETWEEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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The chief executives in charge of running state hospitals in seven cities have gotten together to fight the possibility of losing some of the public money they’re paid.
The News-Star reports that the executives say in a joint letter that cuts could have dire consequences for some of Louisiana’s most vulnerable residents. Their companies are paid to run the former charity system privatized by Gov. Bobby Jindal. Last week, state Health and Hospitals Secretary Kathy Kliebert told the Senate Finance Committee that the contracts may have to be restructured.
THE ACADIANA PRESS CLUB IS HOSTING A DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO REMAINING CANDIDATES FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF. THE DEBATE BETWEEN FORMER FELONY PROSECUTOR MARK GARBER AND SCOTT POLICE CHIEF CHAD LEGER WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT MONDAY EVENING AT SIX P-M AT SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S DEVALCOURT AUDITORIUM. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. IN THE PRIMARY, GARBER RECEIVED 46 PERCENT OF THE VOTE WHILE LEGER TOOK 39 PERCENT.
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says two teenagers from the town of Iowa are dead after a crash in Lake Charles. Spokeswoman Kim Myers says both 15-year-old Caleb Broussard and 18-year-old Robert Pyle were passengers in a pickup truck that apparently ran a stop sign and collided with an SUV. She says both vehicles overturned Saturday night in a nearby pasture. Myers says the investigation is continuing and charges may be filed.
Delinquent taxpayers have one last shot to pay what they owe with lessened penalties and interest charges. The state revenue department announced Monday that Louisiana’s latest tax amnesty period begins Nov. 16 and runs through Dec. 15. It’s the third year in a row Louisiana is offering amnesty to those who haven’t paid what they owe, and it’s the last amnesty allowed for a decade. State lawmakers authorized the amnesty periods to help drum up money for the state’s budget.
