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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO UNRELATED SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER FRIDAY NIGHT. A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY IN A SHOOTING AT 9:15 P-M OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX LOCATED IN THE 800 BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE. AT 9:30, A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT IN THE 100 BLOCK OF MONROE STREET, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE, ON SATURDAY, HE WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON EITHER SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL THE LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
A MAN HELD UP A BURGER KING ON WEST MCNEESE STREET AT AROUND 3:30 SUNDAY MORNING. LAKE CHARLES POLICE SPOKESMAN LT. KEVIN KIRKUM SAYS A MAN WENT UP TO THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW AND TOOK OUT A GUN DEMANDING ENTRY. ONCE INSIDE, HE STRUCK AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE WEAPON AND DEMANDED MONEY. THE EMPLOYEES COMPLIED WITH HIS REQUEST, AND THE MAN, WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS BLACK, FIVE-SIX AND SLENDER, LEFT WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH.
AN ACADIANA FARMER WAS NAMED THE 2016 RICE FARMER OF THE YEAR BY THE RICE FEDERATION AND RICE FARMING MAGAZINE. RICHARD FONTENOT FARMS 15-HUNDRED ACRES OF RICE, SOYBEAN AND CRAWFISH AT R&N FARMS NEAR VILLE PLATTE. STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER MIKE STRAIN SAYS FONTENOT IS ONE OF THE STARS OF LOUISIANA AGRICULTURE. PREVIOUSLY FONTENOT WAS NAMED THE FARM BUREAU YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR IN 2000 AND THE LOUISIANA FARMER OF THE YEAR IN 2008.
Louisiana electoral voters say they’ve been inundated with emails and letters trying to persuade them to change their minds about casting ballots for Donald Trump.
That doesn’t mean any of the state’s eight electoral voters is expected to make a switch. State officials expect a quick, straightforward set of votes today for Trump in Louisiana, where the Republican president-elect got 58 percent support in the November election. Louisiana’s electors will cast their votes in the state Senate chamber, a meeting open to the public that begins at 11:30 a.m.
A popular south Louisiana festival has new headquarters in downtown Lafayette.
The move for Festival International de Louisiane comes as officials search for new sponsors — a challenge as the area’s oil-based economy suffers amid recovery from summer floods. The Advertiser reports that the home office for the festival has moved to a renovated bus station. Scott Feehan, Festival International’s executive director, says the new facility is “everything in one” — with enough room for the festival office, plus a warehouse.
A CANDIDATE FOR LAKE CHARLES MAYOR CAPTURED ON VIDEO A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO STEAL ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN SIGNS. PASTOR JOE BANKS TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO CHURCH WHEN HE SPOTTED THE MAN TAKING DOWN THE SIGN AT A VALERO STATION ON COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. BANK’S CAMPAIGN PLANS ON PRESSING CHARGES AGAINST THE MAN, WHO THEY’VE IDENTIFIED AS DEXTER CREEL FROM SULPHUR. THE BANK’S CAMPAIGN SAYS OTHER SIGNS AROUND THE CITY, INCLUDING ONE IN FRONT OF THE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, ARE MISSING.
IN ST. MARY PARISH, OFFICIALS SAY THEY’VE FOUND A BODY JUST OFF HIGHWAY 90 AT THE BALDWIN CUT SUNDAY NIGHT. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 13 last week to 637. A year ago, 709 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have curtailed exploration, although the rig count has been rising in recent weeks. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 510 rigs sought oil and 126 explored for natural gas last week.
