12-23-15
GOOD NEWS FOR THE LAKE AREA AS TWO COMPANIES HAVE
ANNOUNCED THEY WILL INVEST $3 BILLION IN TWO PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED
LAKE CHARLES CHEMICAL PLANTS. AXTALL AND LOTTE THRU A JOIINT
VENTURE WILL MAKE A 1.9 BILLION INVESTMENT IN A NEW ETHANE CRACKER FACILITY. LOTTE REPORTLY WILL ALSO BUILD A 1.1 BILLION MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL PLANT. CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN 2016.
AP State police say a sheriff’s deputy in Louisiana shot and killed a 32-year-old man inside his home. State police spokesman Master Trooper Brooks David says at least two sheriff’s deputies were at the home of Michael Noel about 5:50 p.m. Monday when the shooting occurred. David says investigators have told him one shot was fired. He says he doesn’t know why the deputies were at Noel’s home, south of Breaux Bridge. He says two deputies were treated for minor injuries. David says Noel was black but that he does not know the race of the deputies. David says state police were asked to investigate the shooting at 8:45 p.m. State police are called in by law enforcement agencies to investigate officer-involved shootings.
A STATE APPELLATE COURT HAS RULED THAT THE INTERIM MAYOR OF EUNICE CAN BE A CANDIDATE FOR THAT POST IN A MARCH 5TH SPECIAL ELECTION. THE ELECTION WILL FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MAYOR RUSTY MOODY WHO DIED IN OFFICE. THE CANDIDANCY OF SCOTT FONTENOT WAS CHALLANGED BECAUSE HE DID NOT RESIGN HIS ALDERMAN SEAT BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED INTERIM MAYOR.
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE “DRIVE SOBER OR GET
PULLED OVER “ PROGRAM AGAIN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SGT. NICK MANALE
SAID “WE’RE JUST ASKING EVERYONE TO HAVE A LITTLE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND DO THE RIGHT THING TO
KEEP US ALL SAFE. DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON THERE WERE 671 ACCIDENTS
THAT RESULTED IN INJURIES AND DEATHS. OF THAT NUMBER 99 WERE THE
RESULT OF IMPARIED DRIVERS.
A VEHICLE CRASHED WITH AN AMTRACK TRAIN LAST NIGHT. JEFF HORCHEK HAS MORE.
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AP State police say 17 suspects accused of being part of a neighborhood-based criminal gang in Abbeville have been indicted. Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says charges include racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering and criminal street gang violation. The indictments were announced Monday and came after a year-long investigation by a special task force made up of several Acadiana law enforcement agencies. The gang members called themselves the Gremlins, according to the Advertiser. Seven of the suspects indicted were not in custody as of Monday. Edmonson says more charges, including murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm are expected to be applied. Prosecutors say penalties for racketeering could be up to 50 years in prison and a $1 million fine.