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1-6-15

Louisiana State Police have re-arrested a man involved in a two-vehicle crash in St. Martin Parish last month after a woman died from her injuries.  Master Trooper Brooks David, in a news release Monday, says 30-year-old Emmanuel Wiltz, of Breaux Bridge, was initially booked with vehicular negligent injuring, DWI and other charges and released on bond.  David says Wiltz was driving south Dec. 30 on Louisiana Highway 328 when his truck veered into the northbound lane, striking 56-year-old Betty Borel’s vehicle head on. Both were wearing seatbelts, but Borel, of Breaux Bridge, succumbed to her injuries.

 

A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN LAKE CHARLES EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  34-YEAR-OLD KENNETH JOSEPH BROWN WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CAR OUTSIDE OF CLUB VIBE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.  THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, WHO WAS NOT INJURED.  INVESTIGATORS WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY THEY HAVE NO SUSPECTS OR MOTIVES IN THE SHOOTING.

 

LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF MIKE NUESTROM ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT BE SEEKING ANOTHER TERM.  JULIE DARCE REPORTS.

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The state labor department says first-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Dec. 27 decreased to 1,566 from the previous week’s total of 2,531.  For the comparable week a year earlier, there were 1,721 initial claims, officials said Monday.  The shorter work-week due to the Christmas holidays contributed to the over-the-week decrease in initial claims. Industries with the largest decreases were construction, accommodation and food services and administrative and waste services.

 

PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN AFTER POWER LINES FELL ON A FENCE NEAR THE SCHOOL.  THE DRIVER OF AN 18-WHEELER KNOCKED DOWN TWO UTILITY POLES AND TWO TRANSFORMERS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ACCORDING TO PORT BARRE POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX.  HE SAYS THEY BLOCKED OFF ROADS AND TOLD THE DRIVER OF THE 18-WHEELER TO STAY IN HIS VEHICLE UNTIL TECHNICIANS FROM ENTERGY MANAGED TO CUT POWER TO THE DOWNED LINES.  HE SAYS NO ONE WAS INJURED.

 

DERIDDER POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A SUSPECT IN A STRING OF CHURCH BURGLARIES OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.  DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF CHRISTOPHER RUDY SAYS NUMEROUS AREA CHURCHES HAVE SUFFERED A LOSS OF FUNDS AND COSTLY DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTY.  HE SAYS THE SUSPECT IS A WHITE MALE DRIVING A SMALL FOUR DOUR CAR.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 462-89-18.

 

THE GREATER LAFAYETTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS CLOSE TO REACHING ITS GOAL OF RAISING THREE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO CREATE A REGIONAL CHAMBER, THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE ACADIANA PARISHES.  PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE JASON EL KOUBI TELLS THE ADVOCATE MORE THAN NINETY COMPANIES HAVE WRITTEN CHECKS FOR 2015 AND MADE PLEDGES FOR THE YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2020 IN ORDER TO JOIN THE REGIONAL CHAMBER.  EL KOUBI SAYS THE PLEDGES TOTAL MORE THAN TWO-POINT-5 MILLION PER YEAR, WHICH IS CLOSE TO THEIR ANNUAL GOAL OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS.  THE CHAMBER KICKED OFF THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR AND EL KOUBI SAYS THEY’VE SEEN A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE.

 

The long-time warden of Louisiana’s state penitentiary says he may run for governor in this fall’s election.  Burl Cain, leader of the Angola prison for 20 years, said people have encouraged him to add his name to the list of candidates for the October election.  A Facebook page has been created to push a Cain candidacy, but Cain told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday that he hasn’t decided whether to jump into the race. The Republican warden says he hasn’t done anything to organize a campaign or raise money, but acknowledges he’s “contemplating it.”