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2-10-20

LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRESTED A MAN SATURDAY WHO POINTED A GUN AT A POLICE OFFICER.  POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING INVOLVING TWO MEN ON MACON ROAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  WHEN ONE OFFICER APPROACHED FORTY-YEAR-OLD MELVIN LAINEZ, HE POINTED HIS GUN AT THE OFFICER AND THE OFFICER FIRED SHOTS TOWARD LAINEZ, BUT DID NOT HIT HIM.  THE OFFICER WAS PUT ON PAID LEAVE PENDING AN INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS STANDARD PROCEDURE WHEN AN OFFICER FIRES THEIR WEAPON.

 

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A FOUR-MONTH-OLD BABY IN BREAUX BRIDGE.  MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.

 

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A NEW VETERAN’S CEMETARY WILL BE OPENING IN JENNINGS SOON.  IT WILL BE ONE OF FIVE IN THE STATE.  THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CEMETARY WAS SLATED TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER BUT THE OPENING HAS BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF RAINY WEATHER.  DIRECTOR DWAYNE GUIDRY SAYS HE’S HOPING THE CEMETARY WILL BE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH.  GUIDRY SAYS THE CEMETARY WILL INTER VETERANS FROM BEAUMONT TO BREAUX BRIDGE.

 

Louisiana’s secretary of state is notifying small business owners about proposed regulations that could impact their companies. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced Thursday that businesses can register online for regulatory updates and to access a database that will list current and proposed regulations. The postings were required under a bill passed by lawmakers last year. Supporters say the disclosures in the database will help small businesses learn about rules that could harm them, giving them time to provide input to agencies before the regulations take effect.

 

A HOUSE IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF E BROUSSARD ROAD WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE BEFORE DAWN ON SATURDAY.  THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS EVERYONE INSIDE GOT OUT SAFELY.  THE HOUSE IS NORMALLY NOT OCCUPIED SO THERE WERE NO UTILITIES HOOKED UP.  ARSON INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

 

The suspect in a series of fires set last spring at African American churches in St. Landry parish is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing. Holden Matthews had pleaded not guilty in the arson fires that destroyed three churches in and around the city of Opelousas. But court records revealed that there had been plea negotiations. A plea change hearing was set for today in Lafayette.

An outbreak of norovirus at a Lake Charles casino has left at least several hundred people sick and has prompted an investigation by state health officials. The Department of Health confirmed Thursday that the illnesses reported at L’Auberge Casino over the previsou weekend were from the norovirus, which is a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness that causes vomiting and diarrhea. The agency says they’ve received at least 200 surveys from people self-reporting virus symptoms.

 

Gov. John Bel Edwards is suing Louisiana’s state treasurer for blocking a $25 million fund transfer the governor and lawmakers earmarked for state operating expenses. The Democratic governor is asking a judge to declare Republican state Treasurer John Schroder’s actions illegal. Schroder has refused to shift the $25 million from Louisiana’s unclaimed property account this budget year and he blocked a $15 million transfer last year. Governors and lawmakers for decades have spent unclaimed property money on programs and services.