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THE LAFAYETTE AND CARENCRO FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKED TOGETHER TO DOUSE A BARN FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO ANIMALS IN THE ABANDONED FARM. THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY THE OWNER OF THE BARN WHO WAS BURNING A PILE OF BRUSH AND LEFT IT UNATTENDED, WITH THE FIRE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE BARN.
REPUBLICAN RYAN BOURRIAQUE OF GRAND CHENIER IS THE NEW STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 47. THE DISTRICT COVERS CAMERON PARISH AND PARTS OF CALCASIEU AND VERMILLION PARISHES. BOURRIAQUE TOOK TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTE SATURDAY TO DEFEAT HIS CHALLENGER, BEN RIVERA OF MAURICE, WHO IS ALSO A REPUBLICAN. BOURRIAQUE REPLACE BOB HENSGENS WHO RECENTLY BECAME STATE SENATOR IN A SPECIAL ELECTION.
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAD A BUSY WEEKEND AND FIND THEMSELVES INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Lobbyists can spend a tiny bit more wining and dining Louisiana state lawmakers and other public officials, beginning July 1. When the new 2019-20 budget year begins in a few months, lobbyists can spend $62 per occasion on food and drink for a public official per. The current cap is $61. State ethics administrator Kathleen Allen said the Louisiana Board of Ethics, which oversees the lobbying spending restrictions, made the adjustment at its latest monthly meeting.
TWO PEOPLE, INCLUDING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD, WERE INJURED IN A CRASH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE ACCIDENT, INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES, HAPPENED IN THE 600 BLOCK OF LOUISIANA AVENUE. THE TWO WHO WERE INJURED WERE IN ONE OF THE VEHICLES. THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.
LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER AND OTHERS GATHERED TOGETHER SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE LOCAL ARTIST CANDICE ALEXANDER. SHE IS THE ARTIST BEHIND THE TREE OF LIFE MURAL ON RYAN STREET. MAYOR HUNTER SAID THAT, AS ALEXANDER GETS READY TO REVAMP THE MURAL, IT IS AN INDICATION OF THE POSITIVE GROWTH SWEEPING THROUGH THE CITY. A GRAND REOPENING OF ALEXANDER’S STUDIO SPACE ON RYAN STREET WAS ALSO HELD ON SATURDAY.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDIFE AND FISHERIES IS OFFERING A 75-HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING A WHOOPING CRANE IN ACADIA PARISH LAST NOVEMBER. THE WHOOPING CRANE WAS SHOT ON MONCEAUX ROAD BETWEEN RAYNE AND CROWLEY. THE WHOOPING CRANE WAS ONE OF 147 THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN THE WILD IN AN EFFORT TO REVIVE THE DWINDLING SPECIES. THIS IS THE SECOND SHOOTING OF A WHOOPING CRANE IN ACADIA PARISH.
Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is on the hunt for the state’s best seafood chefs.
Nungesser, the state’s top tourism official, and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board are searching for chefs to compete in the annual Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off. This year’s event will be held June 18 in Lafayette. Chefs from around the state who are interested in participating must apply by April 12.
