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A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN EUNICE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED AS FORTY-YEAR-OLD CARL VIGERS, WHO WAS SHOT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH BEULAH AND MAPLE AVENUE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND VIGERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND HE LATER DIED AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NO SUSPECTS HAVE YET BEEN IDENTIFIED.
A CARENCRO WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE HEAD-ON COLLISION ON THE I-FORTY-NINE NORTHWEST FRONTAGE ROAD EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MARIA FELTON WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY BRANDEN LUNDY OF MORGAN CITY CROSSED THE CENTER LINE, CAUSING THE COLLISION. FELTON WAS TAKEN TO THE WHERE SHE LATER DIED WHILE LUNDY AND HIS PASSENGER SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.
EARLY VOTING FOR THIS WEEKEND’S ELECTION HAS WRAPPED UP BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME DEADLINES TO KEEP IN MIND BEFORE THE POLLS OPEN. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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A JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOTS FROM HIS VEHICLE AT AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER NEAR WELSH. COMMANDER RAMBI CORMIER OF THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE EIGHTEEN WHEELER HAD TWO PEOPLE IN IT AND FIVE ANIMALS. HE SAYS DEPUTIES LOCATD THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP IN JENNINGS. DETECTIVES GOT INVOLVED AND ARRESTED TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MONTERIO GATES ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM. IT’S CONSIDERED A SUSPECTED ROAD RAGE INCIDENT.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING ONE WEEK AGO IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST OAK STREET. TYLER ESQUIVEL WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER. WITNESSES TOLD CROWLEY POLICE THAT ESQUIVEL GOT INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHICH LED TO THE SHOOTING. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, ACCORDING TO THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CHEVRON’S GULF OF MEXICO BUSINESS UNIT HAS DONATED A SIX-ACRE TRACT OF LAND NEAR HEYMANN PARK TO THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. L-C-G PLANS TO INCORPORATE WALKING TRAILS. L-C-G SAYS THIS WILL ENHANCE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE VERMILLION RIVER AND CONNECT TOGETHER HEYMANN, BEAVER AND LIL’ WOOD PARKS. MAYOR-PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY CALLED CHEVRON’S DONATION GENEROUS, SAYING IT WILL BENEFIT GENERATIONS TO COME AND BE A LASTING SYMBOL OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SNAP RECIPIENTS IN LOUISIANA WILL SOON HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR BENEFITS RIGHT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. SYLVIA MASTERS EXPLAINS.
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REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE BLAKE MIGUEZ HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE STATE SENATE SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY FRED MILLS. BECAUSE OF TERM LIMITS, MILLS WILL NOT BE RUNNING AGAIN. MIGUEZ DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A PRO-LIFE FISCAL CONSERVATIVE AND HE HAS BEEN COMMENDED BY THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM, THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AND BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. THE PRIMARY ELECTION TAKES PLACE ON OCTOBER FOURTEENTH.
