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AN ELDERLY WOMAN IS REPORTED MISSSING IN OPELOUSAS. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE ELORA PLACE APARTMENTS OFF OF KALISTE SALOOM ROAD IN LAFAYETTE. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD IRVING LUMPKIN THE THIRD OF FRANKLIN. HE WAS AT THE APARTMENTS TO VISIT A FRIEND, WHO INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IS NOT A SUSPECT. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS AND WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING.
LOUISIANA’S TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW REMAINS IN EFFECT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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FIVE CALCASIEU PARISH PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE POLICE JURY. THEY CLAIM THE POLICE JURY DID NOT FOLLOW THE REQUIRED PROCEDURES WHEN TAKING LAND FOR THE NINE-AND-A-HALF MILE EAST CALCASIEU WATER SYSTEM EXPANSION PROJECT. THE PETITION SAYS THE POLICE JURY PRESENTED A SINGLE, UNEXPLAINED PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY AND THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS A FINAL OFFER. THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS, JUSTIN WINCH, SAYS THEY DON’T WANT TO STOP THE PROJECT, BUT THEY WANT PROPER NEGOTIATIONS.
A JURY IN CALIFORNIA DETERMINED META AND GOOGLE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THEIR DESIGNS WERE DANGEROUS TO MINORS AND ORDERED THEM TO PAY THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN COMPENSATORY DAMAGES. BRANDY AND TONEY ROBERTS OF NEW IBERIA ARE PART OF A SEPARATE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THEY FOUND, AFTER THEIR FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TOOK HER OWN LIFE IN TWENTY-TWENTY, THAT SHE HAD MANY POSTS ABOUT SUICIDE ON HER INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. THEY BELIEVE THE CALIFORNIA VERDICT WILL STRENGTHEN THEIR FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED PLAINTIFFS.
T-S-A EMPLOYEES AT AIRPORTS ARE WORKING WITHOUT PAY TEMPORARILY BECAUSE OF A BUDGET STANDOFF IN CONGRESS. IT’S LED TO LONG LINES AT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS BECAUSE OF EMPLOYEES NOT SHOWING UP OR QUITTING. THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS SO FAR MANAGED TO AVOID MASSIVE SECURITY DELAYS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT MAJOR AIRPORTS. LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC HAVE ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORTS TO PROVIDE GIFT CARDS AND SUPPLIES TO THE T-S-A EMPLOYEES.
Louisiana officials warn that the state’s $300 million crawfish industry faces dire economic consequences because of a shortage of temporary seasonal workers via the H-2B visa program. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said that at least 15 of the state’s 20 processors received none of the H-2B workers they applied for. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released the visas later this year than they have in the past. It was so late that Louisiana’s crawfish season had already begun.
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DARRELL RIGMAIDEN ARE CALLING FOR A FULLER INVESTIGATION INTO A EUNICE HOUSE FIRE. THE FIRE HAPPENED AT AROUND ONE A-M AND FIREFIGHTERS FOUND RIGMAIDEN’S BODY IN THE HOUSE AFTER EXTINGUISHING THE BLAZE. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE KITCHEN STOVE AND THERE WERE NO WORKING SMOKE ALARMS IN THE HOUSE. THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WANT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DETERMINATION OF THE FIRE OTHER THAN IT STARTED NEAR THE STOVE.
