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A COUPLE FROM MAMOU WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY. FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVED A CALL AT ABOUT THREE A-M AND THE HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF FIFTH STREET. FAMILY MEMBERS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS AS KENNETH AND BARBARA FREEMAN SYRIE (ser EYE), WHO LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
RENEWABLE ENERGY, PARTICULARLY SOLAR, IS GROWING IN ACADIANA AND ACROSS THE STATE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY A ONE HUNDRED FORTY MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM TO PREPARE INDUSTRIAL SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. GOVERNOR LANDRY SAYS, UNDER THE PROGRAM, THE STATE WILL INVEST MONEY IN PREPARING A SITE AND WILL GET THE MONEY BACK WHEN A COMPANY BUYS OR LEASES THE LAND, AND THEN THAT MONEY WILL BE PUT INTO PREPARING ANOTHER SITE. NINETEEN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MOVING FORWARD UNDER THE PROJECT. THEY INCLUDE THE ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN IBERIA PARISH AND THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT.
A DERIDDER JURY HAS FOUND FORMER MAYOR MISTY ROBERTS GUILTY OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE AND INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENIILE. SHE WAS FOUND TO HAVE HAD RELATIONS WITH A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY AT A PARTY AT HER HOME. SHE WILL BE SENTENCED ON APRIL SEVENTEENTH. SHE COULD GET UP TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON ON THE CARNAL KNOWLEDGE CHARGE AND UP TO SEVEN YEARS ON THE INDECENT BEHAVIOR COUNT.
THE OPELOUSAS LIBRARY IS UNDERGOING UPGRADES THAT WILL INCLUDE NEW FLOORING, NEW COMPUTERS AND REPAINTED WALLS. IT’S THE FIRST RENOVATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY IN SIX DECADES. MAYOR JULIUS ALSANDOR SAYS, WHEN THE JOB IS COMPLETED, IT WILL BE SO MODERNIZED THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO USE THE LIBRARY FOR YEARS TO COME. THE RENOVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
PELICAN ROOFING IN YOUNGSVILLE IS RUNNING A FIVE-K EVERY DAY THIS MONTH TO RAISE MONEY FOR AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD VILLE PLATTE BOY. JOEL MOSCOVIS (muhs COH vee) WAS SHOT LAST AUGUST, CAUSING HIM TO BE PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN. PELICAN ROOFING IS SEEKING TO RAISE FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR JOEL’S STEM CELL TREATMENT AND OTHER MEDICAL NEEDS. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN DONATING OR PARTICIPATING, GO TO PELICAN ROOF-DOT-COM-BACKSLASH-RUN-DASH-WITH-DASH-ROOFUS-BACKSLASH.
LAFAYETTE LAWYER GLENN ARMENTOR SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE L-S-U BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ARMENTOR WAS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD IN TWENTY-SIXTEEN BY FORMER GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SAID HE RESPECTS ARMENTOR’S DESIRE TO DEVOTE HIS FULL ATTENTION TO HIS LAW PRACTICE. LANDRY THANKED ARMENTOR FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO L-S-U AND SERVICE TO THE STATE.
THE CITY OF RAYNE HAS BEEN NAMED A NATIONAL FINALIST IN PARADE MAGAZINE’S “AMERICA’S FAVORITE SMALL TOWNS” CONTEST. THE REGIONAL WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON JUNE FIRST WITH THE NATIONAL WINNER RECOGNIZED ON JUNE TWELFTH. ACADIA PARISH TOURISM COMMISSIONER SUZETTE LEONARDS CALLED IT A TREMENDOUS HONOR FOR RAYNE AND FOR ALL OF ACADIA PARISH. SHE SAYS RAYNE REPRESENTS THE HEART OF LOUISIANA HOSPITALITY AND HAS A STRONG COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND UNIQUE
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