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AN ADULT IN BREAUX BRIDGE IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A CHILD, WHO WAS PLAYING WITH A GUN. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER GIVING A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR PAY INCREASE TO STARTING POLICE OFFICERS. C-E-O CYDRA WINGERTER TOLD BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS THURSDAY THAT THIS PAY INCREASE WOULD BRING STARTING SALARIES UP TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TRIGGER PAY INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WINGERTER SAYS THE MOVE WOULD COST ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. SHE SAYS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOSING TRAINED OFFICERS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT PAY MORE.
THE LONGTIME HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HIS CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. SHAWN WILSON IS EXPECTED TO BE THE ONLY MAJOR DEMOCRAT PARTY CANDIDATE AND, IF ELECTED, THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO BE VOTED TO STATEWIDE OFFICE IN NEARLY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-YEARS. WILSON SAID IN AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY THAT HE’S DEMONSTRATED AN ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS TO FIND COMMON GROUND. HE JOINS A RACE WITH FOUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY, STATE TREASURER JOHN SCHROEDER, STATE SENATOR SHARON HEWITT, AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD NELSON AS WELL AS ONE INDEPENDENT, TRIAL LAWYER AND MINISTER HUNTER LUNDY.
A MALE PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED WHEN HIT BY A VEHICLE ON I-TEN IN CALCASIEU PARISH. STATE POLICE SAY THE PEDESTRIAN WAS WALKING IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF TRAVEL WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A WESTBOUND VEHICLE AT AROUND ONE-FORTY-FIVE SUNDAY MORNING. THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST WEST OF THE L-A THIRTY-SIXTY-THREE EXIT IN VINTON. HIS NAME HAS BEEN WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF KIN.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE CAME TO HONOR THE LIFE OF MICHAEL SHANE POTTER AT THE VETERAN’S MEMORIAL IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. POTTER WAS A VETERAN WHO SERVED IN OPERATION DESERT STORM, OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND OPERATION SHARP EDGE. HE SPENT TWENTY YEARS WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN PORT BARRE, ARNAUDVILLE AND HENDERSON. VETERANS, ACTIVE MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS CAME TO HONOR POTTER AT THE MEMORIAL TRIBUTE.
BATH AND BODY WORKS IS OPENING A SECOND LOCATION IN LAFAYETTE, ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPING LAFAYETTE WEBSITE. CURRENTLY THE ONLY LOCATION IN LAFAYETTE IS AT THE ACADIANA MALL. THE NEW LOCATION IS ON LOUISIANA AVENUE NEAR THE INTERSTATE, IN THE FORMER KIRKLAND’S SPACE. DEVELOPING LAFAYETTE ESTIMATES THE NEW STORE WILL BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS OR LESS.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is in Asia for a weeklong series of meetings with business leaders and policymakers in the hopes of growing foreign investment. Edwards left Friday and will return this coming Saturday. During his time in Asia, he will visit South Korea and Japan and meet with top executives of companies with investments in Louisiana. The Democrat said that the trip is designed to “strengthen ties to one of the state’s most important international trading partners, and reinforce Louisiana’s unique advantages for major jobs-creating business development and expansion projects.”
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMED THEY SERVED SUBPOENAS TO SEVERAL RESIDENTS ON FRIDAY ORDERING THEM TO REPORT TO THE IBERIA PARISH COURTHOUSE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DISTRICT ATTORNEY BO DUHE TOLD KATC TV THEY HAD TROUBLE IN SEATING A JURY FOR A SECOND DEGREE MURDER TRIAL. SO HE SUMMONED RESIDENTS UNDER A LOUISIANA LAW THAT ALLOWS TALES JURORS TO BE CALLED TO THE COURTHOUSE WHEN REGULAR JURY POOLS ARE EXHAUSTED. HE HOPED TO HAVE A JURY SELECTED AND TO BEGIN THE TRIAL THIS WEEK.
