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EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE A NEW 96 GALLON RECYCLING CART BY THIS SUNDAY. THE CITY HAS A NEW RECYCLING CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH ALREADY HANDLES GARBAGE PICKUP. CITY PARISH ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGER MARK POPE SAYS, WITH EVERY HOUSEHOLD NOW HAVING A NEW CART, THEY’RE HOPING IT WILL BOOST RECYCLING RATES ABOVE SIXTY PERCENT. HE SAYS RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO RECYCLE ONLY NUMBER ONE AND TWO PLASTICS AND TO STOP RECYCLING GLASS BEGINNING THIS MONDAY.
Authorities say a man suspected of fatally shooting his wife is dead after exchanging gunfire with Calcasieu Parish sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff Tony Mancuso says investigators are trying to determine if the man shot and killed himself or was fatally wounded by a sheriff’s deputy after he opened fire on another deputy Thursday morning in the parish’s Carlyss community. Mancuso said the deputies weren’t injured. Mancuso says deputies were responding to burglary and trespassing calls when they encountered the gunman.
A VERMILLION PARISH MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER IS ACCUSED OF RAPING MINORS. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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An effort to prohibit a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure has received overwhelming support from lawmakers in the Louisiana House. The bill by Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican from Bossier City, would ban a procedure called dilation and evacuation. The procedure would only be allowed if necessary to prevent “serious health risk” to the mother. The House voted 83-0 for the bill and the Senate will consider it next.
Convicted sex offenders would be barred from working as door-to-door salesmen in Louisiana under a proposal that sailed through the House. State representatives voted 86-0 Thursday to send the measure to the Senate. Rep. Lance Harris, an Alexandria Republican, says his bill would protect children left home without supervision. Sex offenders already can’t drive a bus or taxi in Louisiana or work in an industry that requires going into someone’s home to provide a service.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AT TUESDAY’S MEETING THAT WOULD EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH REDFLEX. THAT COMPANY OPERATES THE CAMERAS AT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY THAT CATCHES SPEEDERS AND RED LIGHT VIOLATERS. THE CONTRACT WITH REDFLEX IS SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE FOURTH. THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AT TUESDAY’S MEETING, AND, IF THEY DO, IT WILL BE VOTED ON AT THE MAY 17 MEETING.
A COMPANY BASED OUT OF THAILAND IS PLANNING ON REOPENING AN ETHANE CRACKER FACILITY IN WESTLAKE THAT HAS SAT DORMANT FOR YEARS. AT AN OPEN HOUSE YESTERDAY, DALTON LANDRY, SITE COORDINATOR FOR INDORAMA VENTURES, TOLD KPLC TV THAT THE REFURBISHED PLANT ON CITIES SERVICE HIGHWAY WILL PRODUCE ETHYLENE AND PROPYLENE. HE SAYS THEY PLAN TO HIRE ONE HUNDRED PERMANENT EMPLOYEES AT THE FACILITY. ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE HUNDRED CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES ARE EXPECTED TO WORK ON THE 175 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS AGENTS, INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF DRUG ACTIVITY IN A HOME IN ARNAUDVILLE, ARRESTED A LAFAYETTE MAN LATE WEDNESDAY. 51-YEAR-OLD DARYL SAVOIE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE. THE STREET VALUE OF THE DRUGS WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 14 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE AGENTS SEIZED THE DRUGS AND A MERCEDES BENZ SPORTS CAR BELONGING TO SAVOIE.
