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4-29-19

LAFAYETTE POLICE HAD A BUSY WEEKEND IN ADDITION TO SECURING THE GROUNDS AT FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL.  JEFF HORCHAK EXPLAINS.

 

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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND 8:45 ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTH OF MERRYVILLE ON L-A 110.  THE DRIVER, 52-YEAR-OLD JOHN J. MUELLER OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, SOMEHOW LOST CONTROL OF HIS S-U-V, CRASHING INTO A CULVERT AND ROLLING THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES.  THE BEAUREGARD PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE PRONOUNCED MUELLER DEAD AT THE SCENE.  A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS OBTAINED AND THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

 

CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO IS A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  SCOTT JOHNSON OF CROWLEY IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.  HE IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A PERSON IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF DORN STREET.  THE VICTIM’S WOUNDS WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING.  ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE WHERABOUTS OF JOHNSON ARE ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT 789-TIPS.

 

Louisiana residents seeking to carry their driver’s license on their smartphones can download the app and activate their licenses for free through May.  LA Wallet was created in a 2016 state law by Baton Rouge Rep. Ted James. It offers a digital version of the Louisiana driver’s license, allowing motorists an option aside from carrying a physical license.  The app normally requires a $5.99 charge to activate the license, but the fee is being removed for the next month, hoping to encourage more people to use the service designed by the state police and Office of Motor Vehicles.

 

TWO TEAMS OF STUDENTS FROM THE DAVID THIBODEAUX STEM MAGNET ACADEMY IN LAFAYETTE PLACED IN A REGIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION.  THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 27 TEAMS FROM AROUND THE SOUTHEAST THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SEVENTH ANNUAL NORTHERN GULF COAST REGIONAL MARINE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION COMPETITION.  THE GOAL OF THE COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY THE DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB, WAS TO CREATE UNDERWATER ROBOTS THAT COULD SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD.  THE THIBODEAUX STEM MAGNET ACADEMY SENT FOUR TEAMS TO THE COMPETITION, AND ONE FINISHED FIRST IN ITS CATEGORY, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL BE GOING TO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN TENNESSEE THIS JUNE.

 

Louisiana State Police say a 76-year-old Texas woman and her 79-year-old passenger have died in a rollover crash in Jeff Davis Parish. A 78-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries.  Trooper Derek Senegal said in a news release Sunday that Hattie Minor of Houston and Earnestine Bell of Angie, Louisiana, were pronounced dead.  He says Minor was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Suburban that ran off eastbound Interstate 10 near Roanoke and rolled over several times about 3:45 p.m. Saturday.

 

ONE MAN IS WANTED IN ST. MARTIN PARISH FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER AMONG OTHER CHARGES.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.

 

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As they craft next year’s budget, Louisiana’s House Republicans are looking to the past, burrowing into agency spending trends.  GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee are trying to determine if departments are socking away pots of money or overestimating how much money they’re going to collect.  The House’s nonpartisan financial analysts say of the $29.3 billion operating budget lawmakers adopted for the 2017-18 fiscal year, agencies only spent $26.8 billion.

That doesn’t equate to a state surplus.  Instead, agencies often anticipate they’ll receive more cash than they get from fees, grants, or the federal government.