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STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE, INVOVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH AN A-T-V SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS ASSAULTED BY SOMEONE CONCERNED ABOUT THE JUVENILES ON THE A-T-V, BUT HE HAS DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES. THE DRIVER WAS PASSING THE A-T-V ON HIGHWAY NINETY-FIVE, SOUTH OF CHURCH POINT, WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE A-T-V SIDESWIPED THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THREE JUVENILES TO BE EJECTED. ONE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE TWO OTHERS HAD MODERATE INJURIES. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THE DRIVER DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES AFTER BEING HIT IN THE FACE BEFORE POLICE GOT THERE, BUT THE DRIVER SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THEIR TEMPERS AND ANGERS. STATE POLICE DETERMINED THE DRIVER OF THE A-T-V WAS AT FAULT.
A MALFUNCTIONING PRESSURE COOKER IS BEING BLAMED FOR A HOUSE FIRE IN SCOTT. THE HOMEOWNER SMELLED SMOKE AND WAS ALERTED BY SMOKE ALARMS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY AND MADE IT OUT OF THE HOME SAFELY. THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY BROUGHT THE KITCHEN FIRE UNDER CONTROL. THERE WAS MODERATE FIRE DAMAGE IN THE KITCHEN AND MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE IN THE REMAINDER OF THE HOME, WHICH IS LOCATED ON APPALOSA STREET.
AUTHORITIES SAY A JEFF DAVIS PARISH INMATE DIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BEING FOUND IN DISTRESS IN HIS CELL. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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A federal judge has dismissed a nearly decade-old lawsuit against executions in Louisiana, saying there’s nothing to challenge because the state can only get the required drugs as medicines. State officials testified that manufacturers said they’d cut off medical supplies if the drugs were used to kill. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick’s ruling allows Jessie Hoffman and 10 inmates who later joined his lawsuit to file a new one if conditions change. State Attorney General Jeff Landry said Louisiana should now join neighboring states in finding ways to execute people sentenced to death.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY ONE-SIXTY-SEVEN, NORTH OF TURKEY CREEK. AN INVESTIGATION BY TURKEY CREEK POLICE INDICATED A VEHICLE TRAVELING SOUTH ENTERED THE NORTHBOUND LANES, STRIKING A PARTY BUS. THE DRIVER OF THE SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOSE VILLANUEVA OF HONDURAS, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ONE PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE AND TWO PEOPLE ON THE PARTY BUS WERE TAKEN TO RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
A CAR BELONGING TO ELLA GOODIE OF SCOTT WAS FOUND IN SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI FRIDAY MORNING. THAT’S THE SAME CITY WHERE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE OF GOODIE, BRANDON FRANCISCO, WAS ARRESTED. FRANCISCO AND GOODIE ALLEGEDLY LEFT LAFAYETTE TOGETHER ON MARCH NINTH, WHICH WAS THE LAST DAY GOODIE WAS SEEN. STATE POLICE ARE QUESTIONING FRANCISCO AND DOING A THOROUGH SEARCH OF HER VEHICLE IN AN EFFORT TO FIND HER.
A group seeking to recall the mayor of Oakdale is about 350 signatures shy of reaching its goal. The American Press reports The Community to Recall Oakdale Mayor Gene Paul and Force a Special Election has until July to turn in 936 valid signatures of registered voters in Oakdale to trigger the election. The group’s chairwoman, Bridget Benoit Perkins, said the number of signatures received so far sends a strong message that residents are unhappy with the current leadership and the discovery of more than $897,000 in misappropriated public funds. Paul said he relied on the city’s clerk and CPA to oversee the city’s finances.
THE U-S SENATE PASSED A BILL THURSDAY THAT WOULD ALLOW ACTIVISTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESTORING THE LIBERTY THEATRE IN EUNICE. IT HAS BEEN DARK SINCE TWENTY-NINETEEN BUT RESTORATION HAS BEEN HINDERED BECAUSE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OWNS A PORTION OF THE THEATRE. THE BILL, SPONSORED BY U-S SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY, WOULD GIVE FULL OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY OF EUNICE. A COMPANION BILL IN THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPONSORED BY CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON, PASSED TWO WEEKS AGO.
