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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING YESTERDAY EVENING AT A ST. MARTINVILLE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON WEST BRIDGE STREET. CHOSEN WASHINGTON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. ANOTHER PERSON WAS SHOT, KENDAL WASHINGTON, BUT IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE CHIEF RICKY MARTIN SAYS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WHO FLED THE SCENE IMMEDIATELY.
THE CITY OF DERIDDER HAS FILED A LAWSUIT TO UNSEAT A NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCILMAN. MICHAEL D. HARRIS WAS ELECTED TO AN AT LARGE SEAT ON THE COUNCIL IN APRIL. BUT THE CITY CONTENDS THAT HARRIS FAILED TO MEET ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS A FULL YEAR PRIOR TO QUALIFYING. HARRIS IS SCHEDULED TO BE SWORN IN ON JULY FIRST.
YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX WILL ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT FOR PERMISSION TO GET BODY CAMERAS FOR HIS OFFICERS. BOUDREAUX SAYS HIS GOAL IS TO PURCHASE AN IN-CAR VIDEO AND BODY CAMERA RADAR SYSTEM THAT OPERATES AS ONE. HE SAYS THE PURCHASE REQUEST WILL BE FOR 25 UNITS TO EQUIP EACH OFFICER WITH A BODY CAMERA. HE SAYS THE COST WILL BE BORNE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Louisiana’s public schools soon may have to display “In God We Trust” in their buildings. Sen. Regina Barrow’s bill requiring the posting received final legislative passage Wednesday night. Lawmakers in the House didn’t debate the Senate-backed measure before passing it with a 93-0 vote that sent it to Gov. John Bel Edwards. The bill also would require that schools teach students about the slogan.
Louisiana lawmakers have agreed to lift the state’s little-known ban on switchblade knives. Senators voted 21-11 Wednesday for the proposal by Rep. Mark Wright, a Covington Republican, sending it to the governor’s desk. That was one vote more than was needed for final legislative passage. House lawmakers earlier backed the measure in an 83-0 vote.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINICS COULD SHUT DOWN DUE TO BUDGET CUTS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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IT’S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE A HEAD WAS FOUND ALONG A CAMERON PARISH HIGHWAY, AND NOW THE L-S-U FACES LAB HAS RELEASED THEIR FINDINGS. THE REPORT SAYS THE HEAD BELONGED TO A WHITE OR HISPANIC WOMAN BETWEEN THE AGES OF THIRTY AND FIFTY WITH MEDIUM LENGTH BROWN HAIR. THEY BELIEVE THE WOMAN WAS KILLED WITHIN ONE TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE HEAD WAS DISCOVERED. CAMERON PARISH CORONER SUSAN DUPONT SAYS THE LAB WILL PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPOSITE SKETCH OF THE WOMAN AND WILL BE RELEASING IT AS SOON AS THEY ARE FINISHED.
THIS WEEK ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN CROWLEY IS CELEBRATING THEIR VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK. EMPLOYEES TOOK PART IN A BLESSING OF THE HANDS AS WELL AS A VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON. THERE WAS ALSO A GRAND REOPENING OF THE HOSPITAL’S GIFT SHOP. ACADIA GENERAL C-E-O JOE MITCHELL TELLS KATC TV THAT IT’S BEEN A DELIGHT TO WORK WITH THE VOLUNTEERS.
