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A TODDLER WAS WOUNDED IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY ON O’NEAL CHUBE STREET IN FRANKLIN. THE CHILD IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL. POLICE CHIEF CEDRIC HANDY SAYS THEY HAVE A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE SHOOTING BUT HE HAS NOT RELEASED THE NAME.
TWO ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAMS WON STATE TITLES ON SATURDAY. TEURLINGS CATHOLIC WON THE DIVISION TWO SELECT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THE REBELS DEFEATED THE E-D WHITE CARDINALS FOURTEEN TO THREE. CATHOLIC NEW IBERIA WON IN DRAMATIC FASHION WITH A THREE RUN HOMER IN EXTRA INNINGS BY J-D HIDALGO TO TAKE THE DIVISION THREE SELECT TITLE.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE JULIE EMERSON OF CARENCRO HAS SPONSORED THREE BILLS THAT WOULD CUT TAXES AND OFFSET THE LOSS OF REVENUE BY FREEING UP MONEY GOING INTO THE STATE’S SAVINGS ACCOUNT. ECONOMISTS FOR THE LEGISLATURE SAY IT WOULD LEAVE A FIVE HUNDRED NINETY MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL IN THE YEAR TWENTY-TWENTY-SEVEN. EMERSON’S TWO TAX CUT BILLS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE HOUSE AND WERE SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD BY THE SENATE REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TODAY. HER BILLS WOULD LOWER THE STATE SALES TAX BY A QUARTER PERCENT AND LOWER THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATE, ALSO BY A QUARTER PERCENT, WHILE DOUBLING THE STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE.
MICHAEL D. HARRIS BECAME THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF DERIDDER YESTERDAY. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS HE WAS SWORN IN BY JUDGE BOBBY HOLMES. HARRIS SAYS HE’S BEEN STRIVING TO REPRESENT DERIDDER FOR TEN YEARS BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IT IS THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD. HARRIS SAYS HE PLANS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY OF DERIDDER CLOSER.
A CROWLEY DRIVER WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN VERMILLION PARISH. JUST AFTER TEN SATURDAY NIGHT, FORTY-YEAR-OLD SOMMER SIMON WAS TRAVELING ON L-A THREE-THIRTY-FIVE NEAR TECHE ROAD, WHEN SHE WENT OFF THE ROAD. HER VEHICLE STRUCK SEVERAL TREES AND BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. SIMON DIED AT THE SCENE. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THERE’S SOME ROAD WORK GETTING UNDERWAY TODAY IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLDS AGED OUT OF THE STATE’S FOSTER SYSTEM IN TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR, ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY. THAT’S THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN SIX YEARS. THAT LEAVES THE EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLDS WITHOUT A HOME OR SOURCE OF CARE AND FACING MAJOR CHALLENGES. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE STATE HAS LAUNCHED NEW INITIATIVES TO EXPAND FOSTER CARE AND CREATE PROGRAMS TO HELP CLIENTS WHO TURN EIGHTEEN.
EUNICE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A MAN IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY. POLICE WERE PATROLLING THE AROUND SOUTH SECOND STREET AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS ABOUT A MAN RUNNING WITH A FIREARM WHEN THEY WERE APPROACHED BY A MAN WHO TOLD THEM HE HAD JUST BEEN ROBBED AT GUNPOINT BY TWO MEN. THE MAN TOLD POLICE THEY TOOK EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH, WHICH WAS GRADUATION MONEY, AS WELL AS HIS CELL PHONE AND DRIVER’S LICENSE. POLICE HAVE A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT SHOWS THE ROBBERY TAKING PLACE.
