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SAINT MARTIN PARISH PRESIDENT PETE DELCAMBRE HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE WHOLE PARISH. SAINT MARTINVILLE MAYOR JASON WILLIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT, SINCE THE DECLARATION HAS BEEN MADE, PARISH CITIZENS CAN GET HELP CLEANING UP DEBRIS CAUSED BY FALLING TREES. HE SAYS WITHOUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THEMSELVES, WHICH WOULD BE COSTLY. WILLIS PRAISED REPUBLIC SERVICES AS THE GREATEST GARBAGE COMPANY WHO OFFERED ANY HELP THAT’S NEEDED FREE OF CHARGE.
JURY SELECTION BEGAN MONDAY IN THE TRIAL OF JACOB DE LA PAZ. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LOUISIANA SAW AN INCREASE IN VISITORS LAST YEAR TO THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM. RESEARCH BY M-M-G-Y GLOBAL SHOWS FORTY-THREE MILLION TOURISTS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL, VISITED THE STATE LAST YEAR, FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND MORE THAN IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. VISITORS SPENT EIGHTEEN POINT-ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE, A FIVE-POINT-FOUR PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. HOSPITALITY IS THE FOURTH LARGEST INDUSTRY IN THE STATE.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY APPOINTED A REPLACEMENT FOR DISTRICT FIFTEEN JUROR TONY TRAMONTE. HE PASSED AWAY ON APRIL TWENTY-NINTH AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-FOUR DURING HIS SECOND TERM. THEY SELECTED FORMER POLICE JUROR BRENT CLEMENT TO FILL THE VACANCY FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH COVERS PARTS OF SULPHUR ANDD CARLYSS. AN ELECTION FOR THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER FIFTH.
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A SUSPECT IN A HOMOCIDE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A SHOOTING HAPPENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FONTELIEU DRIVE AND MINK STREET. A FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS WOUNDED AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD TREVONTA JOHNLOUIS IS WANTED FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED. IT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY JUNE FIRST AT THE NORTHGATE MALL FROM EIGHT TO NOON. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS AND ELECTRONICS THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN CURBSIDE TRASH OR RECYCLING CARTS. PROOF OF RESIDENCY IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE OR THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH WILL BE REQUIRED.
U-S HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON OF LOUISIANA HAS ENDORSED CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS IN HIS REELECTION BID FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES LAFAYETTE AND LAKE CHARLES. JOHNSON SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT HIGGINS HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A FIGHTER FOR THE PRINCIPLES THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA HOLD DEAR. HIGGINS SAYS HE’S THANKFUL FOR THE ENDORSEMENT AND SAYS JOHNSON IS LIKE A BROTHER TO HIM. THE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY ELECTION IS NOVEMBER FIFTH WITH A RUNOFF ELECTION, IF NECESSARY, ON DECEMBER SEVENTH.
AN AGENT WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES HELPED RESCUE A MAN LAST THURSDAY, WHOSE SIXTEEN FOOT VESSEL SUNK IN VERMILLION BAY. CORPORAL DEREK LOGAN BEGAN SEARCHING THE AREA AFTER RECEIVING A CALL ABOUT THE SUNKEN VESSEL AND FOUND A FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MAN WITHOUT A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE CLINGING TO A COOLER AND A FUEL TANK, WHICH CAME FROM HIS VESSEL. THE MAN WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER AND BROUGHT TO SHORE WHERE HE WAS CHECKED OUT AND RELEASED. THE RESCUED MAN SAYS HIS VESSEL BEGAN TAKING ON WATER WHEN THE WIND AND WAVES PICKED UP.
