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SOME BUILDINGS AT THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT WILL BE DEMOLISHED SOON TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW TERMINAL. THEY INCLUDE THE FORMER UPS BUILDING NEXT TO THE UNITED AIRLINES GATE. AIRPORT DIRECTOR STEVEN PICOU SAYS THEY ARE ADVERTISING FOR BIDS AND DEMOLITION WILL TAKE PLACE SOON AFTER THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED. HE SAYS THE DESIGN OF THE NEW TERMINAL IS ABOUT SIXTY PERCENT COMPLETE AND SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC SOMETIME IN JULY.
A 14-YEAR-OLD MOSS BLUFF BOY WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT. CHIEF DEPUTY STITCH GUILLORY OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS WARREN WIMBERLY WAS SHOT AT A SLEEP OVER AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE. HE SAYS ANOTHER 14-YEAR-OLD BOY POINTED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN UNLOADED GUN AT WIMBERLY AND IT WAS DISCHARGED. WIMBERLY, WHO WAS A STUDENT AT MOSS BLUFF MIDDLE, WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST.
A RUNAWAY ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS KILLED IN A STOLEN CAR THAT WAS BEING PURSUED BY OPELOUSAS POLICE OFFICERS SUNDAY MORNING. TWO MALE SUSPECTS IN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT AND FLED WHEN THEY SAW THE OFFICERS, BUT THE GIRL, BRYLA BELL, TOOK THE DRIVER’S WHEEL AND CRASHED IT INTO A TREE AT ST. LANDRY CATHOLIC CHURCH ON NORTH MAIN STREET. SHE HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY HER MOTHER ON SUNDAY AFTER SNEAKING OUT OF THE HOUSE THROUGH A BEDROOM WINDOW. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE TWO MEN WHO FLED THE VEHICLE.
Louisiana’s rebuilding program for homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods is hosting outreach events trying to get more people in the pipeline for federal aid. The deadline for filling out a survey that starts the process for homeowner assistance is July 20, and the Restore Louisiana program is hoping to get more surveys complete.
Homeowners can fill out the survey online , call 1-866-735-2001 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or visit a housing assistance center in Lafayette, Hammond, Monroe or Baton Rouge on weekdays.
More than 11,000 people have received grant offers totaling $292 million so far from the federally-funded homeowner program.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT AT A BUILDING AT ZOOSIANA IN BROUSSARD. THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE TRAIN CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS PUT OUT SHORTLY BEFORE ONE A-M SUNDAY. NO ANIMALS WERE INJURED. ZOOSIANA WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE FIRE BUT WILL REOPEN TODAY.
A FORMER DERIDDER RESIDENT, WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED A MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER IN ALBUQUEQUE, NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY, WAS LATER KILLED WHEN CONFRONTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 31-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN MONTANO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING DEBORAH MARTINEZ AND HER 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CONFRONTED MONTANO AS HE EXITED A FORT MORGAN, COLORADO WAL-MART AND SHOT HIM WHEN HE MADE A THREATENING GESTURE. OFFICIALS WITH THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND DERIDDER POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE MONTANO WAS HEADED BACK TO THE BEAUREGARD AREA.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE HUSBAND OF A WOMAN, WHO WAS KILLED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY. WITNESSES PLACED 38-YEAR-OLD DEMETRIC SAVOY AT THE SCENE SHORTLY BEFORE THE BODY OF 37-YEAR-OLD HEATHER MOUTON WAS DISCOVERED ON LUROSE DRIVE. MOUTON HAD A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST SAVOY, WHO, SHE CLAIMED, CHOKED HER ON MAY TENTH AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS READY TO DIE. SAVOY WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
Voters will decide whether fantasy sports games through online sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel will be legalized in Louisiana. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday he has signed the measure by Republican Rep. Kirk Talbot, of River Ridge, that sets up the November ballot decision. If voters in a parish vote against it on Nov. 6, people could not legally play the cash-league games on their smartphones or computers while in that community. If voters in a parish support allowing the fantasy sports games, lawmakers would have to decide how to regulate and tax the games and the state’s gambling board also would need to devise regulations.
