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TWO PEOPLE FROM ABBEVILLE WERE KILLED IN A CRASH IN IBERIA PARISH TUESDAY EVENING. THEY’VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DONALD AND GERRILYNN (JAIR uh lihn) GREMILLION, BOTH SIXTY-NINE-YEARS-OLD. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS DONALD FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF RIP VAN WINKLE AND JEFFERSON ISLAND ROADS, AND THEY WERE HIT BY A FORD F-ONE-FIFTY. THE GREMILLIONS WERE PRONOUNCED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP PASSED A BREATHALYZER TEST.
A LONG TIME FAMILY GROCERY STORE IN LAFAYETTE IS CHANGING OWNERSHIP. MANAGER CHASE BREAUX SAYS HIS GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OPENED BREAUX’S MART IN NINETEEN-FIFTY-NINE. BREAUX SAYS THE DECISION TO SELL WAS NOT AN EASY ONE BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE ONE THAT IS BEST FOR YOUR FAMILY AT THE TIME. THE LYONS ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO BE THE NEW OWNERS BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
A JEFF DAVIS PARISH JUDGE HAS RULED THAT AUTOPSY PHOTOS OF A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD CANNOT BE USED IN THE PARENT’S MURDER TRIAL. ADAM AND JENNIFER DUHON ARE SET TO GO TO TRIAL IN NOVEMBER FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF THEIR SON, BROGAN DUHON, WHO DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM MALNUTRITION, ACCORDING TO AN AUTOPSY. THE ATTORNEY FOR JENNIFER SOUGHT TO GET THE PHOTOS DISMISSED BECAUSE THE BODY BECAME NINE POUNDS LIGHTER DURING THE EMBALMING PROCESS. JUDGE STEVE GUNNELL CALLED THE PHOTOS GRUESOME AND RULED THEY WILL NOT BE ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE.
YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A PACKAGE OF BILLS THAT HE BELIEVES WILL HELP REDUCE AUTO INSURANCE RATES. HE SAID DURING THE SIGNING CEREMONY THAT THE BILLS HOLD BOTH SIDES, INSURANCE COMPANIES AND PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS, ACCOUNTABLE FOR SKYROCKETING COSTS. THE NEW LAWS LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES UNINSURED DRIVERS CAN SEEK AND PREVENTS DRIVERS MOSTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ACCIDENT FROM SEEKING DAMAGES. ALSO, THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER WILL BE GIVEN MORE AUTHORITY.
LOUISIANA SENATE PRESIDENT CAMERON HENRY SAYS HIS COLLEAGUES WILL ALLOCATE FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE L-A GATOR PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM GIVES TAX DOLLARS TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION AND OTHER EXPENSES. GOVERNOR LANDRY HAD SOUGHT NINETY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS THE AMOUNT APPROVED IN THE STATE HOUSE. HENRY SAID LOUISIANA CAN’T AFFORD SUCH A STEEP PRICE TAG.
A SUSPECT IN A SEPTEMBER TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR SHOOTING IN CROWLEY HAS BEEN ARRESTED. CODERRICK (CAW der ihk) FOX HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON JOSEPH PETE STREET. POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS MORE ARRESTS ARE POSSIBLE.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL DRUG AND WEAPON CHARGES AFTER LAFAYETTE PARISH DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A RAID LAST FRIDAY. IT HAPPENED IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF CATHERINE STREET. NEARLY TWO-AND-A-HALF POUNDS OF MARIJUANA WERE SEIZED AS WELL AS THREE FIREARMS, NEARLY TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AND A MONEY COUNTER. AMONG THE CHARGES NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD JAX CHANDLER FACES IS POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA.
VERMILLION PARISH OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN KILLED IN A CRASH INVOLVING A SUGAR CANE TRUCK AS MICHELLE SEATON. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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