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LAFAYETTE POLICE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. HE IS 25-YEAR-OLD TYLAND NERVE OF FRANKLIN, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT THE SUPER SEVEN MOTEL IN LAFAYETTE. STATE POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED MANY DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT EXCEPT TO SAY THAT SHOTS WERE FIRED AT SOME POINT AS NERVE FLED FROM POLICE OFFICERS. MASTER TROOPER BROOKS DAVID SAYS THAT NERVE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE MAYOR OF LAKE CHARLES HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SPEED UP THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE I-210 BRIDGE PROJECT. HIS PLAN WOULD GIVE 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER MONEY TO THE CONTRACTOR IF THEY FINISH THE PROJECT TWO MONTHS EARLY. THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY HAS ALREADY AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE 375 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GAMING REVENUE DISTRICT. THE I-210 BRIDGE PROJECT IS TO BEGIN SOON AND IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN A RASH OF CAR BURGLARIES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. HE SAYS IT’S MAINLY UNLOCKED VEHICLES THAT THE THIEVES ARE GETTING INTO AND STEALING VALUABLES SUCH AS GUNS, BRIEFCASES, AND MONEY. GIBSON SAYS THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GUNS GETTING INTO THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN USED IN VIOLENT CRIMES AROUND THE AREA. HE SUGGESTS RESIDENTS KEEP THEIR VEHICLES LOCKED AND REMOVE VALUABLES.
State senators have heavily rewritten a sales tax renewal bill to boost the money raised and stave off deep cuts across Louisiana government in fewer than five weeks. The Senate tax committee Wednesday night stripped off the five-year expiration date from the House-approved tax bill and removed high-dollar exemptions for businesses. Senators then sent the rewritten measure to the full Senate for debate. It would raise $642 million, up from $365 million in the House version.
A bid to ban abortions after 15 weeks has become law in Louisiana. A spokesman for Gov. John Bel Edwards says Wednesday that the Democrat has signed the proposal , which would only take effect if a federal court upholds a similar law in Mississippi. The measure imposes a prison sentence of up to two years for someone who performs the procedure after 15 weeks. Democratic Sen. John Milkovich, who sponsored the bill, says the state is moving to protect the unborn.
THE CITY OF YOUNGSVILLE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN IT WILL RECEIVE ITS PORTION OF FLOOD MITIGATION MONEY. MAYOR KEN RITTER SAYS IN FEBRUARY, THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION ANNOUNCED 25 MILLION DOLLARS FOR EIGHT REGIONS IN ACADIANA. YOUNGSVILLE, WITH ITS PORTION, IS TO CONSTRUCT TWO DETENTION PONDS ON TWO MAJOR ARTERIES THAT DRAIN THE CITY. MAYOR RITTER SAYS HE’S PROUD THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION IS WORKING TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THE BEST USE OF FLOOD MITIGATION MONEY BUT HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHEN THE MONEY WILL BECOME AVAILABLE.
THE PARENTS OF A 13-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS KILLED AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN WESTLAKE FOUR MONTHS AGO, SAY THEY BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS INTENTIONAL. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING WHICH HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 14, WHEN BRAEDEN ANDERSON WAS SHOT AT THE WESTLAKE PLAZA APARTMENTS BY ANOTHER BOY. NEIGHBORS SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL AND THAT THE TWO WERE BEST FRIENDS. THE FATHER OF THE VICTIM, BRAD ANDERSON, TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE HAD THE GUN LOCKED IN A DRAWER AND THE OTHER BOY WOULD HAVE HAD TO UNLOCK IT AND LOAD THE ACTUAL CLIP.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER A MAN SAYS HE WAS STABBED BY A HITCHHIKER HE PICKED UP. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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