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TEN PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER A HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL LEAK AT FIBA TECHNOLOGIES IN DUSON YESTERDAY MORNING SHORTLY AFTER SEVEN A-M. THEY WERE SIX EMPLOYEES, THREE FIRST-RESPONDERS AND A PERSON FROM A NEARBY BUSINESS. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE A VALVE MALFUNCTION RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF BORON TRIFLOURIDE GAS. SEVERAL NEARBY LOCATIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK WERE ORDERED EVACUATED BY EMERGENCY CREWS.
OFFICIALS SAY A BOY KILLED IN A SHOOTING IN VILLE PLATTE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FIFTTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAVION SEMIEN. HE WAS A NINTH-GRADER AT VILLE PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED AND IS BEING HELD ON A TWO-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BOND. THE SCHOOL IS OFFERING GRIEF COUNSELING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
TWO CANDIDATES IN THE REPUBLICAN SENATE PRIMARY, JULIA LETLOW AND JOHN FLEMING, PARTICIPATED YESTERDAY IN A DEBATE HOSTED BY RADIO TALK SHOW HOST MOON GRIFFON. THE TWO CLASHED FREQUENTLY AND CLAIMED THE TITLE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE IN THE RACE. THE TWO RARELY MENTIONED THE MAN THEY ARE TRYING TO UNSEAT, SENATOR BILL CASSIDY. GRIFFON REGULARLY LABELS CASSIDY AS PSYCHO BILL AND FOR THAT REASON, HE SKIPPED THE DEBATE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CITY HISTORY, THE LAKE CHARLES FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS EARNED A CLASS ONE DESIGNATION FOR ITS FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITIES. ONLY ONE IN TEN MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE HAVE EARNED SUCH A DESIGNATION. FIRE CHIEF DELTON CARTER SAYS IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND CREDITED THE CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR HELPING THEM OUT. STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TIM TEMPLE SAYS THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE COULD LEAD TO LOWER PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR HOME AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ITS BOARD IS STILL ONGOING. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE MADE FIVE ARRESTS IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING SATURDAY ON KIM DRIVE. ONE PERSON, WHO WAS NOT THE INTENDED VICTIM, WAS SHOT IN THE NECK BUT THE WOUND WAS NOT LIFE-THREATENING. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE ESCALATED INTO A SHOOTOUT. THE FIVE ARRESTED ARE CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
A GROUP OF PLAINTIFFS, KNOWN AS THE ROBINSON APPELLANTS, HAS FILED A MOTION ASKING THE SUPREME COURT TO RECONSIDER PART OF ITS RECENT DECISION IN THE LOUISIANA REDISTRICTING CASE. THE COURT GRANTED A REQUEST TO ISSUE A CERTIFIED COPY OF ITS OPINION AND JUDGEMENT IMMEDIATELY CITING THE PLAINTIFFS HAD NOT EXPRESSED INTENT TO SEEK RECONSIDERATION. THE PLAINTIFFS SAY THAT IS INCORRECT, THAT THEY INTEND TO SEEK A REHEARING. THEY’VE ASKED THE COURT TO VACATE ITS JUDGEMENT AND RECONSIDER ITS DECISION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
A MEMORIAL CEREMONY WAS HELD YESTERDAY OUTSIDE THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR VETERAN POLICE OFFICER LIETENANT ALLEN “NOOCHIE” CREDEUR. IT WAS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN CREDEUR WAS KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE WHILE EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT. THE CEREMONY INCLUDED THE UNVEILING OF A MONUMENT HONORING RAYNE’S FOUR FALLEN OFFICERS. CREDEUR WILL BE HONORED ALONGSIDE OTHER FALLEN OFFICERS AT CEREMONIES IN NEW ORLEANS AND WASHINGTON D-C DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
