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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AFTER A SERIES OF FIGHTS BROKE OUT AT A SCOTT NIGHTCLUB EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SCOTT POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS TWENTY-YEAR-OLD KYLON CALAIS. THE FIGHTS THAT BEGAN AT THE NIGHTCLUB CONTINUED IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND GUNSHOTS RANG OUT AT AROUND TWO A-M SATURDAY. A SECOND PERSON WAS WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE AND WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE THAT PERSON IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
A MAN, WHO ESCAPED CUSTODY IN EUNICE OVER A YEAR AGO, WAS FOUND SUNDAY AND ARRESTED. FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ANDREW MORRISON OF EUNICE MANAGED TO ESCAPE WHILE HE WAS BEING TREATED AT THE ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER. EUNICE POLICE RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP THAT LED THEM TO FIND MORRISON LEAVING A RESIDENCE WITH A WOMAN. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE AND MORRISON WAS CAPTURED AFTER A BRIEF FOOTCHASE.
JENNINGS POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A SUPECT IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT ON HOBART STREET. THE VICTIM WAS A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY, WHO WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES WHILE WALKING AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. RESIDENTS NEAR THE OLD JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL ARE BEING ASKED TO CHECK THEIR FRONT DOOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS FOR A PERSON RIDING A BICYCLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. IT’S BELIEVED THE SUSPECT WAS RIDING A BICYCLE BEFORE DITCHING IT TO STEAL A PICKUP TRUCK, WHICH WAS USED IN THE DRIVE BY SHOOTING.
YESTERDAY THE LOUISIANA SENATE APPROVED ADDING ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IT PROVIDES ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE ROADS AND BRIDGES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES. THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE REVENUE STABILIZATION TRUST FUND, A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHICH HAS THREE-POINT-NINE BILLION DOLLARS IN IT. IT NOW GOES TO THE STATE HOUSE, WHICH HAS TO APPROVE IT.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW MONDAY THAT’S EXPECTED TO MAKE LOUISIANA ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE STATES FOR FILM PRODUCTION. THAT’S ACCORDING TO JASON WAGGENSPACK OF FILM LOUISIANA. HE SAYS THE STATE IS NOW EQUIPPED TO COMPETE WITH THE BIGGEST PLAYERS ON A GLOBAL SCALE. WAGGENSPACK SAYS IT’S A WIN FOR LOUISIANA’S WORKFORCE, SMALL BUSINESS, AND THE CREATIVE ECONOMY THAT DEFINES LOUISIANA.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A BREAK-IN AT THE URBAN NATURALIST IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD FOR A NEW PARK IN A HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW IBERIA. THE LIL’ BROOKLYN PARK WILL BE LOCATED ON ROSIER STREET. THE CITY IS ALSO PLANNING TO PAINT HOMES IN BRIGHT COLORS AND PLANT FLOWERS AND TREES TO ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO THE AREA. THE NEW PARK IS ONE OF SEVERAL RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW IBERIA INCLUDING A NEW SKATE PARK THAT’S COMING TO NEW IBERIA CITY PARK.
A PERSON WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A DRUG BUST IN BALDWIN LAST WEEK TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE SUNDAY EVENING. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD KYZUN CLAY OF BALDWIN WAS WANTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HE ALSO WAS WANTED FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THE PRESENCE OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING DRUG PROCEEDS AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
