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TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN VERMILLION PARISH. LAYNE MILLER HAS MORE.
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THREE LAFAYETTE PARISH FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED IN SEPARATE FIRES. TWO CARENCRO FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED MINOR BURNS WHILE BATTLING A HOUSE AND VEHICLE FIRE ON HIDDEN OAKS DRIVE. ANOTHER HOUSE FIRE HAPPENED AT A MOBILE HOME ON GENDARME (ZHAHN darm) ROAD JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. A LAFAYETTE FIREFIGHTER HAD TO BE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER A CEILING COLLAPSED.
A HORSE JOCKEY AT DELTA DOWNS RACETRACK HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO CHEAT. STATE POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF CHEATING BY JOCKEYS WHEN THEY ARRESTED FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD RICARDO HERNANDEZ-PEREZ OF VINTON. DURING A POST-RACE CHECK, HERNANDEZ-PEREZ ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO FLEE WHILE REMOVING A BATTERY-OPERATED SHOCKING DEVICE FROM HIS CLOTHING AND DISCARDING IT IN A HORSE STALL. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR VIOLATION OF UNNATURAL STIMULATION OF HORSES.
THE STATE SENATE REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REJECTED BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE REDUCED STATE INCOME AND SALES TAXES. THE BILLS HAD BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED IN THE STATE HOUSE. REPRESENTATIVE JULIE EMERSON OF CARENCRO SPONSORED THE TAX CUTS THAT, SHE SAID, INCLUDED A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE OFFSET REVENUE LOSS BY ELIMINATING A STATE SAVINGS ACCOUNT KNOWN AS THE REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND. COMMITTEE CHAIR SENATOR FRANKLIN FOIL OF BATON ROUGE SAYS THEY NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF WHETHER TAX PROPOSALS WOULD LEAVE THE STATE WITH MORE OR LESS REVENUE BEFORE THEY COULD APPROVE THEM.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD FRIDAY FOR A NEW THREE MILLION DOLLAR STEEL MANUFACTURING FACILITY JUST OUTSIDE OF BROUSSARD. SAINT MARTIN PARISH LEADERS WERE ON HAND TO CELEBRATE THE START OF CONSTRUCTION FOR A FORTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT PLANT OWNED BY THE U-S FRAME FACTORY. THE C-E-O, MATEO ATWI, SAYS THE FACILITY WILL HELP CREATE FORTY NEW JOBS THAT WILL ALLOW THE WORKERS TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING AND HAVE FULFILLING WORK. HE PREDICTS THE PLANT WILL BE COMPLETED BY NEXT FEBRUARY.
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A SCOTT HOME ON MAY TWELFTH. IT WAS CAUSED BY A SURGE PROTECTOR EXTENSION CORD THAT EXPLODED. THE FIRE ALSO TOOK THE LIFE OF THE FAMILY DOG, COOKIE. DARRELL (dur EHL) AND CYNTHIA SAVOIE LIVED IN THE HOME FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AND THEY TELL KLFY TV THEY ARE CLINGING TO HOPE AND FAITH TO GET THROUGH THIS CHALLENGE.
THE TOWN OF WELSH HELD A CELEBRATION SATURDAY FOR A NEW ONE-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING AT THE MCBURNEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY. JEFF DAVIS LIBRARY BOARD OFFICIALS SAY THE LIBRARY WAS IN NEED OF UPGRADES FOR OVER A DECADE. DIRECTOR MICHAEL STATON (STAY tuhn) SAYS THE BUILDING IS THE PRODUCT OF FORMER DIRECTORS WHO RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WERE OUTGROWING THEIR SPACE AT THE WELSH BRANCH. HE SAID THEY CAME UP WITH A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SOLUTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AN ELDERLY OPELOUSAS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING WEDNESDAY AT THE CARDINAL INN MOTEL ON HIGHWAY ONE-NINETY. THE VICTIM WAS A WOMAN WHO GOT SHOT IN THE CHEST, BUT SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS SHE’S EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY THANKS TO THE QUICK RESPONSE OF DEPUTIES. SEVENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD LEO
DOUMECHET (DOO muh shet) SENIOR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. DETECTIVES BELIEVE AN ARGUMENT LED TO THE SHOOTING.
