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TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDERS OF ASHLEY METZ AND BROUKLYNN HILL. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A seventh company wants to build a natural gas export terminal in southwest Louisiana. Driftwood LNG, founded by ousted Cheniere Energy CEO Charif Souki, is planning a terminal to liquefy natural gas in Calcasieu Parish. The $8 billion project by Houston-based Tellurian Investments would be built on 800 acres on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, about five miles south of Carlyss. The American Press reports that the Lake Charles Port Board has agreed to lease 477 acres of that site.
A ONE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS KILLED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN ST. LANDRY PARISH YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND 6:30. MASTER TROOPER BROOKS DAVID SAYS 24-YEAR-OLD BENDEL WILLIAMS OF CARENCRO WAS TRAVELING ON L-A 182 WHEN HE DROVE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CRASHED INTO AN ENBANKMENT AND THE PICKUP HE WAS DRIVING OVERTURNED. THE ONE-YEAR-OLD, JAMAIKA JOHNSON OF CARENCRO, WAS IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE BACKSEAT, ACCORDING TO DAVID. SHE SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT OPELOUSAS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has been elected chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. The Office of the Governor of Louisiana says in a news release that Gov. Edwards was elected chair Sunday at the organization’s annual meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas. Board chairs are elected to one-year terms. As chair, Edwards will lead the collaborative work of governors, legislators and state education leaders to improve public education from early childhood through doctoral education.
AFTER ABOUT FIVE YEARS WITHOUT MUCH DISCUSSION, THE LAFAYETTE METROPOLITAN EXPRESSWAY COMMISSION IS ONCE AGAIN FOCUSING ON A PROPOSED TOLL ROAD LOOP AROUND THE CITY. THE LOOP WOULD BEGIN AT I-49, THEN MOVE SOUTHWEST AND CROSS INTERSTATE TEN IN THE DUSON AND SCOTT AREA, AND THEN CURVE BACK TO HIGHWAY 90 SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. THE COMMISSION PLANS ON HOSTING PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS FALL ON THE PROJECT. THE MEETINGS WILL GIVE RESIDENTS THE CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ON THE PROPOSED TOLL ROAD AND WHAT ROUTE THEY FAVOR.
A SULPHUR MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER LEADING POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH LAKE CHARLES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. 51-YEAR-OLD DAVID BREAUX WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO SHOT A WOMAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 200 BLOCK OF AVILIA STREET IN SULPHUR. POLICE LATER SPOTTED BREAUX’S VEHICLE AT CHRISTUS ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL’S PARKING GARAGE. KPLC TV REPORTS THAT BREAUX HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT INCLUDES BREAKING INTO OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE IN SULPHUR IN 2002 AND SETTING FIRE TO THE BUILDING AFTER STEALING SOME ITEMS FROM THE CHURCH.
A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD WAS IN ATTENDANCE FRIDAY AT THE ACADIA PARISH COURTHOUSE FOR THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW SHERIFF, K-P GIBSON. MASTER OF CEREMONIES ASSESSOR JIMBO PETITJEAN NOTED THAT GIBSON IS ONLY THE EIGHTH SHERIFF IN 130 YEARS. RETIRING SHERIFF WAYNE MELANCON AND ANOTHER FORMER SHERIFF, KEN GOSS, WERE IN ATTENDANCE. MELANCON RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. GIBSON HAD BEEN SERVING AS CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF.
Louisiana’s community and technical colleges won’t be raising tuition rates on students this fall, after lawmakers largely shielded the schools from budget cuts.
The Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors announced the decision Friday, saying it was the first time in five years tuition won’t be boosted on its campuses. However, two new fees were enacted by the board — for students who take excess credit hours and for students in programs delivered in a compressed time frame to fill high-demand jobs. Five percent of any money generated by those new fees will be spent on need-based aid.
