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LAFAYETTE GENERAL HEALTH IS PLANNING TO REDEVELOP HOSPITAL DRIVE IN THE OIL CENTER THROUGH OPPORTUNITY ZONE INVESTMENTS. THE HOSPITAL SET UP AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE FUND THAT CAN ACCEPT UP TO FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FROM INVESTORS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, CIAN ROBINSON, SAYS THEY WILL USE THAT MONEY TO BUILD TOWN HOMES FOR LAFAYETTE GENERAL AND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER RESIDENTS. HE SAYS THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING CONSTRUCTING A FIVE STORY BUILDING WHICH WOUL HOUSE DOCTOR’S OFFICES, POSSIBLY A CANCER OF NEUROLOGY CENTER, AND OTHER HEALTH RELATED BUSINESSES.
TWO OAKDALE FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED WHILE TRYING TO PUT OUT A HOME FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A HOUSE FIRE ON MOWARD DRIVE. THERE WAS ONE PERSON AT THE HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED BUT THAT PERSON WAS NOT INJURED. ONE OF THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE INJURED WAS TAKEN TO RAPIDES PARISH FOR SURGERY.
THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS IN KROTZ SPRINGS SATURDAY IN PREPARATION FOR THIS WEEK’S OPENING OF THE MORGANZA SPILLWAY. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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A Louisiana budget deal seemed within reach after a $3.8 billion public school formula won passage from a key committee packed with House Republicans who previously opposed the spending plan. The K-12 financing formula would give pay raises to teachers and school support workers, while also increasing discretionary spending to school districts. House Republicans previously blocked the $39 million increase in district’s flexible block grant money. But the Senate, Gov. John Bel Edwards and the state education board back the spending boost.
Amid election-year pressure from school leaders and their own colleagues, the House Appropriations Committee agreed Sunday to advance the proposal to the full House.
After passing one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, Louisiana lawmakers also passed new abortion clinic regulations that critics said would create additional hurdles to access. One measure will lengthen the time that clinics must retain patient records, with detailed requirements and hefty penalties for violations. The other will require women seeking an abortion to receive lengthy background information about the doctor who will perform the procedure. Both bills were sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat expected to sign them into law.
THE LONGTIME LEADER OF FRANK’S CASING IN LAFAYETTE PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME FRIDAY AT THE AGE OF 90. DONALD EUGENE MOSING GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE IN 1950, WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA INSTITUTE. HE WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE UNIVERSITY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THREE AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAFAYETTE.
THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO SET A FIRE AT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAKE CHARLES ON MAY 22ND. SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWS A SUSPECT BREAKING A WINDOW AT THE CHURCH AND DUMPING LIQUID FROM A BUCKET THROUGH THE WINDOW. HE IS THEN SEEN THROWING SEVERAL LIT ITEMS INTO THE BUILDING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CONTACT THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THE IDENTITY OF A MAN WHO WAS SHOT BY A DEPUTY IN THE JEANERETTE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE HAS BEEN RELEASED. 26-YEAR-OLD JEFFERY LEE MARKS WAS SHOT AFTER TRYING TO FLEE FROM THE DEPUTY MARSHAL ON THURSDAY NIGHT. HE SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS BOOKED FRIDAY INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING.
