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A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR INTENTIONALLY SETTING AN OUTDOOR CHAIR ON FIRE, WHICH SPREAD TO HIS HOME. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE HOME IN THE 17-HUNDRED BLOCK OF LA NUEVILLE ROAD, THEY FOUND THE CHAIR ON FIRE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF A FIRE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME, WHICH WAS LIGHTLY DAMAGED. INFORMATION GATHERED FROM FIRE INVESTIGATORS LED THEM TO DETERMINE 33-YEAR-OLD BRENT BOURKE INTENTIONALLY SET THE FIRE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF SIMPLE ARSON.
THIS SATURDAY BENEFITTING AREA AT RISK KIDS IS HOSTING A FUND RAISER AT BURTON COLISEUM IN LAKE CHARLES. IT’S THE TENTH ANNUAL BENEFIT DAY FOR THE ORGANIZATION. B-A-A-K HELPS AT-RISK CHILDREN IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. ALL FUNDS RAISED FROM THE BENEFIT WILL GO TO THE HARBOUR HOUSE IN LAKE CHARLES , WHICH IS THE ONLY EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR KIDS IN THE FIVE PARISH REGION.
THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING A SEARCH FOR FOUR ESCAPED INMATES. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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Louisiana’s senators have agreed to about $540 million in taxes for the upcoming financial year, an amount that would prevent deep budget cuts. Sunday night’s 29-9 vote for the centerpiece sales tax bill sets the parameters for final negotiations with the House over a tax and budget deal, as the special session reaches its final hours. Senators passed two tax bills Sunday. The main one would renew half of an expiring 1 percent state sales tax, moving the tax rate to 4.5 percent July 1.
U-L’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WILL BE OPENING A NEW LAB SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE, BUT THEY’RE NOT SURE JUST YET WHEN THAT WILL BE. THE SCHOOL WILL START WITH KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADES AND ADD A GRADE EACH YEAR UNTIL THE TWELFTH GRADE. NATHAN ROBERTS, THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, SAYS THE LAB SCHOOL WILL OPERATE AS AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, TAKING NO LOCAL SCHOOL FUNDS, BUT WILL RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE STATE MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL WOULD CHARGE TUITION BASED ON A FAMILY’S INCOME.
A PITKIN COUPLE AND THEIR SON ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CATTLE FROM FOUR LOUISIANA LIVESTOCK MARKETS. RICKY AND WANDA THOMPSON TURNED THEMSELVES INTO THE ALLEN PARISH JAIL FRIDAY, BUT THEIR SON, 39-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN THOMPSON, HAS NOT TURNED HIMSELF IN YET. THEY FACED SIX COUNTS OF THEFT OF PROPERTY HAVING A VALUE OF 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE IN ALLEN PARISH. THEY ALSO FACE CHARGES IN ST. LANDRY, AVOYELLES AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISHES.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN NEW IBERIA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST SHOOTING HAPPENED NEAR PARK AND LEWIS STREETS AT AROUND 5:45 AND, ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF EDEN STREET. THERE’S NO WORD ON IF THE TWO SHOOTINGS WERE RELATED. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THERE WAS A PERSON SHOT BUT THEIR INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
United Pentecostal Church International leader Tom Fred Tenney has died at the age of 84. Tenney was a minister for more than 65 years. He was the denomination’s national youth president from 1960-69, its head of foreign missions from 1970-75, and its Louisiana District superintendent for 27 years.
The current district superintendent, the Rev. Kevin Cox, says Tenney died Friday and his funeral will be Tuesday at The Pentecostals of Alexandria.
