6-5-19
A CAJUN MUSICIAN AND A LONG TIME RADIO HOST AT KRVS DIED MONDAY FROM INJURIES IN A CAR CRASH. 38-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY BERZA WAS FLEEING FROM LAFAYETTE DEPUTY CITY MARSHALS ON THURSDAY WHEN SHE HIT A FORD ESCAPE DRIVEN BY 80-YEAR-OLD DORIS PRUDHOMME. 85-YEAR-OLD GURVAIS MATTE, WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE FORD ESCAPE AND NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS TAKEN TO LAFAYETTE GENERAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. MATTE HAD A PROGRAM SUNDAY MORNINGS ON KRVS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS AND PERFORMED AT PREJEAN’S RESTAURANT FOR ALMOST FORTY YEARS.
A 12-POINT-5 MILLION DOLLAR CATALYST BLENDING PLANT WILL BE GOING UP IN LACASSINE, SERVING OIL REFINERIES THROUGHOUGH SOUTH LOUISIANA AND INTO TEXAS. THE C-E-O OF THE LACASSINE OPERATING COMPANY, BASED IN HOUSTON, SAYS THE SITE WAS IDEAL MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE LACASSINE INDUSTRIAL PARK’S RAIL TERMINAL HALFWAY BETWEEN HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS. THE NEW PLANT IS EXPECTED TO CREATE FORTY NEW JOBS WITH AN ANNUAL SALARY OF OVER 45 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON L-A 13 NEAR SIMON ROAD. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER THOMAS GOSSEN SAYS ONE PERSON WAS KILLED BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET RELEASE THAT PERSON’S IDENTITY. BOTH LANES OF THE HIGHWAY WERE CLOSED DOWN FOR A SHORT WHILE. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE YET BEEN RELEASED.
Louisiana voters agreed in November to legalize online fantasy sports contests for cash prizes in 47 parishes. But it’s unclear if lawmakers will approve the tax and regulatory provisions required to start the betting, before the legislative session ends Thursday. Measures to outline the rules and tax rates for online fantasy sports betting have gotten tied up in a separate feud over whether to legalize wagering on live action sports events. Proposals to enact the rules and taxing plans so Louisiana residents can start participating in the fantasy sports betting sites have won House passage. But the tax measure remains stalled in the Senate.
Louisiana lawmakers want to redirect nearly $700 million in Gulf oil spill recovery money that had been earmarked for trust funds to instead finance road and bridge work. The state is receiving yearly payments of $53 million through 2034 from BP as compensation for economic damages from the massive 2010 oil spill. With a 90-11 House vote Tuesday, lawmakers gave final passage to a bill by Houma Rep. Tanner Magee steering that money to infrastructure projects. Included on the list is money for Interstate 49 South construction.
IT APPEARS A NEW LIBRARY WILL BE COMING TO NORTHEAST LAFAYETTE PARISH. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ERNEST AND LOUIE STREETS. CORPORAL LARRY MOSS SAYS ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES. THERE ARE NO OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
THE POLICE CHIEF FOR ST. MARTINVILLE IS REMINDING RESIDENTS OF THE SUMMER CURFEW FOR MINORS. CHIEF RICKY MARTIN SAYS THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 MUST BE INSIDE BETWEEN 10:30 P-M AND 5:30 A-M, EXCEPT ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN THE NIGHTTIME CURFEW DOESN’T BEGIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HE SAYS MINORS ARE ALLOWED IN PUBLIC DURING THE CURFEW ON THE WEEKENDS IF ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR ANOTHER PERSON WITH LEGAL CUSTODY. HE SAYS MINORS WHO HAVE A JOB WHERE THEY GO HOME DURING THE CURFEW MUST WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THEIR EMPLOYER VERIFYING EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING HOURS.
