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THE U-L RAGIN CAJUNS BASEBALL TEAM ADVANCED TO THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT. U-L DEFEATED THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 10-TO-3 YESTERDAY BEFORE A FULL HOUSE AT M-L TIGUE MOORE FIELD. TONIGHT THEY WILL EITHER FACE ARIZONA OR SAM HOUSTON STATE IN THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY’LL HAVE TWO CHANCES TO WIN A GAME TO ADVANCE TO THE SUPER REGIONAL ROUND.
Baton Rouge Police say a man suspected in a shootout that left two Southern University students dead wasn’t acting in self-defense when he fired on a fleeing gunman. According to an arrest affidavit, 25-year-old Brandon Henderson fired the first shots in the air outside an apartment complex early April 10. In response, 22-year-old Ernest Bernard Felton fired a Glock 9 mm handgun as he walked toward the car Henderson was driving and continued to pump bullets in his direction, according to police. Those bullets struck 19-year-old students, Lashuntae Benton of Lake Charles and Annette January.
LAST WEEK, ST. LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT BILL FONTENOT SAID HE PLANS ON RESEARCHING A PROPOSED PARISHWIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND BRINGING THE MATTER BEFORE THE COUNCIL. HE MADE THOSE REMARKS AFTER HEARING A PRESENTATION FROM LIBRARY SUPPORTER GINGER LECOMPTE, WHO SAYS A PARISHWIDE SYSTEM WILL HELP ATTRACT INDUSTRY, ATTACK ADULT ILLITERACY, AND IMPROVE THE PARISH SCHOOL’S GRADUATION RATE. SHE POINTED OUT THAT ST. LANDRY PARISH IS THE ONLY PARISH IN THE STATE WITHOUT A UNIFIED LIBRARY SYSTEM. FONTENOT SAYS HE WILL DEVELOP PROPOSALS AND BRING THEM BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
Louisiana lawmakers have reached a deal on a $26 billion operating budget for next year that makes widespread cuts to close a $600 million shortfall. The House and Senate both approved the compromise proposal Sunday. The spending plan looks largely similar to the budget drafted by the Senate, with minor adjustments to pay for a few specific items sought by the House. Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling lawmakers into special session Monday evening to consider tax hikes to lessen the cuts.
An amendment added to a legislative proposal aimed at prohibiting abortions performed because the fetus has a genetic abnormality appears to have nullified the ban entirely. Language added when the Senate debated the bill only prohibits the procedure based on genetic abnormality if the fetus has reached 20 or more weeks post-fertilization age. Under a 2012 law, Louisiana already bans all abortion after 20 weeks. The bill awaits a decision from Gov. John Bel Edwards.
ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTER LAFAYETTE POLICE FOUND A MAN SHOT TO DEATH. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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A WELSH MAN TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER EARLIER HITTING A WOMAN WITH HIS VEHICLE. POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT A WOMAN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AT ABOUT 6-30 FRIDAY NIGHT AND LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN DRIVEN BY JOSHUA DEAN LUNSFORD, WHO HAD FLED THE SCENE. POLICE PUT OUT AN ARREST WARRANT FOR LUNSFORD AND BEGAN THE SEARCH, BUT LUNSFORD TURNED HIMSELF IN AT AROUND 10-30 THAT NIGHT. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING HIT AND RUN WITH SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM SIMMESPORT IN AVOYELLES PARISH WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, 40-YEAR-OLD CARMEN ROMERO MOREAU OF SIMMESPORT, HIT STANDING WATER ON L-A 114 NEAR MOREAUVILLE, LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND HIT A FENCE. PIECES OF THE FENCE FLEW INTO THE VEHICLE, HITTING BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER, ISABELLA DUCOTE. THE GIRL WAS TAKEN TO AVOYELLES HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
