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THE U-L RAGIN CAJUN BASEBALL SEASON CAME TO A DISAPPOINTING END YESTERDAY. U-L HAD TO WIN ONE GAME AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TO ADVANCE TO THE SUPER REGIONAL, WHILE ARIZONA NEEDED TWO WINS. ARIZONA WON 6-TO-3 IN THE AFTERNOON GAME, FORCING A WINNER TAKE ALL IN THE EVENING. ARIZONA ALSO TOOK THAT GAME, WINNING 3-TO-1.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE FOUND A MAN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON MACY STREET HAD BEEN SHOT. DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF MARK KRAUS SAYS POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT A TRUCK HITTING A TREE, AND AS THEY REMOVED HIM FROM THE VEHICLE, FOUND HE HAD BEEN SHOT. THE MAN, ROBERT “BOB” COULSTON SENIOR, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. KRAUS ASKS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT DETECTIVE WILLI FONTENOT AT 491-13-11.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAS SIGNED A PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE EIGHTH AS MISSING PERSONS DAY, AND THE PROCLAMATION SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN. 32-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL DUPUI GREBINGER WAS LAST SEEN ON FEBRUARY EIGHTH, 2013, WHEN SHE LEFT THE FAITH HOUSE IN LAFAYETTE. STATE POLICE SAY THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THOUGH THEY HAVE HAD NO NEW LEADS. IN LOUISIANA, THERE ARE MORE THAN 250 OPEN MISSING PERSONS CASES.
Louisiana’s lawmakers wrapped up their regular legislative session Monday, unable to break a stalemate on the state’s multibillion-dollar construction budget. But they’re not going anywhere. Instead, they got a half-hour break before they started another session, this one on taxes, called by Gov. John Bel Edwards in an effort to raise money to stave off budget cuts. They begin that session still bristling, after House leaders stalled a $4 billion bill to finance state construction projects, including roadwork, state park improvements and building repairs.
Attorney General Jeff Landry will have to return a $7 million oil spill recovery payment given to his agency, under a bill sent to the governor in the final minutes of the legislative session. Landry tried unsuccessfully to get the language struck from the bill, saying the cut pushed by the Senate could damage his office’s operations. Senators say the transfer of oil spill money wasn’t handled properly.
Finance Committee Chairman Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte says the $7 million will go to Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coastal office and that office will reimburse the attorney general for any legal expenses tied to work on the BP litigation settlement.
TONIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO CUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THIS ACTION BECAUSE OF DECLINING SALES TAX REVENUES AND BECAUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES HAS REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT FOR SALARIES AND OTHER EXPENSES. STUTES SAYS STATE LAW REQUIRES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY THE EXPENSES FOR HIS OFFICE. STUTES FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OVER THE MATTER, AND A COURT HEARING HAS BEEN SET FOR NEXT TUESDAY.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE LOOKING TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP THEM NAB A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER. DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF MARK KRAUS SAYS A WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON RYAN STREET IN THE OUTSIDE LANE AT NIGHT ON MAY 26TH WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A PASSING VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER FLED THE SCENE. THE WOMAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION. KRAUS ASKS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT SERGEANT JASON DERISE AT 491-13-11.
AND TV 10’S JULIE DARCE HAS A TRAFFIC ALERT FOR DRIVERS IN NEW IBERIA.
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