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SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN LAFAYETTE OVER THE LAST MONTH-AND-A-HALF. THAT PROMPTED ABOUT TWO DOZEN COMMUNITY LEADERS TO GATHER AT THE SITE OF ONE OF THE HOMOCIDES TO CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON VIOLENCE.THE REVEREND CHARLES E. BANKS, WHO PASTORS FELLOWSHIP FULL GOSPEL MINISTRIES, SAYS THE GROUP IS CALLING FOR NO MORE KILLINGS OR BREAKING IN TO HOME’S OVER THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS. MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SAY THEY PLAN ON WALKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THOSE NEXT THIRTY DAYS AND TRY TO REACH PEOPLE WHO MAY BE LEADING CRIMINAL LIVES.
ONE OF THE SEVEN WHO HAVE DIED A VIOLENT DEATH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS YEAR WAS IDENTIFIED YESTERDAY AS 39-YEAR-OLD HELRON MOORE OF BRANCH. HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH EARLY MONDAY MORNING ON D ARCENEAUX ROAD IN SCOTT. JOHN MOWELL OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE NOT YET RULED THE DEATH A HOMOCIDE. HE SAYS DETECTIVES ARE WORKING TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ON THE CASE THROUGH SUBPOENAS.
A MOSS BLUFF MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE SECOND TIME ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. 58-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY R. NAQUIN WAS ORIGINALLY ARRESTED IN MARCH WHEN, DURIN, A TRAFFIC STOP, A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY FOUND A PRINTED CHILD PORN IMAGE IN HIS VEHICLE. THAT LED TO A SEARCH OF HIS HOME, WHERE 42 MORE PRINTED IMAGES WERE FOUND, ACCORDING TO SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESWOMAN KIM MYERS. THE SECOND ARREST CAME LAST WEEK AFTER A SEARCH OF HIS COMPUTERS WAS COMPLETED AND DETECTIVES FOUND MORE THAN 300 IMAGES.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has stripped $44 million in lawmakers’ projects from the state’s multiyear construction budget, saying Louisiana can’t afford them. Twenty-five projects were struck from the bill by the governor, line-item vetoes announced Tuesday. The rejected items include money for LSU Eunice, Louisiana Tech University, a recreational complex in Iberia Parish, natural gas system improvements in Grant Parish and water system improvements in Columbia.
The two largest items cut from the construction budget were $15 million for a road project in the city of Scott and $11 million for an arts district in St. Tammany Parish.
RESIDENTS IN LAFAYETTE WILL NOW HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO MAKE SAFE AND SECURE EXCHANGES. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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TWO OPELOUSAS RESIDENTS FILED A PETITION AT THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COURTHOUSE TO RECALL MAYOR REGGIE TATUM. ONCE THE PETITION IS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE, PAUL GENNUSO AND DERRICK COMEAUX WILL HAVE 180 DAYS TO GATHER MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND SIGNATURES. GENNUSO SAYS TATUM HAS BEEN RUNNING THE CITY, WHICH HE EQUATED TO A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS, LIKE IT IS A FIVE-AND-DIME STORE. TATUM DEFENDED HIMSELF, CITING A TWO MILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND TOLD THE USA TODAY NETWORK HE WILL NOT BE GOING ANYWHERE.
POKEMON GO, A MOBILE GAME IN WHICH PLAYERS SEARCH FOR VIRTUAL POKEMONS, IS GAINING POPULARITY IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. IF YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER WITH THEIR EYES ON THEIR PHONE, THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THEY ARE PLAYING THE GAME. HOWEVER, SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO WARNS PLAYERS THAT THEY MAY BE RELEASING TOO MUCH INFORMATION. HE TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY ARE RELINQUISHING THEIR PHONE AND CAMERA TO A LOCATION, WHICH HACKERS CAN USE TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.
Gov. John Bel Edwards told a study group, considering ways to tackle Louisiana’s more than $12 billion road and bridge work backlog, that its work is vitally important to the future of the state. Edwards spoke to the transportation task force, which he created last month, as it began its work Tuesday. He framed the issue as critical to economic development and quality of life. The Democratic governor said he expects the group to explore proposals to raise more money to steer toward transportation projects.
