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7-19-21

RAYNE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.  SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.

 

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A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME IN LAFAYETTE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IT APPEARS HE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR AWHILE.  FAMILY MEMBERS FOUND THE BODY WHILE CONDUCTING A WELFARE CHECK AT THE HOME, LOCATED IN THE NINE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAINT CHARLES.  THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS NOT KNOWN BUT POLICE DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.  THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE BODY.

 

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards told mourners at the funeral of former Gov. Edwin Edwards that the late governor left his mark on every part of the state during four terms. The flag-draped casket of Edwin Edwards, who died last Monday at age 93, was carried by horse-drawn carriage from the current Capitol building to the Old State Capitol Sunday for a private service. In prepared remarks released Sunday afternoon, Gov. John Bel Edwards — no relation to the former governor — praised Edwin Edwards for numerous accomplishments, and for support of the state charity hospital system.

 

THE FAMILY OF A VINTON MAN, WHO’S BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DAYS, HELD A VIGIL FOR HIM.  SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS CRAWFORD WAS LAST SEEN WITH SOMEONE IN THE ELEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF HIGHWAY NINETY EAST, BUT VINTON POLICE HAVE DEVELOPED NO CONCRETE LEADS IN FINDING HIM.  HIS BROTHER, GEORGE CRAWFORD, TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO DOUGLAS BEING DECEASED, WHICH THEY’VE ACCEPTED, BUT THEY WANT TO FIND HIS BODY AND BURY IT IN THE FAMILY CEMETARY TO GET CLOSURE.  THE FAMILY SAYS THEY’VE LOST CONFIDENCE IN LOCAL POLICE AND HAVE HIRED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO HELP FIND DOUGLAS.

 

THE L-A ONE EIGHTY-TWO BRIDGE BETWEEN MORGAN CITY AND BERWICK IS CLOSED AFTER AN ACCIDENT ON THE BRIDGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  A TRAILER LOADED WITH  CONCRETE DISCONNECTED FROM AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER AND STRUCK THE GUARDRAILS, CAUSING SOME OF THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE TO FALL ON THE ROOF OF A HOME BELOW IT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THE BRIDGE WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THE GUARD RAIL IS REPLACED AND IT IS INSPECTED.

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A statue of a Confederate general has been removed from a prominent spot outside Lafayette city hall. Spectators cheered Saturday as a crane lifted the figure of Gen. Alfred Mouton off a pedestal. United Daughters of the Confederacy donated the statue to the city in 1922. The group signed a settlement Friday agreeing the stone figure could be moved.

 

Louisiana’s new legislative auditor is getting a higher pay package than his predecessor. The Legislative Audit Advisory Council set a $195,000 salary for Mike Waguespack. Waguespack is a former Assumption Parish sheriff who was elected by lawmakers in April. He’ll also receive a $22,800 annual housing allowance and an $18,000 yearly car allowance.

 

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A CRASH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN ACADIA PARISH.  STATE TROOPERS DETERMINED THAT FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAWN BERNARD OF CARENCRO, WHO WAS TRAVELING ON L-A TEN-NINETY-SEVEN NEAR DUSON,  FAILED TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN AT L-A NINETY-FIVE AND WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JAMES BELLARD OF CHURCH POINT.  BELLARD, WHO WAS UNRESTRAINED, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, WHILE BERNARD, WHO WAS RESTRAINED, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE LATER DIED.  THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND TOXICOLOGY SAMPES WERE TAKEN FROM BOTH DRIVERS FOR ANALYSIS.