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AUTHORITIES ARE SEEKING LEADS IN THE MURDER OF A SAINT MARTINVILLE TEENAGER, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND MONDAY. POLICE CHIEF RICKY MARTIN SAYS OFFICERS DISCOVERED THE BODY OF SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD IRIS DAVIS WHEN THEY WERE LED BY HER BROTHER TO A FIELD. MARTIN SAYS DAVIS WAS CLOTHED BUT HER BODY WAS IN BAD SHAPE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN OUT THERE FOR AWHILE. MARTIN SAYS HE HAD SPOKEN TO HER A FEW TIMES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND DESCRIBED HER AS GOOD KID AND A REAL OUTGOING PERSON.
BEGINNING TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE NIGHTLY LANE CLOSURES ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE BETWEEN I-TEN AND CAMERON STREET. THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT SAYS THE ALTERNATING LANE CLOSURES ARE NECESSARY FOR PAVEMENT AND STRIPING MODIFICATIONS. THE NIGHTLY LANE CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT SPRING. L-C-G IS ASKING MOTORISTS TO USE CAUTION IN THE AREA, FOLLOW POSTED SIGNAGE, AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME.
A NEW LAW TAKING EFFECT AUGUST FIRST WILL DESIGNATE THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE AS THE OFFICIAL PROTOCOL OFFICER FOR THE STATE. SECRETARY OF STATE NANCY LANDRY TELLS KLFY TV THE NEW LAW INDICATES THAT SHE IS TO ACTIVELY SEEK CONTACTS WITH OFFICIALS IN OTHRE COUNTRIES INTERESTED IN TRADE, CULTURAL OR EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE. LANDRY SAYS SHE HOPES HER OFFICE WILL BE A RESOURCE TO THE LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR COUNTRIES LOOKING FOR TRADE OPPORTUNITIES. SHE SAYS THE NEW LAW WILL ALLOW LOUISIANA TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES THAT ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
AN INMATE AT THE ALLEN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER HAS DIED. IT HAPPENED MONDAY, ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS. THEY SAY STAFF AT THE PRISON HAVE NOTIFIED THE INMATE’S FAMILY. THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN AN INVESTIGATION, BUT THEY ARE NOT RELEASING ANY DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
A SLEMCO LINEMAN IS CREDITED WITH HELPING SAVE A HOME IN CHURCH POINT, WHICH WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, STARTING A FIRE. THE LINEMAN, MATT REED, WHO WAS PASSING BY, STOPPED AT THE HOME OF MARY AND RON OAKLEY, AND PULLED THE ELECTRIC METER AND CUT POWER TO THE HOME. HE THEN GOT ON THE ROOF DIRECTING WATER ONTO THE FIRE, SLOWING IT UNTIL FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED. A NEIGHBOR, STEPHANIE STEVENS, ALSO SPRANG INTO ACTION WHEN SHE SAW THE BLAZE, ALERTING THE OAKLEYS ABOUT THE FIRE AND HELPING THE COUPLE AND THEIR DOG EXIT SAFELY.
A BATON ROUGE JUDGE HAS RULED IN FAVOR OF A YOUNGSVILLE COUPLE IN THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINT THE HOME BUILDER, D-R HORTON. THE JUDGE DENIED THE COMPANY’S REQUEST FOR ARBITRATION, ALLOWING THE CASE TO PROCEED IN DISTRICT COURT. D-R HORTON IS EXPECTED TO APPEAL THE JUDGE’S DECISION. WEST AND ALICIA DIXON FILED THE LAWSUIT IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO, CLAIMING THE COMPANY SOLD THEM A HOME WITH FAULTY VENTILATION, MAKING IT INADEQUATE FOR LOUISIANA CONDITIONS IN THE SUMMER.
CURRENT AND FORMER LOUISIANA RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT’S THE MOST SINCE TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE WHEN MORE THAN SEVENTY MILLION WAS PAID TO THOSE ELIGIBLE. THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY SAYS THERE IS CURRENTLY ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. TREASURER JOHN FLEMING SAYS ONE IN SIX INDIVIDUALS IN LOUISIANA HAS UNCLAIMED PROPERTY AND CLAIMS AVERAGE NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A HOUSE IN VILLE PLATTE YIELDED THREE BUNDLES OF CASH AND FOUR BAGS OF MARIJUANA. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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