7-24-17
BLAKE JONES, 24 OF RAYNE, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 8:24 AT LAFAYETTE GENERAL HOSPITAL. JONES WAS SHOT ONCE IN THE HEAD SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON MARIE AVENUE IN RAYNE. POLICE ARRESTED 20 YEAR OLD DESMOND DUGAS FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
THERE WAS A UNIT UPSET AT A CITCO REFINERY OFF OF HIGHWAY 108 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT HAD MANY SULPHUR RESIDENTS SMELLING A STRONG SMELL IN THE AIR. ALL REGULATORY AGENCIES WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE SULFUR DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE RELEASE. THERE WAS NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES, EVACUATIONS OR OFFSITE IMPACT.
THERE WAS A FATAL HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AROUND 9 ON QUARTER POLE ROAD, EAST OF RAYNE. THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR HELP WITH ANY INFORMATION.
POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JOSHUA TOUCHET, 24 OF LAKE CHARLES. DESMOND KEMON ORPHEY, 20 OF LAKE CHARLES, JOHNNIE PAUL HARDMAN JR., 28 OF LAKE CHARLES AND A UNNAMED 14 MALE FROM LAKE CHARLES HAVE ALL BEEN ARRESTED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARMED ROBBERY AND SHOOTING AT THE TWELVE PALMS RV PARK AROUND SIX SATURDAY MORNING.
THERE WAS A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN BREAUX BRIDGE, JULIE DARCY HAS MORE.
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(AP) Farmers who lost at least $10,000 to last year’s floods can get federal grants to cover up to $100,000 in such losses, and the application period begins Wednesday. The $9.5 million block grant program covers farmers and ranchers with operations in any of the 51 parishes declared disaster areas last year by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain announced the program late last month. The LSU AgCenter notes that farmers who live in the 13 other parishes can qualify for the grants if even part of their operation is in a covered parish. The grant would cover only losses in the affected parish. The agriculture department has scheduled informational meetings Monday and Tuesday at six stops in north and central Louisiana.
(AP) Louisiana’s attorney general is warning residents not to believe online ads that say people can receive money from a settlement reached between states and tobacco companies. Attorney General Jeff Landry says his office has received questions about online promotions suggesting individuals can access thousands per month by signing up to receive cash payments. The ads prompt people to buy a subscription — providing personal information and a credit card number — to learn about how they can access the money. But people can’t get individual payments from the tobacco settlement. The money flows directly to states for programs. Louisiana uses the payments for health and education programs. Landry’s office says anyone who received the tobacco settlement ads and wants to file a complaint can do so at 800-351-4889 or online .
(AP) UL has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle six complaints about its primate lab. The settlement says the University of Louisiana at Lafayette does not admit any wrongdoing at its New Iberia Research Center. A U.S. Department of Agriculture complaint in March 2015 said lab workers broke one monkey’s arm but didn’t check it for five days, and another monkey died from a brain hemorrhage after injuring its hand between its cage and another structure. A statement Friday from the university says it reported most of the incidents, which it describes as “events that occurred as part of routine housing and care of nonhuman primates.” Michael Budkie of Stop Animal Exploitation Now says the agreement became public Friday on the USDA website, although it was signed May 8.
(AP) The national water trail along Bayou Teche has four new handicap-accessible floating docks for canoers and kayakers, and two will be dedicated in this week. Three have a boat slip at one end with two overhead handrails so paddlers on the Bayou Teche Paddle Trail can pull themselves straight up from their boats, rather than leaning over to haul themselves out over one side. The fourth, at Port Barre has a gangway handrail and other features for wheelchair access, but doesn’t have a boat slip. It’s larger than the other three because Port Barre is the starting point for the annual Tour du Teche paddle race. The dock at St. Martinville will be dedicated at 2 p.m. today, and the one at Port Barre at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
