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7-4-18

A 34-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER A SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE ON TUESDAY.  JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.

 

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A SECOND SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF 68-YEAR-OLD JOHN MICHAEL DEVILLE OF LAKE CHARLES IS IN CUSTODY.  32-YEAR-OLD KENNETH DAWAYNE “FAT RAT” WILLIAMS OF BEAUMONT TURNED HIMSELF IN TO BEAUMONT POLICE YESTERDAY.  A WARRANT FOR WILLIAMS WAS ISSUED AFTER DEVILLE WAS FOUND DEAD NEXT TO HIS TRUCK ON THE SHOULDER OF I-TEN IN SULPHUR ON TUESDAY, JUNE 26TH.  ON FRIDAY, 57-YEAR-OLD RONALD G. MCLAIN OF BEAUMONT, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR A HOME BURGLARY, WAS ALSO CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO THE MURDER OF DEVILLE.

 

A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN NEW IBERIA INVOLVING A STOLEN VEHICLE ENDED WITH A CRASH ON EAST ADMIRAL DOYLE.  NEW IBERIA POLICE SPOTTED A STOLEN VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE SUSPECT INSIDE.  THAT PERSON, 29-YEAR-OLD CHASITY STURM OF ERATH, TRIED TO GET AWAY BUT ENDED UP CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION WITH EAST FREYOU.  STURM AND THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.

 

Louisiana spent nearly $108,000 to respond to claims that a former top aide to Gov. John Bel Edwards sexually harassed a woman when they worked together in the governor’s office.  Settlement documents released in March showed Louisiana agreed to pay $85,000 to end the legal allegations against Johnny Anderson by a former state employee.  On top of that, NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reported Tuesday the state also paid nearly $23,000 to Baton Rouge attorney Vickie Crochet, who was hired to investigate and respond to the allegations against Anderson.  Anderson left his position as deputy chief of staff in November after the accusations were lodged.

 

REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE ON THE SURREY STREET BRIDGE IN LAFAYETTE AND IT HAS BEEN REOPENED TO TRAFFIC.  AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF THE BRIDGE WAS ORDERED LAST OCTOBER AFTER A ROUTINE INSPECTION.  THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED A FULL MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.  PROJECT ENGINEER ALISON LOGNION SAYS THEY REPLACED BEARINGS AND JOINTS, ADDED A URETHANE EPOXY OVERLAY, CLEANED AND PAINTED THE BRIDGE, AND, FOR GOOD MEASURE, REPAINTED THE STEEL GIRDERS RAGIN’ CAJUN RED.

 

A TORNADO MAY HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE LITTLE CHENIER AREA, ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF THE CAMERON PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.  DANNY LAVERGNE SAYS THE ONLY DAMAGE IS TO A TRAVEL TRAILER ON THE EAST END OF LITTLE CHENIER ROAD, WHICH WAS OVERTURNED.  THERE WAS NO ONE INSIDE THE TRAILER.  A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THE AREA AT 5:06 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

 

DEPUTIES WITH THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, WHICH OCCURRED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 21ST IN THE 61-HUNDRED BLOCK OF STANDARD MILL ROAD.  HERE’S SHERIFF K-P GIBSON WITH THE DETAILS.

 

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LOUISIANA RANKED SECOND IN THE SOUTH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESULTS, ACCORDING TO SOUTHERN BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE.  THE RANKINGS ARE PART OF THE MAGAZINE’S 2018 ONE HUNDRED TOP DEALS AND HOT MARKETS REPORT.  LOUISIANA FINISHED SECOND TO KENTUCKY.  LAKE CHARLES WAS DESIGNATED THE SMALL MARKET OF THE YEAR FOR THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.