7-5-18
JEFF HORCHAK HAS NEW INFORMATION ON A DOMESTIC SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN LAFAYETTE ON TUESDAY.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 90 YESTERDAY AT ABOUT ONE IN THE MORNING. KIM MYERS OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 21-YEAR-OLD DORIAN COLSTON WAS SHOT WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR JONES ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES, AND THEN DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE CRASHING INTO A TREE. MYERS SAYS HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS HOMOCIDE IS ASKED TO CALL THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
AN ARNAUDVILLE TEENAGER HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF CRASHING HIS VEHICLE DELIBERATELY INTO TWO ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S VEHICLES. 17-YEAR-OLD DARTAMIAN LANDRY WAS FLEEING FROM DEPUTIES WHO TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER SHORTLY AFTER TWO YESTERDAY MORNING IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF TRUE FRIEND ROAD. ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, LANDRY WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND THEN DELIBERATELY RAN INTO TWO ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE VEHICLES THAT WERE LOCATED ON A BRIDGE IN CECILIA. LANDRY WAS ARRESTED AND TWO DEPUTIES SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA WILL BEGIN COLLECTING TAXES ON MOST INTERNET PURCHASES. THE SUPREME COURT LAST MONTH OVERTURNED A 26-YEAR-OLD BAN ON LOCAL AND STATE TAXING OF INTERNET SALES ACROSS STATE LINES. STATE OFFICIALS HAD ANTICIPATED THE RULING AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WAYS TO COLLECT THE TAXES INCLUDING FORMING A SALES AND USE TAX COMMISSION FOR REMOTE SELLERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. REVENUE SECRETARY KIMBERLY ROBINSON TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE PLAN FOR NOW IS FOR THE STATE TO COLLECT THE LOCAL TAXES BASED ON THE ZIP CODE WHERE THE ITEM PURCHASED WILL BE DELIVERED.
A FIREWORKS PRANK IN SCOTT TUESDAY EVENING RESULTED IN A DUMPSTER FIRE. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE FIRE ON HEIDI CIRCLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK PAGE SAYS SOMEONE SET OFF THE FIREWORKS IN THE DUMPSTER, SETTING THE CONTENTS ABLAZE. THEY SAID SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS ENCOUNTER NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF MISUSE OF FIREWORKS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THE SULPHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS LEARNED THAT IT HAS MAINTAINED A CLASS TWO FIRE RATING. THE PROPERTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA RATES FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN WITH ONE BEING THE MOST DESIRABLE SCORE. THE RATING IS BASED ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE WATER, (PRESSURE, MAIN SIZE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUMPING CAPACITY), AND THEIR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SET UP. THE NEXT TIME THE SULPHUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RATED IS IN FIVE YEARS.
THE TOWN OF IOTA WAS DECORATED WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED AMERICAN FLAGS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. SEVEN YEARS AGO, A MARINE FROM IOTA, CORPORAL MATTHEW RICHARD, DIED IN AFGHANISTAN, AND, SINCE THEN, SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS PURCHASED FLAGS TO BE DISPLAYED DURING IMPORTANT AMERICAN HOLIDAYS. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE FLAGS WERE FALLING INTO DISREPAIR AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO KATC TV, THE CALL WENT OUT AND IOTA RESIDENTS RESPONDED WITH GENEROSITY AND DELIVERED ABOUT 140 FLAGS.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY THAT A NEW DIGITAL DRIVER’S LICENSE APP IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO DOWNLOAD. L-A WALLET, WHICH IS AVAILBLE AT THE APPLE STORE, IS THE FIRST DIGITAL DRIVER’S LICENSE APP TO BE FULLY LAUNCHED IN THE UNITED STATES. EDWARDS SAYS THAT MEANS ANYBODY WHO KEEPS A SMART PHONE ON THEM WILL NEVER BE WITHOUT THEIR DRIVER’S LICENSE. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE BUT IT COSTS FIVE DOLLARS AND 99 CENTS TO ACTIVATE THE LICENSE OR I-D FOR LEGAL ACCEPTANCE.
