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A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT IN A PARKING LOT ON MOSS STREET IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN AN EARLY MORNING CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-210 AND HIGHWAY NINETY IN LAKE CHARLES. POLICE SAY CHARLES OZENNE OF CARENCRO TOOK THE EXIT RAMP OFF I-210 BUT HE FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN BEFORE MERGING ON TO HIGHWAY 90. HIS 2012 HONDA ACCORD WAS STRUCK BY A FORD F-250, AND HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LAKE CHARLES AREA HOSPITAL. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM BOTH DRIVERS, BUT IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AS A CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED CUSTOMERS AND STAFF AT THE EVANGELINE DOWNS RACETRACK AND CASINO WERE EVACUATED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF A GAS LEAK. MAJOR MARK GUIDRY WITH THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS A CONTRACTOR LAYING FIBER LINES NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO EVANGELINE DOWNS RUPTURED A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE. HE SAYS NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO MAJOR RISK TO AREA BUSINESSES OR RESIDENCES. IT TOOK CREWS WITH CENTERPOINT ENERGY SEVERAL HOURS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED PIPE.
A NEW POLL SHOWS LOUISIANA TO BE THE MOST PRO-LIFE STATE. TWENTY-THREE PERCENT OF LOUISIANANS POLLED BY THE PUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SAID ABORTION SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN ALL CASES, THE HIGHEST OF ANY STATE IN THE NATION. ON THE OTHER SIDE, VERMONT HAD THE LOWEST RESPONSE, WITH FIVE PERCENT SAYING ABORTION SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. ABOUT 34 PERCENT OF LOUISIANA RESIDENTS SAID ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL IN MOST OR ALL CASES, WHILE OVER HALF SAID IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IN MOST OR ALL CASES.
A 21-YEAR-OLD CARENCRO MAN DIED YESTERDAY FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, COLBY DEEMER FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN WHEN COMING FROM L-A 761 AND TURNING ON TO THE BOSCO HIGHWAY. DEEMER’S TOYOTA CAMRY WAS STRUCK BY A 2014 DODGE RAM PICKUP, AND HE SUFFERED CRITICAL INJURIES. HE DIED AT LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER.
THE SULPHUR CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING REPEALING A THIRTY YEAR OLD ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO THOSE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. MAYOR MIKE DANAHAY SAYS THE LAW WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN TO STOP DAQUIRI SHOPS IN SULPHUR, WHICH, HE SAYS, WAS THE BIG RAGE IN THE EIGHTIES. BUT NOW, HE SAYS, THE LAW ALSO PREVENTS GROCERY STORES FROM SELLING ALCOHOL TO PEOPLE PICKING UP GROCERIES. THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE REPEAL AT NEXT MONTH’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
CROWLEY MAYOR TIM MONCEAUX IS WORKING ON A NEW BUDGET PROPOSAL AFTER HIS FIRST ONE WAS REJECTED BY THE REVENUE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. MONCEAUX TELLS KATC TV THAT HE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS TO FIX A 250 THOUSAND DOLLAR DEFICIT BUT HE’S NOT SAYING WHERE UNTIL HE FINISHES THE BUDGET. HIS NEW PROPOSAL WILL BE PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC HEARING ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23RD. THE BUDGET MUST BE APPROVED BY AUGUST 31ST.
Louisiana has reached a deal that will privatize energy systems across dozens of state buildings, and possibly at universities. Gov. John Bel Edwards’s administration struck the deal with LA Energy Partners. The Advocate reports LA Energy Partners will make energy upgrades at 31 state buildings, including the Louisiana Capitol, governor’s mansion and Louisiana Supreme Court building, in exchange for $54 million. The Edwards administration says energy savings from the improvements at state buildings will offset the millions in costs.
