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8-23-19

YESTERDAY ONE ACADIANA LAUNCHED A FIVE YEAR, 15 MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN TO MAKE ACADIANA A SOUGHT AFTER LOCATION FOR EMERGING BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES.  A GATHERING WAS HELD YESTERDAY AT M-L TIGUE MOORE FIELD AT RUSSO PARK TO KICK OFF THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH AIMS TO BUILD ON ANOTHER CAMPAIGN THAT STARTED IN 2014.  THAT PROGRAM LED TO 479 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT, MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND NEW JOBS, AND SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL PAYROLL.  THE PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF ONE ACADIANA, TROY WAYMAN, SAYS THAT FIVE YEAR CAMPAIGN SHOWS THAT CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN A BOLD, AMBITIOUS PROGRAM IS PAYING OFF.

 

A FORMER LAKE CHARLES TEACHER ACCUSED OF AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TEN-YEAR-OLD IS FACING ANOTHER COUNT OF FIRST DEGREE RAPE.  DEIDRA SMITH WAS FIRST ARRESTED ON TEN COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE RAPE.  THE NEW CHARGE COMES FROM BEAUREGARD PARISH.  AUTHORITIES THERE TELL KPLC TV THAT SMITH AND THE VICTIM CROSSED THE PARISH LINE IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

 

THE CITY OF CROWLEY IS FACING CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN BUDGET CUTS LEAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TROUBLE.  MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.

 

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Large crowds have assembled at the Louisiana Capitol to pay their respects to former Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who led the state amid the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.  Blanco’s casket was carried into the building Thursday as bagpipes played “Amazing Grace” and her one-time staff members and cabinet secretaries lined the steps.  Public visitation at the Capitol was among three days of memorial events planned for Louisiana’s first and only female governor.  She served one term as governor, from 2004-2008. But she held several other elected jobs in Louisiana across two decades.

 

THE BODY OF THE LATE GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO WILL BE ARRIVING AT ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHEDRIAL IN LAFAYETTE AT AROUND 10:30 THIS MORNING.  PUBLIC VISITATION BEGINS AT 12:30 AND LASTS UNTIL EIGHT THIS EVENING.  VISITATION WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW MORNING FROM EIGHT TO TEN FOLLOWED BY THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT 10:30.  THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PRIVATE BURIAL CEREMONY WITH THE FAMILY.

 

EIGHT MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE DISCOVERED BEHIND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN JENNINGS.  A RESIDENT WAS SEEN ENTERING A WOODED AREA BEHIND THE GARRETT LANE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY, LEADING SOMEONE TO NOTIFY POLICE.  WILLIAM HORNE, WHO HAD ITEMS USED FOR GROWING PLANTS IN HIS APARTMENT, WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA.  THE PLANTS HAD A STREET VALUE OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

 

THE ABBEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A HOMOCIDE VICTIM.  21-YEAR-OLD JACOBY LEE OF ABBEVILLE WAS SHOT WEDNESDAY EVENING WHILE DRIVING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND SOUTH GUEGNON STREET.  HIS VEHICLE THEN HIT A UTILITY POLE.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP THE ABBEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION IS URGED TO CALL THEIR TIPS LINE AT 892-6777.

 

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon has issued a cease and desist order against State Farm in a dispute over hurricane deductibles before Hurricane Barry.  The state Department of Insurance received a complaint July 17 from a policyholder who claimed the company was requiring a hurricane deductible for losses that happened before the storm was declared a hurricane July 13.  Donelon says State Farm claimed it would impose a hurricane deductible on losses rather than a less expensive out-of-pocket deductible known as “all peril.” On average, hurricane deductibles are between 2% and 5%, which could cost policyholders more out of pocket before insurance kicks in to pay for damages.