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8-31-15

THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE FOR THE FALL IS COMING UP SEPTEMBER TENTH THROUGH TWELFTH TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE LAFAYETTE LIBRARY SYSTEM.  FRIENDS MEMBER FLOSSIE TURNER TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THEY RAISE MONEY TO FILL HOLES IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM’S BUDGET, WITH MOST OF IT GOING TO PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO READ.  OVER THE YEARS, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY HAVE RAISED MORE THAN 707 THOUSAND DOLLARS.  A SILENT AUCTION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 27TH FOR SOME OF THE MORE VALUABLE DONATED BOOKS AND DVD’S.

 

A SULPHUR MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT AFTER BEING SHOT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT BY A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY.  KIM MYERS OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS THE DEPUTY WAS RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF 32-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA HEINBACH BEING PASSED OUT AND UNRESPONSIVE AT A BAR, AND THEN BEATING ON HIS GIRLFRIEND.  HEINBACH RAN WHEN THE DEPUTY ARRIVED AND, AFTER A SHORT CHASE, HEINBACH TURNED AND CAME AT THE DEPUTY AFTER THEY RAN THROUGH A FENCE ENCLOSURE.  MYERS SAYS THE DEPUTY FIRED ONE SHOT, HITTING HEINBACH IN THE TORSO.

 

The man accused of fatally shooting a Louisiana police officer in a domestic dispute was taken to the hospital after being unresponsive in jail.  Police say Harrison Lee Riley Jr. wouldn’t talk when questioned in the St. Landry Parish jail Thursday and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.  Capt. Clay Higgins, with the St. Landry parish sheriff’s office, said Riley was speaking and appeared to be fine when examined by hospital staff.  Sheriff Bobby Guidroz told The Advocate that officials believed Riley was faking a medical problem.

 

A new class of Louisiana State Police cadets has begun training to be troopers.

The men and women reported Sunday to the state police training academy for 16 weeks of training. It’s the third cadet class to be held since January 2014, according to the state police.  Training involves classroom instruction and field training in firearms, defensive tactics, physical fitness, pursuit driving and other preparation.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A MID-MORNING CRASH ON JOHNSTON STREET NEAR THE BRENTWOOD BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IN LAFAYETTE.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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ABOUT ONE THOUSAND RUNNERS TOOK PART IN A 5-K RACE IN LAKE CHARLES THAT WAS HASTILY ORGANIZED TO HONOR SENIOR TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A MOTORIST HE WAS TRYING TO HELP LAST SUNDAY.  FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS RAISED, WHICH WILL GO TO VINCENT’S WIFE, KATHARINE, AND HIS NINE-YEAR-OLD SON, ETHAN.  LAKE AREA RUNNER’S BOARD PRESIDENT JOHN O’DONNEL SAYS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND THE CAUSE AND WANTED TO DO THEIR PART.   VINCENT WAS AN AVID RUNNER, WHO RAN A MARATHON TWO DAYS BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

 

DESPITE POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER THIS YEAR, SUGAR CANE FARMERS ARE ANTICIPATING AN AVERAGE CROP THIS WINTER.  KENNETH GRAVOIS, A SUGAR CANE SPECIALIST WITH THE L-S-U AGCENTER, TELL THE ADVOCATE THAT THE RECENT RAINS IN LATE AUGUST WERE A GOOD THING AND FARMERS CAN MAKE UP A LOT OF GROUND IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.  JIM SIMON WITH THE AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE SAYS THE IDEAL CONDITIONS ARE A DRY SPRING AND WET SUMMER, BUT THIS YEAR WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE.  CHAD HANKS, WHO FARMS THREE THOUSAND ACRES IN ACADIA, VERMILLION AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES, TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE SUMMER DROUGHT STRESSED HIS CROPS, AND HE’S NOT EXPECTING A LOT FROM HIS HARVESTS.

 

First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Aug. 22 decreased from the previous week’s total.  The state labor department figures released Friday show the initial claims decreased to 2,414 from the previous week’s total of 2,544. For the comparable week a year earlier, there were 2,268.  Construction had the largest decrease in initial claims, followed by both wholesale trade and professional scientific and technical services.