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AUTHORITIES IN EVANGELINE PARISH ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR AN ESCAPED INMATE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL JANITOR WAS FIRED AFTER HIS ARREST FOR BRINGING DRUGS ON CAMPUS. AUTHORITIES SAY THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD NOAH BROWER IS FACING A CHARGE OF DRUG POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. THEY SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE HE WAS TRYING TO SELL DRUGS TO STUDENTS. BROWER REPORTEDLY BROUGHT METH AND MARIJUANA ONTO THE SCHOOL CAMPUS.
THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO EXPEL L-S-U FROM THE LEAGUE TODAY. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY VOTED TO REZONE LAND FOR A NEW CHEMICAL FACILITY. SOLUGEN, A BIOTECH AND CHEMICAL COMPANY BASED OUT OF HOUSTON, IS WANTING TO BUILD A FACILITY ON TEN ACRES OF LAND NEAR OILFIELD ROAD IN WELSH. THE MEETING WAS PACKED WITH RESIDENTS URGING THE JURY TO VOTE AGAINST THE NEW FACILITY. JERRY JONES, AN ATTORNEY FOR SOLUGEN, SAYS THE COMPANY’S TRACK RECORD SHOULD GIVE RESIDENTS CONFIDENCE.
A DOG IN MIRE TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES. THAT PROMPTED VETERINARY CLINICS THROUGHOUT ACADIANA TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PETS UP TO DATE ON RABIES SHOTS. THE VIRUS IS SPREAD THROUGH SALIVA THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE EYES OR MOUTH. DOCTOR HOLLY GAYNES OF THE MAURICE VETERINARY CLINIC SAYS RABIES IMPACTS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, CAUSING A FURIOUS FORM OF AGGRESSION OR IT PARALYZES.
THE U-S FRAME FACTORY CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF A NEW THREE MILLION-DOLLAR FACILITY IN BROUSSARD. THEY ADDED FIFTEEN JOBS IMMEDIATELY AND PLAN TO HIRE UP TO FIFTY MORE WORKERS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE NEW BUILDING IS FORTY-TWO-THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND THEY CURRENTLY EMPLOY SIXTY-FIVE WORKERS. THE U-S FRAME FACTORY MAUFACTURES OVER A MILLION POUNDS OF PREFABRICATED FRAMING MATERIAL EACH MONTH.
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN NEW ORLEAN HEARD LOUISIANA’S CASE SEEKING TO STOP THE MAILING OF ABORTION PILLS INTO THE STATE. LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRIL SAYS THEY WANT THE F-D-A TO REINSTATE AN INPERSON DISPENSING REQUIREMENT FOR THE ABORTION PILLS MIFEPRISTONE AND MISOPROSTOL. SHE CALLED IT DISGUSTING HOW DRUG MANUFACTURERS ARE PROFITING MIGHTILY OFF THE BACKS OF ABORTED BABIES. LAWYERS FOR THE F-D-A AND DRUG MANUFACTURERS ARGUED THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE LEGAL STANDING TO BRING THE SUIT.
A NEW IBERIA MAN, WHO PLOTTED A TERRORIST ACT IN NEW ORLEANS, PLED GUILTY. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MICAH LEGNON OF NEW IBERIA PLED GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TUESDAY TO CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS. LEGNON, A FORMER MARINE AND NEW IBERIA POLICE OFFICER, HAD JOINED FACTION OF THE TURTLE ISLAND LIBERATION FRONT, DESCRIBED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A RADICAL ANTIGOVERNMENT GROUP THAT USED ENCRYPTED MESSAGING TO COORDINATE EXPLOSIVE ATTACK PLANS. LEGNON, WHO FACES UP TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN JAIL AND A TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE, IS SCHEDULED FOR SENTENCING ON DECEMBER ELEVENTH.
