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MORE DRUGS ARE OFF THE STRETS IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH AFTER A DRUG BUST IN CECILIA. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE IS AWAITING MOLD TEST RESULTS FROM THE HIMBOLA MANOR APARTMENTS. RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT MOLD. CITY-PARISH ATTORNEY PATRICK OTTINGER SAYS ONE OF THE RECURRING COMPLAINTS WAS WATER INTRUDING FROM ONE APARTMENT TO ANOTHER. HIMBOLA WAS ORDERED BY THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT MOLD AND PLUMBING TESTS AT THE COMPLEX.
LOUISIANA STATE TREASURER JOHN FLEMING IS PUSHING TO GET RID OF THE STATE INCOME TAX. HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THIS WILL MAKE THE STATE MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE OTHER STATES IN THIS AREA OF THE COUNTRY HAVE NO STATE PERSONAL INCOME TAX. FLEMING SAYS COMPANIES ARE LEAVING NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA FOR THE SOUTH BUT THEY ARE NOT COMING TO LOUISIANA. HE SAYS TAXES WILL BE DISCUSSED BY LAWMAKERS DURING THE NEXT FISCAL SESSION IN TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE.
A DEADLY EXPLOSION AT A HOME IN RAGLEY LAST SATURDAY WAS LIKELY FUELED BY A PROPANE LEAK, ACCORDING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE SOURCE OF THE PROPANE AND THE SOURCE OF THE IGNITION. A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM ALABAMA WAS KILLED WHILE THE OTHER FIVE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED. STATE FIRE MARSHAL CHIEF BRYAN ADAMS SAYS THEY ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING ANSWERS TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AND TO PREVENT IT HAPPENEING TO OTHER FAMILIES IN THE FUTURE.
HUNDREDS OF AT&T WORKERS IN ACADIANA REMAIN ON STRIKE AS THE COMPANY HAS MADE ITS FINAL OFFER. COREY ANTHONY OF AT&T SAYS THE FINAL OFFER PROVIDES EMPLOYEES WITH COMPETITVE MARKET-BASED PAY THAT EXCEEDS PROJECTED INFLATION. THE WORKER’S UNION SAYS THE OFFER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND THEY HAVE NOT YET REACHED A CONTRACT THAT RENEWS WORKER’S BENEFITS. TAMMY HARMON OF THE COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA SAYS THEY WANT SOMETHING BETTER THAN THEY HAD BEFORE.
A LAFAYETTE PASTOR IS CALLING FOR AN ACADIANA-AREA-WIDE PRAYER REVIVAL. REVEREND LAWRENCE LEVY OF FREEDOM WORLD MINISTRY SAYS THE RECENT MURDER OF JOHNNY TRAILER AT A LAFAYETTE BARBER SHOP ON SATURDAY BROKE HIM AND LED TO HIS CALL FOR REVIVAL. LEVY TELLS KLFY TV IF YOU WANT TO SEE GOD MOVE, TO SEE CHILDREN PUT DOWN THEIR GUNS, AND BEGIN TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IT BEGINS WITH UNIFYING. HE SAYS A LOCATION FOR THE REVIVAL HAS NOT YET BEEN SET BUT, IF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GETS INVOLVED, IT COULD HAPPEN AT A FOOTBALL FIELD.
HUNTERS CAN GET SOME RELIEF THIS WEEKEND AS THEY STOCK UP FOR THE FALL HUNTING SEASON THANKS TO THE STATE’S SECOND AMENDMENT SALES TAX HOLIDAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING AT THE STONE BRIDGE APARTMENTS THAT HAPPENED LATE ON AUGUST SIXTEENTH. TAHJ JUDGE IS WANTED ON TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. JUDGE IS BELIEVED TO BE SOMEWHERE IN MISSISSIPPI. POLICE SAY ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING BUT JUDGE HAS YET TO BE FOUND.
