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RAYNE POLICE HAVE CALLED ON STATE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. THERE WERE INITIAL REPORTS OF A SUBJECT WHO WAS FIRING A WEAPON IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF EAST JEFFERSON DAVIS AVENUE. THOMAS GOSSEN WITH STATE POLICE SAYS THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AND THE SUBJECT WAS WOUNDED AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.
BROWN PARK IN NORTH LAFAYETTE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO TURN IT INTO A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SUPER COMPLEX. HOWEVER, SOME NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STATE SENATOR GERALD BOUDREAUX ARE UPSET WITH CITY OFFICIALS FOR NOT BEING MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. DAVID GEORGE, WHO COACHES COMMUNITY FOOTBALL LEAGUES, SAYS THE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN A BIG INCONVENIENCE TO A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE, MOST IMPORTANTLY PARENTS. THE EXPECTED DATE OF COMPLETION IS DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
Five candidates vying to become Louisiana’s next governor outlined their ideas on how to address the state’s most pressing issues during the first major televised gubernatorial debate. The participants in Thursday’s debate were one Democrat, three Republicans and one independent. With Election Day just five weeks away, it’s an opportunity to share their stance on issues at the front of voters’ minds — including crime, the economy, the justice system, an insurance crisis and education. Not taking part was early front-runner and Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry, who opted to skip the event after raising concerns about one of its sponsors, the Urban League of Louisiana.
TWO RESIDENTS OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS WERE KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN CALCASIEU PARISH YESTERDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES SAYS FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALBERT JOSEPH ESPREE OF BEAUMONT, WHO WAS DRIVING AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER, FAILED TO YIELD AT A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST TANK FARM ROAD AND L-A THREE EIGHTY-FOUR. HE HIT A HONDA CIVIC, CAUSING BOTH VEHICLES TO GO OFF THE ROAD. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD JOSE SAMANIEGO, A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER IN THE CIVIC, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CESAR SAMANIEGO, A BACK SEAT PASSENGER, LATER DIED OF HIS INJURIES AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
ALL CHARGES AGAINST A VILLE PLATTE ALDER WOMAN HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINA SAM WAS ARRESTED LAST NOVEMBER AFTER SHE WAS ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY PROCURING AND SUBMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY KNOWN TO BE MATERIALLY FALSE. A GRAND JURY INDICTED HER IN FEBRUARY ON FRAUD AND FORGERY CHARGES. HER ATTORNEY, ROSHELL FRANCIS-JONES, ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY ASKED THE JUDGE TO DISMISS THE CHARGES AND THEIR MOTION WAS GRANTED.
THE CONTROVERSY OVER SAINT MARTIN PARISH HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS BEING ALLOWED TO WEAR SHORTS CONTINUES, AND MANY PARENTS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE THE OPTION. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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DEADLINES TO REGISTER FOR THE UPCOMING PRIMARY ELECTION ON OCTOBER FOURTEENTH IS COMING UP SOON. TO REGISTER IN PERSON, BY MAIL OR AT AN O-M-V OFFICE, YOU MUST DO SO BY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER, THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER ONLINE AT S-O-S-L-A-DOT-GOV IS SEPTEMBER TWENTY-THIRD. EARLY VOTING FOR THE ELECTION BEGINS SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH AND LASTS THROUGH OCTOBER SEVENTH.
A CHURCH POINT MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR COPPER THEFTS TOTALLING NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. LINES CONNECTED TO TELEPHONE POLES AND WIRING BETWEEN VARIOUS CONNECTIONS WERE CUT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF ACADIA PARISH DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO CONNECT CALVIN SIMONEAUX OF CHURCH POINT TO THREE OF THE CASES AND THEY BELIEVE HE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST TWO OTHER CASES. SIMONEAUX IS AWAITING EXTRADITION FROM SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH TO ACADIA PARISH, WHERE HE WILL FACE THREE COUNTS OF FELONY THEFT.
