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ON SATURDAY VOTERS IN LOUISIANA HEADED TO THE POLLS TO DECIDE WHO THEY WANTED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IN THE U-S SENATE RUNOFF ELECTION. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE RESULTS.
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WITH SENATE PARTY PRIMARIES IN THE BOOKS, VOTERS NOW HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO GET READY FOR THE MID-TERMS, WHEN THE SENATE GENERAL ELECTION AND CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES WILL TAKE PLACE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS IN THE REGION ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF AFTER VOTERS APPROVED THE RENEWAL OF TAX MEASURES. IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH, SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF VOTERS APPROVED THE RENEWAL OF A ONE PERCENT SALES TAX WHICH HELPS PAY TEACHER SALARIES. TWO MILLAGES UP FOR RENEWAL IN ACADIA PARISH WERE APPROVED BY SIXTY-ONE PERCENT OF VOTERS, ONE FIFTEEN-POINT-TWO-EIGHT MILL AND THE OTHER FIVE-POINT-ONE MILLS. EVANGELINE PARISH VOTERS OKAYED A RENEWAL OF A TEN-POINT-THREE-FIVE MILLS PROPERTY TAX FOR TEACHER SALARIES. ALSO APPROVED WAS A TWELVE-POINT-THREE-TWO MILLS RENEWAL FOR CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IN EVANGELINE PARISH. THERE WAS A SIX-POINT-ONE-NINE MILLS TAX RENEWAL ON THE BALLOT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT SEVEN OF EVANGELINE AND ACADIA PARISHES, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF VOTERS.
VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON HAVE AGREED TO CHANGE THE WAY THE POLICE CHIEF IS CHOSEN. THEY APPROVED A CHANGE TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER WHICH MAKES THE POSITION OF POLICE CHIEF APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR RATHER THAN ELECTED. SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF SUNSET VOTERS APPROVED A NEW TEN MILL PROPERTY TAX TO FUND ITS FIRE DEPARTMENT. OFFICIALS SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS RELIED ON DONATIONS AND MAINTAINED EQUIPMENT FROM OTHER STATIONS TO SUSTAIN ITS SERVICES.
A LAFAYETTE CHEF HAS BEEN NAMED THE TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX KING OF LOUISIANA SEAFOOD. CHEF KRIS ALLEN OF PAMPLONAS TAPAS RESTAURANT TOPPED TWELVE OTHER CHEFS TO WIN THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL LOUISIANA SEAFOOD COOKOFF. HIS WINNING DISH WAS A CRAB-STUFFED FLOUNDER. ALLEN SAYS WINNING THE TITLE IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
A GOFUNDME FUNDRAISER HAS BEEN STARTED TO HELP GARY AND MISTY GOTCHER OF SAINT MARTINVILLE. THEIR HOME ON DUGAS STREET WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE FRIDAY MORNING. MISTY RAN A HAIR SALON OUT OF THE HOME AS WELL. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIS GRANDSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. SEVENTY-EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD JESSIE BRADFORD REPORTEDLY HAD A GUN ON HIM WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOUTH ORANGE STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY A VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN BRADFORD AND HIS GRANDSON PRECEDED THE SHOOTING. THE TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AT AN AREA HOSPITAL.
A VILLE PLATTE MAN WAS KILLED WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A TREE THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE ROADWAY. STATE POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CRASH ON L-A ONE-OH-SIX NEAR OAKDALE AT AROUND TWELVE-TWENTY-FIVE SATURDAY MORNING. THE FALLEN TREE WAS BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JAMES WOODRUFF THE THIRD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
