A North Louisiana House member is hanging up the cleats after nearly a decade of service. Matt Doyle has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says the state’s surging income levels are a substantial part of the expected 300 million dollar surplus for the last budget year. A report showed Louisiana paced most of the nation in income growth at 5.9 percent in the 2nd quarter, good for second in country. Edwards says income gains are propelling the unexpected revenue.
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Investigators with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality arrested a Lake Charles man on knowingly disposing of gasoline into a stormwater retention pond, which is a felony. 54 year old Dean Domingue and accomplice 51 year old David Mouton allegedly dumped 200 gallons of a gasoline and water mixture behind an Albertson’s grocery store. Mouton remains at large. DEQ spokesperson Jeff Nolan says the cost of cleanup was around 49-thousand dollars and that the Albertson’s did a voluntary clean up.
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A Rapides parish grand jury has indicted Kaya Giles, 31, on a charge of first degree murder. Giles who had initially been charged with second degree murder allegedly shot her soon to be ex-husband, Thomas Coutee, to death in the Wal-Mart parking lot September 8th. Prosecutors have not said if they will seek a death penalty.