Arcadia Mayor Eugene Smith passed away yesterday at the age of 84. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A 9.4 billion dollar chemical manufacturing facility has been announced for St. James Parish. Matt Doyle has more.
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A proposal to raise fees on hunting and fishing licenses fails to get enough votes on the House floor. Jeff Palermo has more…
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15-year-old Seth Veillon was found dead by deputies in a mobile home Sunday in Paradis, and his mother is in critical condition. The child’s father is the suspected killer. Deputies found the boy, and his mother, both with multiple gunshot wounds. St. Charles Parish Sherriff’s spokesman Corporal James Grimaldi says could not resuscitate the boy.
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Grimaldi says the boy’s father, Ed Veillon Jr. has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
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Grimaldi says the victim’s mother, Nicole Veillon was taken to a local hospital.
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84-year-old Arcadia Mayor Eugene Smith passed away yesterday from complications related to a lung illness. Smith sheparded the north Louisiana town for 16 years. Homer Representative Pat Jefferson, who was hired by Smith as the city’s first black attorney, says he was a man of the people.
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Jefferson says Smith “mastered Baton Rouge”, and worked the rooms in the capital to get the best deal for his constituents and the surrounding areas.
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The Homer Democrat says he tells mayors in his area to look to Smith as a role model for how to effectively guide their towns and cities. He says Smith’s secret was to never stop networking.
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Governor John Bel Edwards and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation announced an agreement to build a 9.4 billion dollar facility in St. James Parish. Once the ten year project is completed, officials say it will generate 1,200 full time jobs with an average pay of 84,500 dollars a year. St. James Parish President Timothy Roussell says it’s a big deal.
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8,000 construction jobs are expected to be created while the facility is built.
Roussell says Formosa, who employs over 100,000 people worldwide, including several hundred at its other Louisiana facilities, is looking forward to working with and in the St. James community.
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The project will require a major overhaul to local infrastructure, and Roussell says it’s the parish and state’s responsibility to make sure the road are up and working before construction begins.
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A LSU economic impact study estimates the facility will generate 313 million dollars in state revenue during its first ten years of operation.
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A proposal to increase fees for hunting and fishing licenses failed to get the necessary 70 votes to pass the House. The legislation would raise an additional six-point-eight million dollars a year for Wildlife and Fisheries, who says the increase is necessary to help sustain the department for years to come. But Erath Representative Blake Miguez says if L-D-W-F needs more money, they can get it from the Conservation fund
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The legislation would also consolidate the number of licenses from 117 to 35 and actually lower some fees. Miguez says he’s fine with a consolidation of licenses, but his constituents are not happy about a fee increase…
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The vote on the bill was 54-27. It needs 70 votes to pass, because it’s a fee increase. The measure can be brought up again. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley says the public is not opposing this legislation and hopes there’s another vote on the proposal
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Despite getting swept at South Carolina, LSU remains a game back of the division lead in the SEC West. The Tigers are 9-9 in league play, while the Rebels and Razorbacks are 10-8. LSU is at Ole Miss this weekend and Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says winning the division is still possibility for LSU despite this recent four-game losing streak
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In two of the losses during LSU’s four game losing streak, the bullpen gave up big leads. Devin Fontenot and Matt Beck have both struggled. Moran says Beck’s mechanics are out of whack
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LSU is no longer ranked in any of the major Top 25 polls for the first time in four years. Moran says the bullpen needs to get back on track for LSU to make a run over the last month of the regular season
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