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NEWS FOR TUESDAY 090710
BY DAVE GRAICHEN
CENLA BROADCASTING CO. INC.
CALCASIEU PARISH DETECTIVES SPENT THEIR LABOR DAY INVESTIGATING A QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE IN A MOBILE HOME NEAR LAKE CHARLES. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS A MOTHER CHECKING ON HER DAUGHTER SAW A BODY NEAR THE DOORWAY WHEN SHE ENTERED THE HOME YESTERDAY MORNING. MANCUSO SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. MANCUSO SAYS A MOTIVE HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED...
AN ANNUAL HIGHWAY REPORT SAYS LOUSIAINA'S ROADS ARE GETTING BETTER. THE REASON FOUNDATION RANKS LOUISIANA 36TH IN STATE HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE AND
COST-EFFECTIVENESS, THAT'S UP SEVEN SPOTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RANKING. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESPERSON JODI CONACHEN SAYS WORK ON 1-49 NORTH, THE WIDENING OF I-10 AND I-12 IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA, AND THE REBUILDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED BY HURRICANE KATRINA HELPED IMPROVE THE STATE'S RANKING.
NOW THAT THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS OVER, THE POLITICAL SEASON WILL HEAT UP AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE FALL ELECTIONS. GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL SAYS HE WON'T GET INVOLVED IN LOUISIANA'S U-S SENATE RACE OR CONGRESSIONAL RACES. JINDAL HAS HAD MIXED RESULTS WHEN ENDORSING CANDIDATES IN LOUISIANA.
LEADERS OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT 150 OF THE PANEL'S 238 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SAVE THE STATE MONEY HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. BUT PANEL MEMBER AND STATE TREASURER JOHN KENNEDY SAYS WITH SERIOUS FISCAL PROBLEMS FACING THE STATE, MORE STREAMLINING MEASURES MUST BE PUT INTO PLACE. KENNEDY SAYS ONE OF HIS IDEAS WOULD SAVE THE STATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STATE GOVERNMENT POSITIONS. HE SAYS LOUISIANA IS EIGHTH IN THE NATION IN THE NUMBER OF STATE EMPLOYEES PER CAPITA.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS KEEPING SILENT ABOUT WHETHER THE BLOWOUT PREVENTER THAT FAILED TO STOP OIL FROM GUSHING INTO THE GULF FROM BP'S BLOWN-OUT WELL IS ON ITS WAY TO SHORE. THE 50-FOOT, 300-TON DEVICE IS EXPECTED TO BE ANALYZED AT A NASA FACILITY IN LOUISIANA.
A THREE ALARM FIRE IN MID NEW ORLEANS INJURES FIVE PEOPLE, FOUR OF THEM FIREFIGHTERS. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE A BROKE OUT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING IN A TWO-STORY WOOD FRAME OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS BEING RENOVATED.
THE FRANKLIN PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS A GRAND JURY WILL CONSIDER ALLEGATIONS THAT WINNSBORO'S ANIMAL SHELTER KEPT DOGS IN ILLEGAL CONDITIONS. PROSECUTORS GOT A REPORT IN JULY FROM LOUISIANA STATE POLICE, WHO WERE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE CITY POLICE RUN THE SHELTER.
UNION PARISH SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT STEVE DOZIER SAYS A FARMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LINEMAN HAS DIED AFTER A LIGHT FOOTBALL PRACTICE. SOPHOMORE KEBRION MORGAN,15, WATCHED FILM WITH THE TEAM AND WAS ABOUT TO START CONDITIONING SUNDAY, BUT COLLAPSED AFTER TELLING A TRAINER HE FELT ILL.
NEW ORLEANS POLICE SAY THEY'VE MADE NO ARRESTS SO FAR IN A SUNDAY SHOOTING FOLLOWING THE BLACK MEN OF LABOR SECOND LINE PARADE THAT LEFT ONE WOMAN DEAD AND FOUR INJURED. POLICE SAY THREE MEN WERE GRAZED AND A WOMAN SHOT IN THE KNEE. DEAD IS 32-YEAR OLD KAAMILA MUHAMMAD. POLICE SAY SHE WAS SHOT SIX TIMES. THEY FOUND A 40-CALIBER SIMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN A HALF BLOCK FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
A BATON ROUGE METRO COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS THE PARISH TO BOOST A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEN WHO WEAR THEIR PANTS SO LOW THAT THEIR BOXER SHORTS SHOW. COUNCILWOMAN DENISE MARCELLE HAS A SLOGAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN: "LOW PANTS, NO CHANCE. HER RESOLUTION IS UP FOR DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA.
GROUNDBREAKING WAS HELD FRIDAY FOR A PROJECT TO WIDEN INTERSTATE 12 IN LIVINGSTON PARISH. THE PROJECT WILL GET GOING THIS WEEK ON WHAT IS THE NEXT PHASE OF A LARGER I-12 WIDENING PROJECT. GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL SAYS THE PROJECT WILL MAKE TRAVEL EASIER AND SAFER ALONG A MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR, AND IS PART OF THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE LOUISIANA'S HIGHWAYS. JINDAL SAYS A TOTAL OF 185-MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN INVESTED IN CRITICAL I-12 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS.
TRIPLE-A SAYS GASOLINE PRICES ARE FALLING DURING THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. REGULAR FELL MORE THAN A HALF-CENT OVERNIGHT, TO TWO-53-POINT-5 PER GALLON.
SPORTS..
THE EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING FOR THE SAINTS' SEASON OPENER THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE VIKINGS. NEW ORLEANS WILL BEGIN DEFENSE OF ITS SUPER BOWL TITLE AGAINST THE TEAM THEY DEFEATED IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. HEAD COACH SEAN PAYTON SAYS HIS GUYS ARE GETTING ANXIOUS TO PLAY FOR REAL.
MEANWHILE, SAINTS LINEBACKER JONATHAN VILMA SAYS CAUSING PAIN AND FEAR WITH LEGAL-HIGH-SPEED HITS IS AS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE TEAM'S APPROACH ON DEFENSE AS BEING IN THE RIGHT SPOT ON THE FIELD. SAINTS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR GREGG WILLIAMS SAYS HE WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR TRYING TO MAKE HIS DEFENSE TOUGHER AND NASTIER.
THE LSU FOOTBALL TEAM WILL SPEND THIS WEEK ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS THAT NEARLY COST THEM A VICTORY IN THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST A DEPLETED NORTH CAROLINA TEAM. HEAD COACH LES MILES SAYS HIS YOUNG DEFENSE WILL LEARN FROM ITS MISTAKES AND AND OFFENSE HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.
LOUISIANA TECH HEAD COACH SONNY DYKES ANNOUNCES WIDE RECEIVER TIM MOLTON HAS BEEN REINSTATED TO THE TEAM AND HAS RESUMED PRACTICE, WHILE THREE OTHER SUSPENDED PLAYERS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FROM THE SQUAD. ALSO, DEFENSIVE LINEMAN JARED BARRON HAS QUIT THE TEAM. MOLTON HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN TEAM MEETINGS AND PRACTICE, BUT DYKES HAS NOT SAID DEFINITIVELY IF HE'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY SATURDAY AGAINST TEXAS A&M.
MCNEESE STATE FRESHMAN TAILBACK MARCUS WILTZ, WHO RAN FOR 160 YARDS IN THE COWBOYS' 30-27 SEASON-OPENING WIN OVER LAMAR, HAS BEEN NAMED THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA'S TOMMY CONNORS HAS BEEN NAMED THE CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.
THE LOUISIANA TECH MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY NINE TEAMS FROM LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, INCLUDING A SEASON-OPENING GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DURING THE 2010-11 SEASON.
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