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FRANKLIN — Several witnesses testified Wednesday that as Charles Chandler II struggled for a gun with Wade Blackburn, the gun went off, inflicting a lethal wound in Blackburn’s abdomen.

LAFAYETTE (AP) — New Lafayette Parish Superintendent Donald Aguillard will receive a base salary of $205,000 per year, with the chance to receive annual raises if he meets certain goals.

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