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A FIRE IN RAYNE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON LEFT A FAMILY WITHOUT A HOME. RAYNE FIRE CHIEF ALLEN CREDEUR SAID BY THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS GOT TO THE HOME ON HOLT AVENUE, THE HOUSE WAS FULLY ENGULFED. DAVID AND BERTHA MECHE AND THEIR EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE SAFE, BUT LOST EVERYTHING INCLUDING THEIR CAT. RAYNE CITY COUNCILWOMAN PATRICE MINIX HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON HELPING THE FAMILY. A DONATION FUND HAS BEEN SET UP AT RAYNE STATE BANK FOR THE MECHE’S AND CLOTHING IS ALSO NEEDED. FOR MORE DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP, CONTACT PATRICE MINIX AT 384-3542.

 

THERE WAS A SHOOTING YESTERDAY ON MOSS STREET NEAR EAST WILLOW STREET AT MOSS STREET COIN LANDRY IN LAFAYETTE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT WAS AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND SAY THE VICTIM IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER.

 

JEFF DAVIS CENTRAL WATERWORKS HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AT THEIR MAIN PLANT CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO COMPLETELY LOSE POWER. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS OUT OF WATER AND UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THEY HOPE TO HAVE THINGS FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

THERE WAS AN APPARENT OIL SPILL ON THE VERMILION RIVER SATURDAY. A HOMEOWNER ON ELODIE DRIVE SAID HER KIDS WERE PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD WHEN SHE NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE RAINBOWS IN THE WATER AND WHEN THEY GOT CLOSER THEY NOTICED THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL. SHE CALLED 9 1 1 AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND THEN THEY CALLED IN A HAZMAT TEAM, WHO SAID THEY COULD SEE THE OIL ON THE WATER FROM THE BRIDGE ON EVANGELINE. AFTER CONTINUED INVESTIGATIION WITH THE LAFAYETTE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT WATER PATROL TEAM, THE SOURCE OF THE SPILL IS STILL NOT KNOWN. THE SHEEN OF THE OIL HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED, BUT AUTHORITIES HAVE KEPT THE ABSORBENT BOOMS IN PLACE.

 

 

POLICE HAVE ISSUES AN AMBER ALERT FOR TWO MISSING CHILDREN.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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