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A GRAND COTEAU POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT YESTERDAY WHILE MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP ON LA. 182. THE UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER BY THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE SHE HAD STOPPED FOR A ROUTINE TRAFFIC VIOLATION. THE SUSPECT DROVE AWAY AND HIT A DITCH ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND THEN FLED ON FOOT AND WAS CAPTURED AFTER A SHORT FOOT PURSUIT. GRAND COTEAU POLICE CHIEF WILTON GUIDRY SAID THE SUSPECT ISN’T FROM THE AREA AND SAID HE HAD A RECORD. CHIEF GUIDRY ALSO CONFIRMED THE OFFICER IS BEING TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HOUSE FIRES IN THE AREA TO START THE NEW YEAR. GERALD GRUEING REPORTS.
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THE OTHER FIRE HAPPENED AROUND SIX YESTERDAY MORNING, THE CARENCRO FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A HOUSE FIRE ON THE 300 BLOCK OF ELWICK DRIVE. WITH THE HELP OF THE LAFAYETTE AND SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENTS, CARENCRO FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITHIN ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. ALL THE PEOPLE INSIDE MADE IT OUT OF THE HOME SAFELY WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THE HOME HAD HEAVY FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE.
A FORMER UL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PASSED AWAY NEW YEAR’S EVE. GERALD GRUEING REPORTS.
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FORMER LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BURNELL F. LEMOINE, WAS ARRESTED NEW YEAR’S EVE AND CHARGED WITH OBSCENITY. THE LAFAYETTE POLICE BOOKING DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT LEMOINE WAS ARRESTED AROUND 12:40 NEW YEAR’S EVE AFTERNOON AFTER HE INTENTIONALLY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO AN UNDERCOVER AGENT. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE 1400 BLOCK OF ST. JOHN STREET. LEMOINE BONDED OUT OF JAIL AT $5,000. LEMOINE SERVED AS THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM’S SUPERINTENDENT FROM JULY 2007 TO DECEMBER 2011.
THE FIRST 2020 BABY BORN IN ACADIANA, WAS BORN AROUND 12:30 JANUARY 1ST AT OUR LADY OF LOURDES WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. THE HEALTHY BABY GIRL WAS GIVEN THE NAME MYA DERANAE WARDLAW BY HER PARENTS DELALE WARDLAW 21 AND DEYA JONES, 20. MYA WAS DUE TO BE BORN JANUARY 8TH, BUT SHE DECIDED TO COME A WEEK EARLY. MYA WAS THE FIRST OF THREE BABIES BORN YESTERDAY MORNING AT WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
