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1-21-19

A LAFAYETTE DRIVING SCHOOL WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE SATURDAY MORNING.  FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED AT AROUND 9:30 TO REPORTS OF HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM CONSOLIDATED SAFETY OF ACADIANA ON PRODUCTION DRIVE.  THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME SO THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  IT’S NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.  SALLY’S BEAUTY SUPPLY NEXT DOOR WAS CLOSED FOR CLEANUP BECAUSE IT SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE.

 

A FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN LAKE CHARLES SATURDAY.  FIRE CHIEF KEITH MURRAY SAYS HEAVY WINDS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE.  THE HOUSE NEAR THE CORNER OF HAM REID ROAD AND CRESTVIEW DRIVE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS.  THE FAMILY MANAGED TO MAKE IT OUT SAFELY.

 

TWO STUDENTS AT MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN ACADIA PARISH HAVE BEEN TICKETED FOR INAPPROPRIATE TEXTING WHEN ONE PARENT BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER BEING BULLIED.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.

 

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Scientists plan to tag 3,000 to 5,000 red snapper during April and May, as part of a study to estimate just how many of the popular sport and table fish live in the Gulf.

The $12 million study also involves visual counts, habitat surveys, and other studies.  Overfishing and incidental catch in shrimp trawls caused red snapper numbers to plummet from the 1960s to late 1980s.  Since federal regulation began in 1990, numbers have rebounded.

 

THE SCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED CRIME STATISTICS FOR 2018.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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JENNINGS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO TRIED TO COMMIT A BURGLARY EARLY SATURDAY AT A HOME ON AIRPORT ROAD.  WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE BURGLARY, POLICE LEARNED THAT THE HOMEOWNER HAD CONFRONTED THE BURGLAR AND CHASED HIM AWAY.  THE SUSPECT WAS LATER FOUND AT A SHOP RITE IN JENNINGS BUT FLED TO AVOID CAPTURE.  OFFICERS RECOVERED A BLACK JACKET WITH A STAR WARS LOGO THAT THE SUSPECT DROPPED.

ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN THE ARMED ROBBERY OF A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE STORE IS LOCATED IN THE 56-HUNDRED BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 182. THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MALE WHO IS ABOUT SIX FEET TALL, BUT WAS WEARING A BANDANA OR GRAY MASK.  HE LEFT IN A MAROON TRUCK.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

 

People in Louisiana’s construction industry who are interested in becoming general contractors can sign up for a 10-week accreditation course.  The course involves two-hour evening sessions twice a week from March 11-15, held on campuses of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.  The college system debuted the program for general contractors last year in coordination with the state economic development department and the state’s contractor licensing board. The goal is to address the needs of Louisiana’s busy and growing construction industry.

 

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED FOR TODAY IN CROWLEY.  IT BEGINS AT ONE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COMMUNITY UNITY WALK FROM ST. JOSEPH BAPTIST CHURCH TO THE M-L-K CENTER, FOLLOWED BY A COMMUNTY RESOURCE FAIR AND THE PROGRAM WILL KICK OFF AT TWO.  THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS TONYA BOLDEN-BALL, THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE CENTER FOR MINORITY EXCELLENCE AT SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.