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PARTS OF ACADIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ARE UNDER A BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL NOON TODAY. THE AREA INCLUDES LAFAYETTE AND VERMILLION PARISH WESTWARD TO ACADIA, JEFF DAVIS, CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CALLING FOR TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AND, WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF THIRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR, IT COULD BRING VISIBILITY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ALSO ISSUING AN EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SIX TONIGHT UNTIL NINE TOMORROW MORNING. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS ELEVEN DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.
GOVERNOR LANDRY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSING THE WEATHER ROLLING THROUGH LOUISIANA TODAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT ALSO HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE UPDATING RESIDENTS ON THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. HERE’S GEORGE FAUST AGAIN WITH THE DETAILS.
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A WARMING SHELTER HAS BEEN OPENED BY THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AT THE DUPUIS RECREATION CENTER ON PONT DES MOUTON. CHAD SONNIER WITH THE LAFAYETTE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SAYS THE EXTREME COLD COULD BE DEADLY TO THOSE WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING AND SHELTER. HE SAYS THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO STAY AT THE CENTER WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FOOD, WATER, CLOTHING AND BEDS. ANYONE NEEDING TRANSPORTATION TO THE SHELTER SHOULD CALL THE LAFAYETTE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICE.
STATE POLICE ARE INCREASING PATROLS THIS WEEK DUE TO THE DANGEROUS WEATHER. TROOPER FIRST CLASS TIAH LARVADAIN (LAR vuh dane)SAYS THEY ARE DOUBLING STAFF AND HOURLY SHIFTS TO MONITOR ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES. UNSAFE AND ICY AREAS WILL BE BARRICADED. DRIVERS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION AND TO KEEP EXTRA DISTANCE WHILE FOLLOWING OTHER VEHICLES.
A MAN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN THREE YEARS AGO PLED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, LANDAN COLLETTE, WHO WAS SEVENTEEN-YEARS-OLD AT THE TIME, GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD COLE HORTON OVER A PIECE OF JEWELRY. COLLETTE THEN PULLED A GUN AND SHOT HORTON SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. COLLETTE WAS SENTENCED TO THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF HARD LABOR.
THE STATE CRIME LAB HAS CONFIRMED THAT HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN VILLE PLATTE BELONGED TO KEABREONNA (KEE uh bree AWN uh) “KEKE” DOUCET. SHE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE JUNE FIFTEENTH. THE BODY WAS FOUND DECEMBER TWENTY-THIRD ON WABASH ROAD. FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ELRICK GALLOW IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN CONNECTION WITH HER DEATH, FACING A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY IN A WORK-RELATED ACCIDENT. SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CURTIS SPENCER WAS WORKING FOR POSSUM’S TREE SERVICE IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF RUE IBERVILLE IN LAFAYETTE. POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF AN EMPLOYEE INJURED AT A WORK SITE MONDAY MORNING AT AROUND NINE A-M. THEY DISCOVERED THAT SPENCER HAD DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT.