1-27-22
A MAN WAS ARRESTED AT A SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME BECAUSE HE WAS CARRYING A FIREARM. YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKY BOUDREAUX SAYS SOME OF HIS OFFICERS, WHO WERE WORKING AS OFF DUTY SECURITY PERSONNEL, WERE APPROACHED BY A SPECTATOR WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT ANOTHER SPECTATOR HAD A GUN ON HIM. THE OFFICERS APPROACHED THE MAN, TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD BREELYN JONES OF YOUNGSVILLE, WHO ADMITTED TO HAVING THE FIREARM STORED IN HIS PANTS. BOUDREAUX SAYS JONES WAS COOPERATIVE AND WAS LATER RELEASED ON MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OF ILLEGAL CARRYING OF A WEAPON AND HAVING A WEAPON IN A FIREARM FREE ZONE.
A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER A HOUSE FIRE IN CHURCH POINT WEDNESDAY MORNING. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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An explosion at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries. Westlake Chemical South spokesperson Joe Andrepont says the explosion occurred at an empty ethylene dichloride storage tank shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday. Andrepont says shelter-in-place orders issued after the incident have since been lifted because there were no associated environmental issues. He said it’s too early to tell what caused the explosion, which is under investigation.
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air pollution, unsafe drinking water and other problems afflicting minority communities in three Gulf Coast states. The EPA’s actions follow a “Journey to Justice” tour by Administrator Michael Regan last fall in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The EPA will conduct unannounced inspections of chemical plants, refineries and other industrial sites suspected of polluting air and water and will install air monitoring equipment in Louisiana’s “chemical corridor” to enhance enforcement at chemical and plastics plants.
A LAFAYETTE GRANDMOTHER SAVED HER TWO-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON FROM A BEDROOM FIRE AT AN APARTMENT LOCATED IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST CONVENT STREET. FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE GRANDMOTHER ENTERED THE BEDROOM AND SPOTTED THE FIRE NEAR THE BED WHERE HER GRANDSON WAS SLEEPING. TRAHAN SAYS THE FIRE WAS CONFINED TO THE BEDROOM AND FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED IT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT L-S-U EUNICE WILL UNDERGO A MAJOR UPGRADE WITH THE GOAL OF GIVING L-S-U-E ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC FACILITIES. BENGAL STADIUM, THE HOME OF THE L-S-U-E BASEBALL TEAM, WILL BE RENOVATED FOLLOWED BY THE OVERHAUL OF THE SOFTBALL FIELD. A FIFTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT PERFORMANCE CENTER, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AN INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY AND WEIGHT ROOMS, WILL BE BUILT OVER THE CURRENT TENNIS COURTS. THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES PERMANENT SEATING AND A FIELD HOUSE FOR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SOCCER AND AN ADDITION TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE BASKETBALL ARENA.
COVID-NINETEEN CASES IN LOUISIANA INCREASED BY A RECORD EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED-NINETEEN IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT. OF THOSE NEW CASES, ONE THOUSAND SIX WERE REINFECTIONS, MEANING THE PERSON HAD TESTED POSITIVE AT LEAST NINETY DAYS PRIOR. THERE WERE FORTY-EIGHT NEW DEATHS STATEWIDE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS THAT NOT FULLY VACCINATED LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ACCOUNTED FOR SIXTY-NINE PERCENT OF CASES AND FIFTY-THREE PERCENT OF DEATHS BETWEEN JANUARY THIRTEENTH AND NINETEENTH.
CROWLEY POLICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT A WOMAN, GRAZING HER, IN WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A LOVER’S QUARREL THAT BECAME VIOLENT. IT HAPPENED AT A RESIDENCE ON EAST ELM STREET AND THE WOMAN’S TWO CHILDREN WERE PRESENT WHEN THE VIOLENCE HAPPENED. THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE SHOOTING, REHNQUEST CHARLES, WAS STOPPED BY POLICE LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE SCENE BECAUSE HE WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY, AND HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER THEY FOUND A FORTY-FIVE CALIBER GUN IN THE VEHICLE. CHARLES FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
