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MOSS HONDA IN LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN SOLD TO AN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP OUT OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS AND WILL BE RENAMED COMMUNITY HONDA. SHARON MOSS SAYS SHE’S BEEN THINKING ABOUT SELLING THE DEALERSHIP FOR A FEW YEARS AND DECIDED TO SELL TO HER FRIENDS, ROGER AND KIM ELSWICK, WHO OWN THE BAYTOWN-BASED COMMUNITY AUTO GROUP. SHE WILL MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF MOSS BMW, MERCEDES-BENZ OF LAFAYETTE AND THE MOSS PRE-OWNED STORE, PLUS SHE’S CONSIDERING BRINGING A NEW DEALERSHIP TO LAFAYETTE. THE NEW OWNERS OF MOSS HONDA KEPT ALL EMPLOYEES WHO WANTED TO STAY.
A DERIDDER CITY COUNCILMAN IS ALLEGING ABUSE OF INMATES AT THE BEAUREGARD PARISH JAIL AND SAYS THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEEN POSTING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. JULIAN WILLIAMS TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE WORKED AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEFORE AND THERE ARE MANY GOOD MEN AND WOMEN THERE BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES. HE SAYS HE’S SEEN VIDEOS OF INMATES BEING PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY ABUSED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND HE WANTS ACCOUNTABILITY. WILLIAMS SAYS HE’S TALKED TO THE INMATES IN THE VIDEOS AND SOME ARE PLANNING TO SEEK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
A BASILE MAN WAS KILLED TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE RIDING AN ELECTRIC MOPED IN EVANGELINE PARISH. AT AROUND 10 P-M, 56-YEAR-OLD MARITAN ROMERO WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 190 NEAR L-A 30-86 WHEN HE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A 1999 PONTIAC. ROMERO, WHO WAS WEARING A HELMET, WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE INTO A DITCH, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DRIVERS BUT IMPAIRMENT IS NOT SUSPECTED AS A CAUSE IN THE ACCIDENT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE KAJN LISTENING AREA THROUGH SIX O’CLOCK TONIGHT. THE KLFY TV 10 WEATHER TEAM IS CALLING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT TODAY. THE RAIN COULD TURN HEAVY AT TIMES. RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A FOURTH SUSPECT IN A KIDNAPPING AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LAFAYETTE MAN ON CHRISTMAS EVENING. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TURNING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO TRY TO FIND AND ARREST A WOMAN AND TWO MEN WHO BROKE INTO AND STOLE MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ITEMS FROM WALMART ON DECEMBER 20TH. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFED THE WOMAN AS SHANTINA ROY. THEY SAY ROY AND TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN FORCED A LOCKED DOOR OPEN TO GET IN AND MAKE THE THEFT. AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS HAS DECREASED AT THE CHURCH POINT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ASSISTANT CHIEF BERL ADAMS TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE LOWER NUMBERS HAS AFFECTED FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY TO SOME DEGREE. THEY DO HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH SURROUNDING FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP IF VOLUNTEERS CAN’T RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY. ADAMS SAYS STUDIES SHOW THAT VOLUNTEERISM AROUND THE COUNTRY IS DOWN.
CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN LOUISIANA ARE PLANNING TO INCREASE HIRING THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A NEW NATIONAL SURVEY BY ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS. 22 FIRMS IN LOUISIANA WERE PART OF THE SURVEY AND SIXTY PERCENT SAID THEY PLAN ON INCREASING HIRING. HOWEVER, THAT’S LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE OF 79 PERCENT. NEARLY HALF OF THE LOUISIANA FIRMS SAY THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FILLING POSITIONS AND 41 PERCENT SAY THEY HAVE NOT INCREASED PAY OR BENEFITS DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING WORKERS.
