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EUNICE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR AN ESCAPED INMATE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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DELTA MEDIA HAS ANNOUNCED THE PASSING OF A LONGTIME ANNOUNCER. STEVE WILEY WAS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR KOGM MUSTANG 107 AND AN ANNOUNCER. HE ALSO DID MORNING TRAFFIC REPORTS FOR NEWS FIFTEEEN’S GOOD DAY ACADIANA. JOHNETTE COCHRAN, THE GENERAL MANAGER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF DELTA MEDIA, SAYS WILEY WAS A JOY TO WORK WITH AND WILL BE TRULY MISSED.
TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR WAS A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT. LAST YEAR NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FLEW OUT OF THE AIRPORT, THE MOST ON RECORD. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HEATH ALLEN SAYS THEY ARE UP ABOUT FIFTY-SEVEN PERCENT FROM WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND HURRICANES. HE SEES IT AS A SIGN OF THE RESILIENCY OF THE ECONOMY IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
A CORRECTIONS OFFICER AT THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE AND BOOKED INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH JAIL. AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER A CELL PHONE WAS DISCOVERED AT THE JAIL. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT CORRECTIONS OFFICER BRITTANY DAVIS HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH AN INMATE ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO THE JAIL. SHE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO KNOW THAT CONTRABAND WAS ALREADY IN THE FACILITY AND FAILED TO REPORT IT.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER CRASHING A PICKUP TRUCK ON I-FORTY-NINE TUESDAY, JUST NORTH OF GLORIA SWITCH. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE GIRL LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES. CARENCRO POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON SAYS THE GIRL APPARENTLY WASN’T WEARING A SEATBELT AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER DEFENDED THE EMBATTLED FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ON TUESDAY, SAYING HE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE LAKE CHARLES WOULD BE WITHOUT THEIR HELP. HE MADE THE REMARKS WHILE ACCEPTING THE TOMMY LONGO DISASTER LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR HIS EFFORTS DURING RECENT HURRICANES. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TALKED ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN FEMA AND ISSUED ORDERS FOR A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THEM. HUNTER DID SAY POLITICS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF DISASTER RECOVERY SO THAT ALL CITIES ARE TREATED THE SAME.
A NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOL IS OPENING SOON IN VILLE PLATTE. THE DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGE PULSE TRAINING INSTITUTE, EUGENIA WASHINGTON, SAYS SHE WANTS TO HELP OTHERS REACH THEIR CAREER GOALS IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD. SHE SAYS THEY SEEK TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE SO MORE PEOPLE CAN GET A BETTER EDUCATION AND THEY OFFER PAYMENT PLANS. THE FIRST PHLEBOTOMY COURSES BEGIN MARCH FOURTH. THOSE INTERESTED IN ENROLLING CAN DO SO AT THE EMERGE PULSE TRAINING INSTITUTE FACEBOOK PAGE.
WHITE OAK ROAD IN WASHINGTON IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO FLOODING. OFFICIALS SAID THE RECENT RAINS AND MELTING SNOW ADDED UP AND WATER HAS COVERED THE ROADWAY. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CLOSE WHITE OAK ROAD AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.