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10-3-22

A FIRE IN LAFAYETTE HAS LEFT TWO FAMILIES DEVASTATED.  DANIELLE JOHNSON EXPLAINS.

 

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A LAKE CHARLES MAN AND SIX OTHER AMERICANS WERE RELEASED FROM CAPTIVITY IN VENEZUELA.  TOMEU VADELL WAS ONE OF SEVERAL CITGO EXECUTIVES LURED TO VENEZUELA, WHO WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE BY THE NICHOLAS MADURO REGIME IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-SEVENTEEN.  U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY SAYS THE SEVEN WERE RELEASED AS PART OF A SWAP FOR TWO CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS, WHO WERE THE NEPHEWS OF MADURO’S WIFE.

 

Authorities say a Morgan City man, being chased by police, jumped from a coastal high-rise bridge in Mississippi and plunged to his death. Jackson County, Mississippi, Coroner Bruce Lynd Jr. said the man died Friday evening in Pascagoula, Mississippi, when he struck the ground beneath the bridge instead of the water. He was identified as 50-year-old James Thomas Edwards. Pascagoula Police Chief Matt Chapman confirmed that Edwards was being chased by police before he jumped, but it was unclear what prompted the pursuit.

 

ON FRIDAY, LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY WITHDREW A LINE-ITEM VETO THAT WAS ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST.  THAT MEANS A PAY RAISE FOR DIRECTORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE BUDGET.  GUILLORY SAID IN A STATEMENT HE WITHDREW THE LINE-ITEM VETO AFTER PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.  HE SAYS HE PLANS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND PARISH THAT ARE VITAL TO RECRUITING AND RETAINING PUBLIC SERVANTS.

 

SAINT MARTIN PARISH IS HAVING ITS ANNUAL NIGHT OUT TOMORROW NIGHT AT PAUL ANGELLE PARK IN CECILIA BEGINNING AT FIVE P-M.  SAINT MARTIN PARISH IS ONE OF MANY COMMUNITIES TAKING PART IN THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LARGEST ANNUAL CRIME PREVENTION EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY.  SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX TELLS KLFY TV THE BIGGEST PART OF THE EVENT IS GIVING CHILDREN A POSITIVE EXPOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.  BREAUX SAYS THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE DEALING WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

 

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE SATURDAY MORNING IN MOSS BLUFF.  THE CALCASIEU PARISH WARD ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE MOBILE HOME FIRE ON NORTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD AT AROUND FOUR A-M.  THEY FOUND A FEMALE VICTIM AND THREE DOGS INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME.  AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

 

GROUNDBREAKING WAS HELD FRIDAY FOR A FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLAR SEWER PLANT IN VILLE PLATTE.  MAYOR JENNIFER VIDRINE SAYS NO TAXES OR RATES WILL BE INCREASED.  SHE TELLS KATC TV THE PLANT WILL BE MONITORED BY A SCATTER SYSTEM TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, AND IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, THEY’LL KNOW IMMEDIATELY.  IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN JUNE AND MAYOR VIDRINE SAYS THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH A PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.

 

TWO FEMALE STUDENTS AT JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH BATTERY OF A TEACHER.  THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT HAPPENED AFTER A FIGHT ON CAMPUS THURSDAY.  A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND ISSUED A MISDEMEANOR SUMMONS FOR BATTERY OF A SCHOOL TEACHER BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO HER GUARDIAN.  A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS ALSO ISSUED A MISDEMEANOR SUMMONS AND RELEASED TO HER MOTHER.