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A SCOTT FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED WHILE FIGHTING A HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A PERSON AT A HOUSE ON MILLS STREET WAS BURNING A PILE OF TRASH OUTSIDE THE HOME AND DIDN’T MONITOR IT. SCOTT FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND DRY GRASS CAUSED THE FIRE TO SPREAD TO THE HOME, WHICH CAUSED MODERATE DAMAGE TO A QUARTER OF THE HOME AND SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT. SONNIER SAYS ONE FIREFIGHTER SUFFERED A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HIS FOOT BUT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.
THE TWO REMAINING SUSPECTS IN A MOTEL PARKING LOT SHOOTING IN LAKE CHARLES ARE NOW IN CUSTODY. 19-YEAR-OLD BRODRICK RECORD TURNED HIMSELF INTO THE GLENMORA POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE MAURICIAO LABRADA-HERNANDEZ SURRENDERED TO THE OAKDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THREE OTHER SUSPECTS, 18-YEAR-OLD TAMMY D. PRYOR, 27-YEAR-OLD KENNETH J. SWEET, AND FABIEN RECORD WERE ARRESTED LAST WEEK. ON SUNDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 22ND, FOUR MEN GOT INTO A VEHICLE WHERE A WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND WERE SITTING AND SHOT THE HUSBAND, LEAVING HIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BECAUSE THE WOMAN WOULDN’T HAND OVER HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
A VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL TEACHER HAS BEEN NAMED THE REGION FOUR ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF COMPUTER USING EDUCATORS. LORI GUNTER PORTER TEACHES FOURTH GRADE AT DOZIER ELEMENTARY. THE SCHOOL’S PRINCIPAL, KARLA TOUPS, SAYS PORTER BREATHES LIFE INTO SUBJECTS USING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND SHARES HER EXPERTISE WITH OTHER TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT. PORTER WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE STATE COMPETITION.
Louisiana’s storm recovery office is warning victims of last year’s floods about a telephone scam targeting people who have applied for homeowner aid. The Office of Community Development says callers are asking flood-impacted families to turn over bank account numbers or to put up a financial deposit in order to complete their applications for assistance from the Restore Louisiana homeowner assistance program . When calling applicants, Restore Louisiana staff confirm their identities by providing the applicant’s survey account number. In addition, the recovery office says the Restore Louisiana program doesn’t ask for any banking information or a social security number by phone.
JEFF HORCHAK HAS AN UPDATE ON THE LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FORMER SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAT COOPER.
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KPLC TV IS REPORTING THAT THE MAYOR OF FENTON IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH RECEIVED 42,500 DOLLARS LAST YEAR WHEN HIS SALARY WAS THIRTY THOUSAND. AFTER CONTACTING THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR’S OFFICE ABOUT THE MATTER, THEY FOUND OUT THE VILLAGE NEVER SUBMITTED THEIR RECORDS WHICH WERE DUE ON DECEMBER 31ST, AND HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE NON-COMPLIANCE LIST. MAYOR EDDIE ALFRED TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE OVERPAYMENT WAS AN OVERSIGHT AND NOT A COVERUP AS SOME HAVE CLAIMED. STATE DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIVE AUDIT ROBERT HARRIS SAYS THE MAYOR ASSURES THEM THAT THE MISTAKE IS BEING CORRECTED BUT FENTON IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A BOIL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR IBERIA PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT THREE. THE ADVISORY WAS ISSUED BECAUSE OF A DROP IN WATER PRESSURE THAT HAPPENED DURING MAINTENANCE. RESIDENTS IN THAT DISTRICT ARE ADVISED TO BOIL WATER FOR ONE FULL MINUTE BEFORE USING IT FOR DRINKING, BRUSHING TEETH, COOKING AND GIVING WATER TO PETS. THE ADVISORY WILL BE LIFTED ONCE IT IS SHOWN TO BE SAFE.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to revive a Louisiana flood protection board’s lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands. The court rejected the board’s request for a review of the case Monday. The suit drew fierce opposition from the energy industry and many in state government when it was filed in 2013 by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. A federal district judge’s 2015 ruling held that federal and state law provided no avenue by which the board could bring the suit.
