10-9-17
THE I-TEN EASTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE TEN ARE CLOSED NEAR BUTTE LA ROSE AND IT COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE CLOSURE IS DUE TO AN OVERTURNED 18 WHEELER WHICH IS ON FIRE. STATE POLICE ARE SAYING THAT SOMEONE WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH, BUT THERE ARE NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME. TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED ONTO I-49 NORTH TO HIGHWAY 190.
A DUSON HOME WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE HOMEOWNER’S TWO DOGS WERE KILLED. CHIEF CHAD SONNIER OF THE SCOTT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT EXTREME HEAT AND SMOKY CONDITIONS HAMPERED THEIR EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE FIRE, AND THE HOME IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. TWO FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO BE TREATED AT A HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES, AND ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. SONNIER SAYS THE FIRE HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL AS IT WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRIC SMOKER THAT THE HOMEOWNER WAS USING ON THE BACK PORCH.
ALL THIS WEEK, THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY’S HOUSING DEPARTMENT WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE SECTION EIGHT WAITING LIST. ANYONE CAN APPLY BUT THOSE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE WILL HAVE TO LIVE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED TODAY UNTIL THREE P-M AT FIRST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN DEQUINCY. TOMORROW THROUGH FRIDAY, APPLICATIONS WILL BE TAKEN AT THE ALLEN P. AUGUST MULTIPURPOSE ANNEX BUILDING ON MOELING STREET IN LAKE CHARLES BETWEEN EIGHT AND 11-30 A-M EACH DAY.
Louisiana voters may not be paying much attention, but there’s a statewide election only a week away. Top of the Oct. 14 ballot are the selection of a new state treasurer and decisions on three constitutional changes. Secretary of State Tom Schedler predicts voter turnout might not reach 15 percent. More details about what’s on the ballot can be found at the Secretary of State’s website .
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A JUNIOR GIRL AT BREAUX BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ALLEGEDLY HIT BY A FOOTBALL PLAYER. THE MOTHER OF REAGAN BOUDREAUX , TERRA BOUDREAUX, TELLS K-L-F-Y THAT HER DAUGHTER STEPPED IN TO DEFEND A FRIEND WITH AUTISM WHO WAS BEING BULLIED AND WAS HIT IN THE FACE MULTIPLE TIMES. SHE SAYS SHE ALSO HAD SUFFERED CONCUSSIONS BEFORE ON THE CHEERLEADER SQUAD WHEN SHE WAS DROPPED DURING PRACTICE. TERRA SAYS REAGAN HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERE MEMORY LOSSES AND IS RECOVERING AT HOME AFTER THREE DAYS AT WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL SOON BE CARRYING A DRUG USED TO COMBAT HEROIN OVERDOSES. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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DOZENS OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE OUT OF DARKNESS WALK IN LAKE CHARLES SATURDAY MORNING TO HONOR LOVED ONES WHO HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE. THE WALK WAS SPONSORED BY HALO, WHICH IS A LOCAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. IT’S AN EFFORT TO HELP HEAL THOSE WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THIS TRAGEDY. FIFTEEN TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE WALK, RAISING NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE BRIDGE MINISTRY, WHICH HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO HELP ONE OF LAFAYETTE’S POORER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, HAS HELPED OPEN A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. ONE OF THE BRIDGE MINISTRY FOUNDERS, NELSON WARNER, SAYS PARENTS BEGAN EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THEIR CHILDREN WOULD ATTEND WITH REZONING AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR DREAMS OF BEING ABLE TO SEND THEM TO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. WARNER TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT GOD BEGAN OPENING DOORS AND THEY DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH ACADEMY, WHICH HAS SIX CAMPUSES IN BATON ROUGE. THE NEW SCHOOL OPENED ON NORTH UNIVERSITY A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH 36 STUDENTS AND THEY HOPE TO EXPAND TO AS MANY AS ONE HUNDRED STUDENTS BY NEXT YEAR.
