11-1-21
A CHILD WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ON L-A THREE-SIXTY-SEVEN IN ACADIA PARISH AT AROUND TEN O’CLOCK SATURDAY NIGHT. AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD STACY LEMOINE STEVENS OF EUNICE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND VEERED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE, WHERE HE COLLIDED WITH AN S-U-V. LEMOINE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE,WHILE FOUR-YEAR-OLD GEORGE ARDOIN OF MAMOU DIED A SHORT WHILE LATER AT THE HOSPITAL. TWO ADULTS AND ANOTHER CHILD IN THE S-U-V WERE ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE WILL HOLD A FUNERAL MASS TOMORROW FOR THE FORGOTTEN AND UNCLAIMED DEAD IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. COFFINS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHOSE BODIES HAVE GONE UNCLAIMED OVER THE PAST YEAR WILL LINE THE AISLE AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN. BISHOP DOUGLAS DESHOTEL WILL LEAD THE SPECIAL ALL SOULS DAY MASS, WHICH BEGINS AT FIVE-THIRTY TOMORROW EVENING. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND CAN SERVE AS PALL BEARERS DURING THE BURIAL IN SAINT JOHN’S CEMETARY.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving Louisiana flood insurance policyholders with damage from Hurricane Ida extra time to submit a proof of loss form and documentation about the damage. Usually, people have 60 days after the damage to provide the information, but FEMA tripled that time for Louisiana residents with Ida destruction to their property. The federal agency extended the deadline to 180 days to turn over the required forms and information such as contractor estimates, receipts and photographs of the damage. The proof of loss form is a signed statement explaining how much the repair or replacement of the damaged property is estimated to cost.
ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND ANOTHER ARRESTED SATURDAY EVENING AT A HOME ON SNAPPER LANE IN LAKE CHARLES. CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES SAY TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD PHOENIX GRINDOL GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER PERSON, AND WHEN THAT PERSON BEGAN BEATING ON THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE, GRINDOL SHOT THAT PERSON THROUGH THE DOOR. THE SHOOTING VICTIM IS AT THE HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. GRINDOL HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY, AND BOND IS PENDING.
THERE WAS A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN GRAND COTEAU SUNDAY EVENING. IT HAPPENED ON ANN STREET. NO ONE WAS INJURED. POLICE DO NOT HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE DRIVE BY. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL SAINT LANDRY CRIME STOPPERS AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
A FAMILY OF SEVEN IN LAFAYETTE LOST EVERYTHING IN A HOUSE FIRE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS A FIREPLACE FIRE THAT STARTED IN THE ATTIC. TRANDY MCCALLISTER JENKINS SAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY, WHICH RENTED THE HOME, HAS NO FAMILY IN THE AREA AND NO WHERE TO GO. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE FAMILY CAN GO TO THE GO FUND ME WEB PAGE SET UP BY TRANDY MCCALLISTER JENKINS.
Seven villages in Louisiana lost out on about $240,000 in federal coronavirus aid because they failed to submit the proper paperwork to get the money. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne told lawmakers that the state reached out multiple times to urge the villages to submit simple paperwork but didn’t get a response. The unaccepted funds will be reallocated among the 284 towns and villages that did comply. The governor’s Division of Administration was tasked with distributing $315 million in federal aid to nearly 300 local governments.
POLICE IN BREAUX BRIDGE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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