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THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A BLAZE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX LATE TUESDAY MORNING. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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LAST NIGHT THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO GIVE A BIGGER SALARY SUPPLEMENT THIS YEAR TO EMPLOYEES. TEACHERS WILL BE RECEIVING 4,550 DOLLARS ON NOVEMBER 22ND WHILE OTHER PERSONNEL WILL BE GETTING A CHECK FOR 3,185 DOLLARS. BOARD MEMBER MACK DELAFOSSE PROPOSED A MOTION TO RAISE THE SUPPLEMENTAL SALARY BY MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE. THREE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED AGAINST IT, BUT WHEN THE ADJUSTMENT WAS APPROVED, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED FOR THE NEW SALARY SUPPLEMENT.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN DALLAS ON OCTOBER 28TH IN CONNECTION WITH A DOUBLE HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED IN VERMILLION PARISH IN APRIL OF 2014. THE BODIES OF 34-YEAR-OLD CODY FELL AND 29-YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL DESHOTEL WERE FOUND IN A BURNING VEHICLE ON CLAUDE ROAD SOUTH OF MAURICE. 36-YEAR-OLD TOSANWOMY MASON GEE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE VERMILLION PARISH JAIL ON MONDAY AND WILL FACE CHARGES OF PRINCIPAL TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND AGGRAVATED ARSON. ANOTHER SUSPECT, DERRECK VIATOR, WAS ARRESTED IN 2016 ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE HOMOCIDES OF FELL AND DESHOTEL.
Republican advertising in the Louisiana governor’s race has shifted in tone in the final days ahead of Saturday’s runoff election. Attack ads against Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards had most prominently featured President Donald Trump’s criticism of Edwards in the runoff campaign. But in recent days, GOP groups are hitting Edwards on more state-specific issues. Edwards is vying for a second term against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone.
SECRETARY OF STATE KYLE ARDOIN CONFIRMS NEARLY HALF A MILLION VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS EARLY FOR THIS WEEKEND’S ELECTION. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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EARLY VOTES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION WERE UP 34 PERCENT IN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN COMPARISON TO EARLY VOTING FOR THE OCTOBER 12TH PRIMARY. DEMOCRAT VOTES WERE UP 37 PERCENT WHILE THERE WERE THIRTY PERCENT MORE REPUBLICAN VOTES. OVERALL 17, 051 VOTES WERE CAST DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE PRECINCT WITH THE MOST VOTES WAS ONE IN RIVER RANCH.
A TRAIN HIT A CAR ON HOKE ROAD IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, STRIKING THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DRIVER TOLD STATE TROOPERS THAT HE DID NOT HEAR OR SEE THE TRAIN APPROACHING. IRONICALLY, STATE TROOPERS WERE CONDUCTING A TRAIN DETAIL IN NEIGHBORING CALCASIEU PARISH WHERE THEY ISSUED 34 CITATIONS FOR FAILING TO OBEY A SIGNAL INDICATING THE APPROACH OF A TRAIN. TROOPER DEREK SENEGAL SAYS ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DETAILS ARE BEING PLANNED.
A EUNICE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD. DETECTIVES WITH THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BELIEVE 44-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY RICHARDSON MET THE VICTIM THROUGH THE ONLINE DATING APP, GRINDER. THE VICTIM’S GRANDFATHER IS THE ONE WHO NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES. RICHARDSON WAS BOOKED INTO THE ST. LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF PORNOGRAPHY, COMPUTER SOLICITATION AND SEXUAL BATTERY.
