11-23-22
LAFAYETTE FIREFIGHTERS ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A FIRE AT THE HIMBOLA APARTMENTS. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE BATHROOM OF ONE OF THE APARTMENTS AT AROUND ONE P-M. THE FIRE SPREAD TO AN ADJACENT APARTMENT, WHICH WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO HELP THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TWO APARTMENTS.
A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT TO REMEMBER AN ARNAUDVILLE WOMAN WHO DIED IN A CAR CRASH. FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED AT CECILIA PARK AT FIVE-THIRTY TO GRIEVE THE LOSS OF TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD HAILEE NOEL. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN. NOEL WAS KILLED IN A FOUR VEHICLE CRASH FRIDAY MORNING ON L-A NINETY-FOUR, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY AN ALLEGEDLY IMPAIRED DRIVER.
MORE THAN TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED THROUGH THE GOFUNDME WEBSITE FOR A LAKE CHARLES WOMAN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN HER SUBMERGED VEHICLE. THE MONEY WILL GO TO HELP PAY FOR THE FUNERAL OF THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD STEPHANY FONG, AND THE REST WILL GO TOWARD HER DAUGHTER’S FUTURE. FONG WAS REPORTED MISSING SATURDAY AND HER BODY WAS FOUND WHEN HER VEHICLE WAS PULLED OUT OF BAYOU D’INDE NEAR SULPHUR. THE CORONER’S OFFICE WILL DETERMINE THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS URGING RECIPIENTS TO MONITOR THEIR PURCHASES AND RESET THEIR PIN NUMBERS. SYLVIA MASTERS EXPLAINS WHY.
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HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES ARE POURING INTO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE MOBILE ASSIST PATROLMAN, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH AS HE TRIED TO HELP A MOTORIST ALONG I-TEN SUNDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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NEW IBERIA CITY OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH DETERIORATING ROADWAYS IN THE CITY. COUNCILMAN MARLON LEWIS TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN. HE SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO GET CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, IF THEY WANT BETTER AND SAFER ROADS, THEY SHOULD CONSIDER REALLOCATING AN OLD ROAD TAX. MAYOR FREDDIE DECOURT WILL BE SETTING UP IN FRONT OF CITY HALL BEGINNING AT NINE A-M TUESDAY TO TALK WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT ROAD ISSUES AND WAYS TO ENHANCE THE CITY SO IT IS A SAFER AND BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
A TEENAGER FROM HOMEWOOD WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN LAKE CHARLES LATE MONDAY NIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD PHILIP MICHAEL CONNER RAN THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF L-A THREE NINETY-SEVEN AND GAUTHIER ROAD, STRIKING AN S-U-V. THE PICKUP CONNER WAS DRIVING ROLLED ON ITS SIDE AND CAUGHT FIRE. CONNER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE
S-U-V SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES.
SUNSET RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ONGOING WATER ISSUES. STEPHANIE SMITH MILBURN TELLS KLFY TV THEY’VE HAD WATER ISSUES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IS CONCERNED THEY WILL HAVE DIRTY WATER AGAIN AFTER IT HAPPENED LAST CHRISTMAS. MILBURN SAYS SHE SPOKE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH LAST YEAR, WHO TOLD HER THE WATER TANK IS NOT BEING FLUSHED. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT.
