11-3-26
IT’S ELECTION DAY AND THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL EIGHT TONIGHT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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TEN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE BALLOT TODAY IN LOUISIANA. KLFY.COM HAS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT. YOU CAN ALSO FIND INFORMATION ON THE AMENDMENTS AT THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE AND AT PAR LOUISIANA-DOT-ORG.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD WORKED WITH PARISH EMPLOYEES SUNDAY TO RESCUE A HORSE TRAPPED IN HIGH WATERS. AT AROUND EIGHT SUNDAY MORNING, BELLARD OPERATED HEAVY MACHINERY ALONGSIDE THE EMPLOYEES TO REACH THE STRANDED ANIMAL. BELLARD SHARED VIDEO OF THE RESCUE ON FACEBOOK, HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK PARISH EMPLOYEES DO BEHIND THE SCENES, OFTEN OUTSIDE OF NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. HE THANKED TRAVIS WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND ERIC WITH PUBLIC WORKS FOR COMING ON THEIR OFF DAY TO ASSIST IN THE RESCUE.
LAFAYETTE DISTRICT FIRE CHIEF BRANDON FINFROCK HAS BEEN SENT TO COLORADO TO ASSIST WITH SEVERE FLOODING. HE’S PART OF THE LOUISIANA SUPPORT TEAM DEPLOYED TO ARCHULETA, COLORADO TO ASSIST WITH RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. FIRE CHIEF EARL BORDEN SAYS CHIEF FINFROCK WILL USE HIS EXPERTISE TO HELP A COMMUNITY IN NEED WHILE GAINING EXPERIENCE THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE MISSION IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
A WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A CAMPER FIRE FRIDAY EVENING IN IOWA. JEFF DAVIS FIRE DISTRICT THREE RESPONDED TO THE FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT AT AROUND SIX IN THE NINETEEN THOUSAND BLOCK OF U-S NINETY EAST. A FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIED IN THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY INCARCERATED AT THE PARISH JAIL ABOUT A PHONE FRAUD SCHEME. SCAMMERS ARE DEMANDING MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISES OF SECURING RELEASES. THEY USE ACESSIBLE RECORDS, INCLUDING NAMES AND SPECIFIC RECORDS, TO MAKE THEMSELVES APPEAR AUTHENTIC. OFFICIALS ADVISE THE PUBLIC NOT TO TRANSFER FUNDS OR SHARE PRIVATE BANKING DETAILS WITH ANYONE WHO CALLS UNEXPECTEDLY ABOUT THE RELEASE OF A RELATIVE.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A PERSON WHO USED COUNTERFEIT MONEY TO PURCHASE A GAMING CONSOLE. THE TRANSACTION WAS MADE THROUGH FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT KLFY-DOT-COM. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE IDENTITY OF THE SUSPECT IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIMESTOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
THREE ALLEGED DRUG DEALERS WERE ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES. THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD BRANDON DESHOTELS OF VILLE PLATTE, FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA DESHOTELS, ALSO OF VILLE PLATTE, AND TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ALAINA FONTENOT OF OPELOUSAS WERE ARRESTED AFTER THE SEARCH OF A HOUSE ON RUE DE AIMEE IN VILLE PLATTE. THE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AGENTS ON OCTOBER FOURTEENTH. BOOKING AND BOND DETAILS WERE NOT RELEASED.
