12-15-22
A LINE OF STORMS LED TO SEVERAL TORNADOS TOUCHING DOWN IN LOUISIANA INCLUDING NEW IBERIA. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY, TRAPPED IN A HOME IN THE SOUTHPORT SUBDIVISION IN NEW IBERIA, MANAGED TO GET OUT THROUGH THE ROOF. CONNOR SUIRE WAS ALONE WHEN A TRAILER BLEW ONTO THE HOUSE, LEVELLING IT. CONNOR’S MOM, STEPHANIE SUIRE, SAID SHE HAD GONE A FEW MINUTES EARLIER TO CHECK ON HER ELDERLY FATHER AND WAS LEFT SPEECHLESS WHEN SHE CAME BACK AND SAW WHAT HAPPENED. THE FAMILY TELLS KATC TV THEY ARE NOW LEFT WITH NOTHING AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FAMILY PETS AND SEARCHING FOR ANY OF THEIR BELONGINGS.
A WESTLAKE HOME IS MISSING A ROOF BECAUSE OF THE WINDS OR A POSSIBLE TORNADO. JEANIE BLANCHARD TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE WAS ASLEEP WHEN SHE HEARD THE ROOF RIPPING OFF FROM THE FRONT OF HER TRAILER. SHE SAYS THE ROOF LANDED IN HER NEIGHBOR’S YARD AND THE NEIGHBOR’S ROOF SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. BLANCHARD SAID SHE HAD JUST REPLACED HER ROOF THAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY HURRICANE LAURA.
GOVERNOR EDWARDS SIGNED A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING THE STORMS. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS THE DETAILS.
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A BODY WAS FOUND IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DETECTIVES WITH THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH AS A HOMOCIDE, ACCORDING TO SPOKESPERSON CAPTAIN GINNY HIGGINS. THE BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE I-TEN FRONTAGE ROAD AT BORDELON ROAD. THE CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS HOLDING ITS FALL GRADUATON CEREMONY THIS MORNING. THE CEREMONY, WHICH TAKES PLACE AT THE CAJUNDOME, INVOLVES MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED COLLEGE STUDENTS AND MORE THAN THIRTY ADULT EDUCATION GRADUATES. U-L’S FALL GRADUATION CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE OVER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE CAJUNDOME AND THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER. MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED WILL BE GRADUATING.
A YOUNGSVILLE COUPLE, ALICIA AND WEST DIXON, ARE PREPARING TO EXPAND A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST D-R HORTON, ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST HOMEBUILDERS. THE DIXON’S ORIGINALLY FILED SUIT IN MARCH SAYING THEIR HOME WASN’T BUILT TO WITHSTAND THE LOUISIANA HEAT LEADING TO A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING MOLD. HUNDREDS OF MORE LOUISIANANS WHOSE HOMES WERE BUILT BY D-R HORTON COULD JOIN THE LAWSUIT, ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS FILED IN STATE DISTRICT COURT IN BATON ROUGE. ATTORNEY’S FOR D-R HORTON ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE LAWSUIT TO FEDERAL COURT.
THE SCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED PICTURES FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF A BURGLARY SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN BURGLARIZING A BUSINESS IN THE FIFTY-EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF CAMERON STREET ON DECEMBER THIRD. THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES THE SUSPECT TO CALL THE SCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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