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THREE HOMES ON SOUTH BIENVILLE STREET IN LAFAYETTE WERE DAMAGED BY A FIRE SATURDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THAT WAS UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME, WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE CAUSED VINYL SIDING TO MELT ON A NEARBY HOUSE AND ANOTHER NEARBY HOUSE WAS MODERATELY DAMAGED. AUTHORITIES RULED THE FIRE AN ACCIDENT AS A BURNER ON A KITCHEN RANGE WAS “ON”.
TENNIS COURTS AT THE GLADYS TRAHAN TENNIS CENTRE IN CROWLEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN ICE RINK. CROWLEY’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR VALERIE MYERS, SAYS THEY USED CUTTING BOARD MATERIAL SPRAYED WITH A SLICK SUBSTANCE TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL ICE. IT’S ALL PART OF RICE ON ICE WHICH BEGAN THIS WEEKEND WITH FUN JUMPS ON THE COURTS AND FOOD TRUCKS ON THE WEEKEND. RICE ON ICE WILL GO THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR A SHOOTING AFTER AN ARGUMENT AT A MOSS BLUFF RESTAURANT FRIDAY. KAYLA VINCENT OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SCOTT JOSEPH BOUDREAUX GOT INTO THE ARGUMENT AND THE CONFRONTATION GOT PHYSICAL ONCE THEY RETURNED HOME. BOUDREAUX ALLEGEDLY GOT A FIREARM FROM A SAFE AND SHOT THE OTHER PERSON, WHO IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. BOUDREAUX HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY.
THE INSIDE OF A LAFAYETTE SALON WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SALON, LOCATED IN THE ELEVEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF COOLIDGE STREET, ARRIVED SATURDAY MORNING AND, WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR, SMOKE DISCHARGED OUT OF THE SALON. IT WAS DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE WAITING AREA AND, DUE TO A LACK OF SUFFICIENT OXYGEN, IT SELF-EXTINGUISHED. THERE WAS MODERATE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE WAITING AREA AND HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE BUSINESS.
OPELOUSAS WELCOMED THE CHRISTMAS SEASON SATURDAY WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE NATIVITY IN THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE. ROBBIE SEBASTIEN WITH OPELOUSAS MAIN STREET TELLS KLFY TV THE LIGHTING OF THE NATIVITY HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE APPROXIMATELY THE NINETEEN-FORTIES. HE SAYS THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BISQUE SET WHICH IS LIFE-SIZE STATUES OF THE NATIVITY. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN BOSTON AND SHIPPED TO OPELOUSAS, AND EVERY SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, THEY OPEN THE NATIVITY WITH A CELEBRATION.
A ROAD CLOSURE TODAY IN LAFAYETTE WILL BEGIN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND ARTHUR STREET. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE IBERIA PARISH GOVERNMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO DELIVER THE STATE OF THE PARISH THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A NEW DATE. HERE’S GEORGE FAUST WITH DETAILS.
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THE POLICE CHIEF OF SUNSET WAS ARRAIGNED LAST TUESDAY ON A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION CHARGE. LATER LUIS PADILLA’S DEFENSE TEAM SENT A STATEMENT TO KATC ASKING PEOPLE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THE FACTS COME OUT BEFORE MAKING A JUDGEMENT. THEY SAY ONCE THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO AND THE STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES AND PARTICIPANTS ARE REVIEWED, THEN WE’LL KNOW IF IT’S A CASE OF A BRUTAL OFFICER OR AN UNCOOPERATIVE YOUNG MAN RESISTING ARREST. THE FEDERAL INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT PADILLA RESTRAINED SOMEONE WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION AND FORCEFULLY TWISTED THE PERSON’S THUMB AND WRIST, CAUSING INJURY.
