12-23-21
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD AFTER BEING ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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CARENCRO POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON SAYS SPEED ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS ARE BEING INSTALLED IN SCHOOL ZONES AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. MOTORISTS WHO ARE SPEEDING IN THE SCHOOL ZONES WILL HAVE A PICTURE OF THEIR LICENSE PLATE TAKEN AND CITATIONS MAILED TO THE HOME ADDRESS. SIGNS WILL BE UP TO WARN DRIVERS THAT RADARS AND CAMERAS ARE ACTIVE AND IT WILL ALSO SHOW THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES. SIGNS AND CAMERAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLACED IN FRONT OF CARENCRO HIGH SCHOOL AND CARENCRO HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WILL BE INSTALLED AT CARENCRO MIDDLE AND CARENCRO CATHOLIC.
ONE AREA OF LAKE CHARLES THAT IS NOT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS SINCE THE HURRICANES LAST YEAR IS THE DOWNTOWN. REALTOR MANDY OHSE (OH SEE) SAYS MANY BUSINESSES ARE STILL FIGHTING TO GET INSURANCE AND THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CONTRACTORS. SHE SAYS IT WILL TAKE TIME TO REBUILD DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. OHSE GIVES A FIVE YEAR TIMETABLE BEFORE THE CITY IS BACK AND, SHE TELLS KPLC-TV, SHE HONESTLY THINKS IT’S COMING UP BETTER.
AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WARN OF A POTENTIAL FIFTH SURGE OF COVID-NINETEEN, LARGELY DUE TO THE RISING CASES OF THE EXTREMELY TRANMITTABLE OMICRON VARIANT. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THE SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO EIGHTY-ONE COMPLAINTS OF SHOTS FIRED BETWEEN JANUARY FIRST AND DECEMBER FIRST, MOST OF WHICH CAME IN AN EIGHT TO TEN BLOCK AREA SURROUNDING LASALLE STREET. POLICE CHIEF RICKY MARTIN IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO COMBAT THE CRIME PROBLEM, WHICH HE PLANS TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY. AMONG THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED ADDING OVERTIME FOR OFFICERS TO HAVE MORE PATROLS IN THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY BLOCKS, AND ADDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN HIGH CRIME AREAS. COUNCILMAN MIKE FUSELIER SAYS MONEY FROM AN OPIOID LAWSUIT COULD BE USED TO FUND THE POLICE CHIEF’S INITIATIVES.
LOCAL REALTORS FROM KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY ACADIANA EXCEEDED THEIR GOAL OF COLLECTING TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. LAST YEAR THEIR GOAL AT THE LAFAYETTE LOCATION WAS FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS AND THEY DECIDED TO DOUBLE IT THIS YEAR. VOLUNTEER AGENTS DELIVERED THE FOOD YESTERDAY TO THE FOOD NET FOOD BANK. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST DONATIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION’S HISTORY, ACCORDING TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FOOD NET FOOD BANK.
THE WESTLAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT THE MARKET BASKET ON SAMPSON STREET YESTERDAY EVENING. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF JONATHAN DUFF SAYS THE FIRE STARTED BECAUSE OF ELECTRICAL WIRING AT THE BACK OF THE STORE. HE SAYS THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING WAS NOT DAMAGED. DUFF SAYS THE MARKET BASKET SHOULD BE ABLE TO REOPEN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A GENERATOR.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED A MAN DURING AN ARGUMENT OVER A CIGARETTE LIGHTER. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY THE VICTIM TOLD FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JAMES COLLINS THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE A LIGHTER AND COLLINS THEN WENT IN A HOUSE AND RETURNED WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE. THE ARGUMENT OVER THE LIGHTER CONTINUED AND COLLINS STABBED THE VICTIM IN THE CHEEK. COLLINS WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
