12-28-21
TODAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IS MEETING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO PERMANENTLY PUT OUT A FIRE AT A TIRE LANDFILL IN SCOTT. FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS THE COMPANY TEMPORARILY FIXED THE PROBLEM BY POURING THREE FEET OF DIRT ON TOP OF IT TO MINIMIZE THE VAPORS, BUT IT’S STILL ON FIRE AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET OUT. LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY DECLARED THE LANDFILL A FIRE EMERGENCY ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND RESIDENTS NEARBY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE SMOKE FUMES. SONNIER TELLS KLFY TV TEN THAT STATE AND PARISH OFFICIALS, THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MINIMIZE THE EXPOSURE TO ANY TYPES OF HAZARDS OR TOXINS.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A SUNDAY NIGHT SHOOTING WHERE A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CARENCRO WOMAN LOST HER LIFE. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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THE FAMILY OF FORMER LAKE CHARLES POLICE CHIEF DON DIXON ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIS FUNERAL. DIXON, WHO SERVED SEVENTEN YEARS AS HEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE RETIRING IN TWENTY-NINETEEN, DIED SUDDENLY CHRISTMAS MORNING AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY. YESTERDAY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GAVE A FINAL SALUTE AS THEY GATHERED FOR A PROCESSION FROM THE CORONER’S OFFICE TO JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME ON LAKE STREET. LAKE CHARLES MAYOR NIC HUNTER CALLED IT A SAD DAY FOR LAKE CHARLES TO LOSE SUCH A MAN, WHO, HE TELLS KPLC TV, LAID A FOUNDATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The Louisiana Department of Health says COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled in one week as the coronavirus’s omicron variant continues to spread. The department sent out a series of tweets on Monday, warning that “#Omicron is surging.” One tweet said the test positivity rate also is rising. It says that Sunday’s rate was 20%, with 2,619 new COVID-19 cases reported out of 12,831 tests.
YESTERDAY THE OSCHNER HEALTH SYSTEM REINSTITUTED VISITOR RESTRICTIONS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-NINTEEN. PATIENTS IN THE E-R AND URGENT CARE WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE VISITOR PER WEEK. ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING PROCEDURES WILL BE ALLOWED ONE VISITOR BUT MINORS CAN HAVE BOTH PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. EVERYONE ABOVE THE AGE OF TWO IN ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACE MASK. VISITORS MUST BE NO YOUNGER THAN FIVE AND MUST ALWAYS REMAIN IN A PATIENT’S ROOM.
THE WESTGATE TIGERS BECAME THE FIRST IBERIA PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOL TO WIN A STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT MANY OF THE PLAYERS WONDERED WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS TO GET THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP RING. COACH RYAN ANTOINE AND PRINCIPAL NEELY ANN MOORE PUT OUT A LETTER ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY’S HELP AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. COACH ANTOINE TELLS KLFY TV THAT NONE OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES WILL BE PAYING FOR A RING OUT OF POCKET. ANY REMAINING MONEY WILL GO TOWARD PURCHASING EQUIPMENT FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES IN NEED.
STATE POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING AN ENDANGERED MISSING TWO-YEAR-OLD. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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Relatives of a 14-year-old girl who died when an oil storage tank exploded in February are suing the company that operated the tank. The mother, father, adult sister and twin brother of Zalee Day-Smith sued Urban Oil & Gas Group and its insurer Wednesday in federal court in Lake Charles. Day-Smith is believed to have been sitting on the tank near her mother’s house in Ragley when it exploded on Feb. 28. The lawsuit says Day-Smith and family members thought the tanks weren’t being used.
