12-5-24
THERE WAS ANOTHER LAFAYETTE HOUSE FIRE, THIS ONE HAPPENING YESTERDAY ALONG BIRDSONG ROAD, NEAR WRIGHT ROAD. LAFAYETTE FIRE FIGHTERS SAY A MAN WAS BURNING TRASH WHEN THE FLAMES SPREAD TO A NEARBY ABANDONED HOUSE. THERE’S BEEN AN INCREASE IN HOUSE FIRES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND OFFICIALS SAY MOST OF THEM HAVE COME FROM FLAMMABLE OBJECTS BEING LEFT UNATTENDED. THEY URGE RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE CAUTION BURNING TRASH AND IN THE USE OF SPACE HEATERS AND STOVES.
THE NONPROFIT, HOPE FOR OPELOUSAS, WILL BE EXPANDING THEIR JUNIOR HIGH LOCATION TO SERVE MORE KIDS. THE ORGANIZATION HELPS KIDS THROUGH AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING, GROWING A COMMUNITY GARDEN, AND PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOREN CARRIERE TELLS KLFY TV THEY’VE BEEN SERVING KIDS SINCE TWO THOUSAND EIGHT AND THE SUPPORT THEY’VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AMAZING. THE DIRECTOR OF THE JUNIOR HIGH HOUSE, JONATHAN FISHER, SAYS HE LOVES THE SIZE OF THE NEW SPACE, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO HOLD MORE STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING TO OFFER SERVICES.
TWO LAKE CHARLES MEN WERE SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CASES. FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JOHNATHAN NORWOOD WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR WHEN DRUGS AND CASH WERE FOUND IN HIS VEHICLE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AND MORE DRUGS, TWO STOLEN FIREARMS AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH WERE LATER LOCATED AT HIS HOME. HE WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE. IN AN UNRELATED CASE, TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD COHAYNEE JONES WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION BY A CONVICTED FELON AND POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL.
A JURY HAS COME TO A VERDICT IN A FIVE-YEAR-OLD SHOOTING INVESTIGATION IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HELD A GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW THREE MILLION DOLLAR TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER. THE ELEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WILL HAVE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING. SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THE STATE IS PAYING SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE COST. HE SAYS FORTY-ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FACILITY FOR TRAINING.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED THE INTERSTATE RAMP IN LAFAYETTE HIT BY AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE EIGHTEEN-WHEELER, WHICH WAS CARRYING A LARGE LOAD OVER THE HEIGHT LIMIT, STRUCK THE I-TEN EASTBOUND OVERPASS ON TUESDAY. EXIT ONE-A FROM SOUTHBOUND I-FORTY-NINE TO EASTBOUND I-TEN IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE
D-O-T-D IS PREPARING A REPAIR PLAN.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO A CYBER ATTACK OF THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOLS’ COMPUTER SYSTEM IS CONTINUING. SUPERINTENDENT TOMMY BYLER SAYS IN A FACEBOOK POST OFFICIALS ARE STILL DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. HE SAYS THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO REPORT WHAT INFORMATION WAS COMPROMISED. BYLER SAYS THE TIME FRAME BEGINS WHEN THEY RECEIVE A FINAL REPORT FROM CYBER FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS, WHICH THEY ANTICIPATE WILL TAKE PLACE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
BECAUSE OF A YEARLY REQUIREMENT, THE RAYNE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE FLUSHING HYDRANTS THIS WEEKEND. OFFICIALS SAY IT MAY AFFECT WATER PRESSURE FOR SHORT PERIODS. THEY SAY IF RESIDENTS ENCOUNTER DISCOLORED WATER FROM THEIR FAUCETS, TO RUN THE WATER UNTIL IT’S CLEAR. THEY DON’T EXPECT TO ISSUE A BOIL WATER ADVISORY, BUT THOSE WHO ARE UNSURE ABOUT THEIR WATER QUALITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO BOIL THEIR DRINKING WATER.
