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THREE HOMES IN YOUNGSVILLE FLOODED BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAINS. MAYOR KEN RITTER, AT A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, CALLED ON THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TO CLEAN THE COULEES WHICH, HE SAYS, ARE CONTRIBUTING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. RITTER SAYS HE’S TIRED OF BEING THE SCAPEGOAT AND SAYS IT’S THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S JOB TO MAINTAIN CHANNELS AND COULEES. LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOEL ROBIDEAUX TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THEY HAVE A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT HAS DONE AS GOOD A JOB AS EXPECTED, BUT HE’S NOT SURE IF THEY COULD EVER DO ENOUGH TO PREVENT FLOODING.
THIS WEEKEND, SULPHUR RECEIVED UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN, CAUSING FLOODING IN PARTS OF THE CITY. MAYOR CHRIS DUNCAN AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MIKE DAIGLE SAY THEY ARE WORKING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY’S DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. DAIGLE TELLS KPLC TV PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE INTERSTATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE RAILROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN POINTS WHERE WATER CAN CROSS THOSE TWO ENTITIES. DUNCAN SAYS RESIDENTS CAN HELP AS WELL BY KEEPING THEIR DRAINAGE CLEAN SUCH AS BY NOT RAKING LEAVES INTO IT.
THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A PERSON OF INTEREST BUT NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL AT AROUND 11:53 SUNDAY NIGHT AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 11TH AND ROSS. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND A WOMAN, WHO HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY IN GUARDED CONDITION.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter called his tenure in Congress “the greatest honor of my professional life,” as he gave a farewell speech ahead of the end to his 12-year tenure in the Senate. The Republican incumbent didn’t run for a third term, after losing the Louisiana governor’s race last year. Vitter successfully pushed for term limits when in the Louisiana Legislature. While he’s been unable to enact something similar in Congress, he said Monday he was “imposing it on myself.”
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A CHASE BANK BRANCH MONDAY MORNING. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY DROWNED SUNDAY IN A CANAL NEAR CENTRAL DRIVE, SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES. RAIDEN TRAIL AND TWO OTHER BOYS HAD TAKEN A BOAT AND A KAYAK INTO THE CANAL. CALCASIEU CHIEF DEPUTY STITCH GUILLORY SAYS AS THEY WERE REMOVING THE BOAT, TRAIL SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE WATER AND A STRONG CURRENT SWEPT HIM THROUGH THE 150 FOOT CULVERT. TRAIL WAS A SIXTH GRADER AT F-K WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE PROVIDING COUNSELORS FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS.
THE PORT BARRE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A LAWS FOR PAWS DAY THIS FRIDAY, A SPECIAL DONATION DRIVE FOR THE ST. LANDRY PARISH ANIMAL SHELTER. THEY ARE COLLECTING SUPPLIES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY COVERED BY THE PARISH AND VETERINARY CARE. DROP OFF POINTS ARE THE PORT BARRE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE POLICE STATIONS IN OPELOUSAS AND KROTZ SPRINGS. YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH ANIMAL CONTROL AND RESCUE.
First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Nov. 26 decreased from the previous week’s total. The state labor department figures released Monday show the initial claims fell to 2,029 from the previous week’s total of 3,068. For the comparable week a year earlier, there were 2,554.
The four-week moving average, which is a less volatile measure of claims, decreased to 2,547 from the previous week’s average of 2,664.
