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A CHEMICAL SPILL FORCED EVACUATIONS IN LAFAYETTE. JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.
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ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER SEVERELY INJURED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN SULPHUR. IT HAPPENED AT A RENT HOME ON ROXTON STREET. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE FIRE SHORTLY AFTER 12:30 SUNDAY MORNING. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THE HOME DID NOT HAVE SMOKE ALARMS AND THEY DO NOT YET KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A CHURCH POINT WOMAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT. THE VICTIM WAS IN A VEHICLE WITH THE TWO SUSPECTS SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE VICTIM WAS SHOT BY A PASSENGER AND THE BODY DUMPED IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF BRANCH. DEPUTIES ARRESTED 32-YEAR-OLD KERVEE WOODARD OF CHURCH POINT WITHOUT INCIDENT IN THE WOODED AREA. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO CAPTURE 34-YEAR-OLD TYLA MECHE.
The outcome of a fight over a Louisiana law regulating abortion providers could signal whether a fortified conservative majority on the Supreme Court is willing to cut back on abortion rights. The high court is expected to decide in the next few days whether the state can begin enforcing a law requiring doctors who work at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. It was passed in 2014, but has never taken effect. The Supreme Court struck down a similar law in Texas three years ago. But the court’s lineup has changed since then.
A LAFAYETTE FAMILY LOST ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN A HOUSE FIRE SUNDAY MORNING. WHEN FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE FIRE IN THE 900 BLOCK OF SOUTH ORANGE STREET, THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE LIVING AREA AND EXTINGUISHED. THE FAMILY, A HUSBAND, WIFE AND TWO KIDS, HAD LEFT THE HOME ON SATURDAY AND HAD TO BE NOTIFIED SUNDAY MORNING.
A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CLOSED. IT’S THE HARDEES ON PRIEN LAKE ROAD. THERE IS A SIGN ON THE DRIVE THRU SPEAKER THAT SAYS THE LOCATION HAS CLOSED. IT THANKED THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR PATRONAGE.
AN ARNAUDVILLE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR STEALING FLOWERS FROM A CEMETARY IN CECILIA. ON FRIDAY MORNING, SOME PEOPLE REPORTED A WOMAN STEALING FLOWERS FROM THE ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETARY AND THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN AS 42-YEAR-OLD RHONDA LAGRANGE. THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT HER HOME AND FOUND SILK FLOWERS, FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS, RELIGIOUS STATUES, VASES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS MEMORABILIA. SINCE THE THEFTS CAME TO LIGHT, SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD WITH REPORTS OF THEFT FROM THE CEMETARY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
MIKE FRANCIS OF CROWLEY WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. THE VOTE WAS TAKEN DURING THE JANUARY BUSINESS AND EXECUTIVE MEETING. FRANCIS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS. HE SAYS HIS PRIORITY IS TO KEEP ELECTRICITY RATES IN LOUISIANA AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY.
