3-2-22
A LARGE GRASSFIRE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON LED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FIRE CREWS FROM LAFAYETTE, CARENCRO, SCOTT AND DUSON WERE ON HAND TO PUT OUT THE FIRE IN THE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF GLORIA SWITCH. OFFICIALS TOLD KATC TV THAT AROUND TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY TRAILERS AND TWO CAMPERS WERE BURNED, THOUGH THEY WERE ABANDONED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.
THERE WAS ANOTHER LARGE GRASS FIRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON NEAR CONRAD STREET AND OLLIE ROAD IN ERATH. FIRE TRUCKS FROM KAPLAN, BROUSSARD, LEBLANC, ABBEVILLE AND DECLAMBRE ASSISTED THE ERATH FIRE DEPARTMENT IN PUTTING OUT THE BLAZE. FIRE CHIEF CHAD SAVOY SAYS IT THREATENED SEVERAL HOMES BUT WAS PUT OUT IN TIME. HE SAYS THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY A HOMEOWNER BURNING DEBRIS.
BOTH LOUISIANA SENATORS RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY WAS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL OF BIDEN’S STATEMENT THAT HE AIMS TO STAY THE COURSE, WHICH KENNEDY SAYS IS BAD NEWS FOR LOUISIANA FAMILIES. KENNEDY SAYS BIDEN HAS MISMANAGED COVID, THE ECONOMY, AND THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND HAS CAUSED SKY-HIGH INFLATION AND THE FORFEITING OF AMERICA’S ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY SAYS BIDEN’S ENERGY ISOLATIONISM HAS WEAKENED THE U-S AND OUR ALLIES, HURT AMERICA’S FAMILIES AND STRENGTHENED RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE HAVE ISSUED A MISSING CHILD ADVISORY FOR A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHO IS BELIVED TO BE IN IMMINENT DANGER. BAILEY FREDERICK WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HER HOME ON ZIP LANE AND WAS SEEN GETTING INTO A GRAY DODGE CHARGER OR CHRYSLER THREE HUNDRED ON ROBERTSON STREET WITH AN OLDER WOMAN. SEVERAL WITNESSES SAY SHE APPEARED TO BE SCARED AND IT’S BELIEVED SHE IS BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL. A PICTURE OF BAILEY CAN BE SEEN AT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR WHO KNOWS HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
EUNICE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMOCIDE LAST SUMMER. IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT THE DEATH OF A TEENAGER ON JUNE TWENTY-FIRST WAS A SUICIDE. IT WAS LATER LEARNED DURING AN INVESTIGATION THAT THE SUSPECT MISHANDLED A SHOTGUN AND ACCIDENTALLY KILLED THE TEENAGER. THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS BEING CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE. THE SUSPECT’S NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED BECAUSE HE IS A JUVENILE.
The state of Louisiana currently has $900 million waiting to be claimed by its residents. Kathleen Lobell runs the State’s Unclaimed Property division, and she is trying to get that money back into the hands of Louisianans. Unclaimed property can be anything from forgotten bank accounts, utility deposit refunds, wages, or life insurance payouts. Last fiscal year, the state paid around $71 million back.
FREE DRIVE THROUGH COVID-NINETEEN TESTING WILL BE AVAILABLE TODAY AT THE LAFAYETTE, IBERIA AND ACADIA PARISH HEALTH UNITS FROM EIGHT A-M TO TWO P-M. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE CITY OF SAINT MARTINVILLE IS UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. IT WAS ISSUED BECAUSE THE WATER WAS SHUT OFF MONDAY NIGHT TO FIX A BROKEN WATER LINE. THE WATER WAS TURNED OFF AT TEN THIRTY THAT NIGHT AND REMAINED CLOSED FOR THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
