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THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE OF A BARN FIRE LATE LAST NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED ONE-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO REPLACE OUTDATED EQUIPMENT. THE DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO USE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE A MOTOROLA RADIO SYSTEM THAT OFFERS BOTH WI-FI AND CELLULAR CAPABILITIES. OFFICIALS SAID THERE HAVE BEEN LONGSTANDING ISSUES WITH THE PREVIOUS RADIOS THAT HAVE IMPACTED DEPUTY SAFETY AND COORDINATION THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. SHERIFF EDDIE LANGLINAIS SAYS THERE WERE TIMES IN ACTIVE INCIDENTS WHERE DEPUTIES HAD TO USE THEIR PERSONAL CELL PHONES TO CONTACT DISPATCH.
GAS PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE FROM TEN TO FIFTEEN CENTS PER GALLON BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN. MATT CODAY WITH THE OIL AND GAS WORKER’S ASSOCIATION SAYS ANYTIME THE SUPPLY OF OIL AND GAS IS DISRUPTED, PRICES WILL INCREASE. HOWEVER, HE SAYS, LOUISIANA’S REFINERY INFRASTRUCTURE COULD HELP LIMIT HOW MUCH IMPACT DRIVERS WILL FEEL. CODAY SAYS WE’RE BLESSED WITH NINETEEN REFINERIES IN LOUISIANA AND FORTY-SEVEN IN TEXAS, PREVENTING A BIG JUMP IN GAS PRICES.
A RESIDENT FROM JENNINGS SAYS A MISALIGNED DRAINAGE CULVERT IS CAUSING FLOODING AND EROSION ON HIS PROPERTY OFF OF ISABELLE STREET. CHRISTOPHER LEHMAN SAYS HE’S BEEN DOCMENTING THE PROBLEM SINCE TWENTY-TWELVE. HE SAYS HEAVY RAIN EVENTS LEAD TO THE WATER GETTING UP MANY FEET FROM THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND CAUSING EROSION ON PARTS OF HIS PROPERTY. KPLC TV HAS SOUGHT COMMENT FROM THE MAYOR OF JENNINGS BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A REPLY.
A MAN KILLED IN A FIRE AT THE VACANT LA QUINTA HOTEL ON NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LAFAYETTE LAST NOVEMBER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LEVI SAHN WAS ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH DAKOTA, BUT HIS FAMILY SAYS HE HAD BEEN IN LAFAYETTE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS. HIS DEATH WAS RULED ACCIDENTAL AND THE CORONER DETERMINED IT WAS CAUSED BY THE INHALATION OF COMBUSTIBLE PRODUCTS. OFFICIALS SAID HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS HAD BEEN SLEEPING IN SEVERAL ROOMS IN THE VACANT HOTEL.
AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM OPELOUSAS HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING A BOMB THREAT MADE AGAINST THE HIGH SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES SAID THE THREAT WAS MADE USING A COMPUTER AT THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE PERSON SAID SHE HAD A BOMB STRAPPED TO HER CHEST. AN INVESTIGATION LED DETECTIVES TO IDENTIFY KAYLA ROSE HOOKS AS THE PERSON WHO MADE THE THREAT. SHE NOW FACES CHARGES OF TERRORIZING AND COMMUNICATING FALSE INFORMATION OF A PLANNED BOMBING ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
A LAWMAKER IN NEW ORLEANS IS PROPOSING A NEW BILL TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN LOUISIANA. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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AUTHORITIES IN ACADIA PARISH SAY THEY HAVE MADE AN ARREST THAT RESOLVES AN INVESTIGATION INTO A STRING OF VEHICLE BURGLARIES NORTH OF CROWLEY AND IN ROBERTS COVE. THE BURGLARY CASES WERE REPORTED IN MID-JANUARY. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD RANSLAMANI TAYLOR OF LAFAYETTE WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. HE FACES TWO COUNTS OF VEHICLE BURGLARY, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED VEHICLE BURGLARY AND THREE COUNTS OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR.
