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MANY PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY OR COMING SOON TO REDUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN NEW IBERIA. COUNCILMAN DAVID MERRILL TELLS KLFY THAT THERE ARE MANY AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE FLOODING ISSUES. COULEES ARE BEING CLEARED AND A THREE-ACRE DETENTION POND IS BEING CREATED IN THE CITY’S DISTRICT ONE. MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE BEING FUNDED BY AN AMERICA RESCUE PLAN ACT GRANT.
A MAJOR CRASH IN SCOTT INVOLVING MULTIPLE VEHICLES CLAIMED THE LIFE OF ONE PERSON. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A GUSTNADO IS BEING BLAMED FOR DAMAGE TO CAMPERS IN CAMERON PARISH. THE GUSTNADO, WHICH IS A SUDDEN, POWERFUL WIND, KNOCKED THREE CAMPERS ON THEIR SIDE AND A FOURTH WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. IT HAPPENED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ONE PERSON HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM A CAMPER BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. DOUG CRAMER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES SAYS A GUSTNADO IS ATTACHED TO A GUST FRONT WHICH CREATED ABOUT EIGHTY-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS.
HURRICANE SEASON STARTS IN A FEW DAYS AND LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING FOR MORE LONG-TERM WAYS TO ADDRESS THE INSURANCE CRISIS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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EUNICE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO A MAY SEVENTEENTH ARMED ROBBERY. THE VICTIM, WHO HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL, WAS ROBBED AT GUN POINT WITH THE SUSPECTS TAKING EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GRADUATION MONEY, A CELL PHONE AND A DRIVER’S LICENSE. THE ROBBERY WAS CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. DOUGLAS THORNTON OF BATON ROUGE AND MARLON BROWN OF DENHAM SPRINGS WERE BOOKED INTO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ON MAY SIXTEENTH. TWO WOMEN WERE HIT BY A VEHICLE AT AROUND TWO-THIRTY A-M ON NELSON ROAD, WITH ONE BEING KILLED AND THE OTHER HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE DECEASED VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED AS FIFTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LIJUAN GUO (LEE-HWAN GOH). POLICE ARRESTED EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER LANDEZ-NAVARRETE THE DAY OF THE CRASH AND HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY HIT AND RUN.
A FRANKLIN MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY. FRANKLIN POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED NEAR IBERIA AND WEBER STREETS JUST BEFORE FOUR P-M. AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED, LEADING TO THE ARREST OF EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER HINES ON SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. HIS BOND HAS BEEN SET AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A LAFAYETTE TEACHER IS RETIRING AFTER MORE THAN FIVE DECADES AS AN EDUCATOR. PEARL EVANS TAUGHT HOME ECONOMICS AND FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE FOR FIFTY-TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AT NORTHSIDE AND COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE HAS A LOVE AND PASSION FOR TEACHING BUT MORE SO FOR CHILDREN. EVANS SAYS SHE’S REALLY SAD BECAUSE IT WASN’T HER TIME, BUT IT’S GOD’S TIME AND SHE KNOWS THERE ARE BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AHEAD.
