6-30-22
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AFTER A NATURAL GAS WELL RUPTURE THAT IGNITED YESTERDAY IN ARNAUDVILLE. IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER ELEVEN NEAR JOE KIDDER ROAD. MULTIPLE AGENCIES RESPONDED TO THE RUPTURE IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN IT AND TO BEGIN A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION. AN EVACUATION AREA OF ONE-HALF MILE AROUND THE SITE REMAINS IN PLACE WHILE THE AIR QUALITY IS MONITORED.
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY HAS RESPONDED TO A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL CHAIR BY TELLING HER THAT THE PARISH AND CITY COUNCILS SHOULD HIRE AN AUDITOR TO PULL THE DATA REQUESTED AND PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION. EARLIER THIS MONTH, COUNCIL CHAIR NANETTE COOK SUBMITTED THE QUESTIONS TO GET CLARITY ON A FEW THINGS IN LIGHT OF THE NUMBER OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. GUILLORY SUGGESTED CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY-PARISH AUDITOR FOR THAT INFORMATION. GUILLORY SAYS IN A LETTER THAT THE INTERROGATION APPEARS TO BE POLITICAL IN NATURE AND NEEDLESSLY PLANTS A SENSE OF DISTRUST WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
A SULPHUR COUPLE WAS THE VICTIM OF A MORTGAGE SCAM THAT COST THEM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. DEAN AND MARY GUTOWSKI WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MODIFYING THEIR MORTGAGE LOAN WHEN THEY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A PERSON CLAIMING TO BE THEIR NEW LOAN MANAGER WHO WOULD BE HANDLING EVERTHING FROM NOW ON. MARY TELLS KPLC TV HE HAD ALL THEIR INFORMATION WHICH LED THEM TO BELIEVE HE WAS LEGITIMATE. THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY WRONGDOING UNTIL THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MORTGAGE COMPANY FRIDAY ABOUT FORECLOSING ON THEIR HOME.
LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS AND ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE MAKING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT THEY WANT ELECTION VOTING MACHINES TO LOOK LIKE. THE VOTING SYSTEMS COMMISSION HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE PUBLIC. THE STATE HAS BEEN WORKING TO REPLACE THE OLD VOTING MACHINES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE SINCE THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. THE COMMISSION IS LEANING TOWARDS MACHINES THAT TABULATE HANDWRITTEN BALLOTS AND THAT ARE EASILY AUDITABLE.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED NEAR A NURSING HOME ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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A NEW POLICE PRECINCT IN THE ROSA PARKS TRANSPORTATION CENTER IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE OPENED YESTERDAY WITH A MEET AND GREET. THE PRECINCT COMMANDER, CAPTAIN CHASITY ARWOOD, SAYS SHE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS. SHE SAYS THEY SHOULDN’T FEEL CONCERNED, BUT INSTEAD THEY SHOULD FEEL SAFER BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE. THAT EXTRA POLICE PRESENCE INCLUDES A SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM THAT CAN TAP INTO ABOUT SIX HUNDRED PRE-APPROVED CAMERAS, INCLUDING SOME THAT BELONG TO BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES.
EUNICE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SHOOTING VICTIM TUESDAY NIGHT AS A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS ALSO SHOT IN MAY. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS NAME BECAUSE HE IS UNDERAGE. THE BOY ALSO WAS WOUNDED IN AUGUST FROM AN ALLEGED SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT. IN THIS LATEST SHOOTING, THE BOY, WHO WAS FOUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JELKS AND ULYSSES STREETS, SUFFERED A WOUND IN THE HIP THAT REQUIRED SURGERY.
THE SUPERVISOR OF THE LAFAYETTE ANIMAL SHELTER AND CARE CENTER IS ADVISING RESIDENTS TO PREPARE THEIR HOMES TO KEEP PETS SAFE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. SHELLEY DELAHOUSSAYE SAYS EVERY YEAR THEY SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PETS BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE ASKING IF THEY HAVE THEIR PET. PETS SHOULD BE KEPT INSIDE WITH A SAFE PLACE TO HIDE WITH AMBIENT NOISE, SUCH AS A TV OR RADIO TO MASK THE NOISE OF FIREWORKS. YOU CAN TALK TO A VET ABOUT GETTING MEDICINE FOR YOUR PET IF THEY FEAR LOUD NOISES.
