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THE CO-FOUNDER OF ACADIAN AMBULANCE HAS DIED IN LAFAYETTE AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SIX. ACCORDING TO A COMPANY RELEASE, RICHARD ZUSCHLAG HAD FOUGHT THE HARD FIGHT THAT SO MANY WITH CANCER AND ITS COMPLICATIONS HAVE ENDURED. THEY SAID ZUSCHLAG IS NOW IN THE LOVING ARMS OF HIS LORD, IN WHOM HE HAD AN UNWAVERING FAITH. TO HONOR HIM, FLAGS AT LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATD GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF.
AN OPELOUSAS POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON A CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ON MAY TWENTY-NINTH ABOUT OFFICER DEXTER WASHINGTON. WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW WASHINGTON GRAB THE ALLEGED VICTIM AND SHOVE HIM AGAINST A WALL BEFORE SLAMMING HIM INTO THE GROUND. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN JENNINGS IS SEEKING INPUT FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S PARKS SHOULD BE UPGRADED. THEY HAVE PUT OUT A SURVEY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO FILL OUT ON FACEBOOK THROUGH JUNE TWENTY-FIRST. DONALD CITIZEN JUNIOR WITH THE JENNINGS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT, ONCE THE SURVEYS ARE IN, A DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE UPGRADES. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPROVEMENTS AT SOME PARKS, BUT THE CITY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT MORE THEY CAN DO.
MORE THAN TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN EVERY PARISH IN LOUISIANA WILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN THE MAIL FROM THE STATE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. THE CHECKS TOTAL FIVE-POINT-ONE MILLION DOLLARS. STATE TREASURER JOHN FLEMING SAYS EVERY YEAR SOME OF THE CHECKS ARE NOT CASHED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE CHANGING ADDRESSES OR PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING THE CHECKS ARE REAL, WHICH THEY ARE. TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY, YOU CAN CALL THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT’S UNCLAIMED PROPERTY DIVISION OR GO ONLINE TO L-A CASH CLAIM-DOT-ORG.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE’S DIVE TEAM RECOVERED THE BODY OF A MAN WHO DROWNED IN A RETENTION POND OFF OF LAKE EDGE DRIVE IN BROUSSARD. BROUSSARD POLICE LEARNED THAT THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MANUEL GONZALEZ AND TWO OTHER MEN WORKING NEARBY WENT IN THE POND TO SWIM. WITNESSES SAID GONZALEZ BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE SWIMMING AND NEVER RESURFACED. THE LAFAYETTE CORONER’S OFFICE TOOK THE BODY FROM THE SCENE.
FLOODWATERS IN IBERIA PARISH HAVE LED TO INCREASED AN MOSQUITO POPULATION. AERIAL SPRAYING OPERATIONS BEGAN LAST NIGHT BY THE IBERIA PARISH MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. TONIGHT THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING SPRAYING AT AVERY ISLAND. THEY SAY THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE CHEMICALS SHOULD AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BEGINNING NEAR SUNSET AND LASTING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF.
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK IS PLANNING AN EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF HENDERSON, WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED HARDSHIPS DUE TO THE AFTERMATH OF RECENT STORMS. IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, HENDERSON DEALT WITH A TORNADO AND FLASH FLOODING. SECOND HARVEST IS HOLDING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT TODAY IN HENDERSON. THOSE HAVING TROUBLE FEEDING THEIR FAMILIES CAN GO TO HENRY GUIDRY MEMORIAL PARK AT TEN O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.
POLICE IN VILLE PLATTE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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