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THE CAJUN CLAWS RESTAURANT IN ABBEVILLE WAS HIT BY A CAR DRIVEN BY A SUSPECT WHO WAS FLEEING FROM POLICE. OFFICERS RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SHOPLIFTER AT WALMART ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE SUSPECT, THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD KEVIN COLLINS, WHICH LED TO A HIGH-SPEED CHASE. COLLINS LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING. THE FAMILY THAT OWNS CAJUN CLAWS TELLS KLFY TV THEY PLAN TO REBUILD IN TIME FOR THE NEXT CRAWFISH SEASON AND A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT HAS BEEN STARTED TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP THEM.
KADN TV IS REPORTING THAT THERE’S A RIFT BETWEEN THE BAYOU VERMILLION DISTRICT AND THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OVER AN EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR RIVER DREDGING PROJECT THAT IS GETTING UNDERWAY. BAYOU VERMILLION DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED AND DO NOT CONDONE THE DREDGING OF BAYOU VERMILLION AT ROTARY POINT. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE BOATING CONDITIONS AND REDUCE THE FLOOD RISK. L-C-G OFFICIALS HAVE NOT SAID WHY THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE BAYOU VERMILLION DISTRICT.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A STATE OF EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THE AFTERMATH OF BERYL THROUGH WEST LOUISIANA. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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AUTHORITIES LEARNED A CHILD FOUND FLOATING IN WATER BEHIND THE VINTON WELCOME CENTER WAS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD WHO’S MOTHER IS TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD AALIYAH JACK OF LAKE CHARLES. HIS ONE-YEAR-OLD BROTHER WAS LATER FOUND ABANDONED IN A DITCH YESTERDAY MORNING, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THE MOTHER WAS LOCATED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN MISSISSIPPI FOR FAILURE TO REPORT A MISSING CHILD. THE CORONER IS DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD’S DEATH.
A NEW IBERIA WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR CHILD DESERTION AND CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SHANDI MIGUES IS ACCUSED OF LEAVING HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN THE CARE OF AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD COUSIN WHILE SHE TRAVELED TO HOUSTON. IBERIA PARISH DEPUTIES LEARNED ABOUT IT WHEN THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ACADIAN AMBULANCE RESPONDED. THE CHILD WAS TREATED AT IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER AND THE CHILDREN WERE RELEASED TO FAMILY MEMBERS.
SEVERAL TENANTS AT THE HIMBOLA APARTMENT COMPLEX IN LAFAYETTE ARE DISSATISFIED. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE STUDENTS IN LOUISIANA SAW THEIR READING SCORES IMPROVE BY TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS ON THE STATE’S FIRST UNIVERSAL LITERACY SCREENER. IT WENT FROM FORTY-FOUR-POINT-SIX PERCENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SCREENER TO FIFTY-FOUR-POINT-SIX PERCENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CADE BRUMLEY CALLED THE RESULTS ENCOURAGEING AND TOUTED THE COMMITMENT OF LOUISIANA TEACHERS TO PROVIDE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS FOR STUDENTS. HE SAYS THEY NOW HAVE A TOOL TO IDENTIFY WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING AN ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD LAQUALIN SCOTT, WHOSE MOST RECENT ADDRESS IS IN EUNICE, IS BLACK, FIVE-SIX, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE’S FACING A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIS LOCATION IS URGED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
