7-11-23
A TEENAGER FROM ABBEVILLE WAS SHOT AND KILLED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. AT AROUND ELEVEN-FORTY-FIVE, LAFAYETTE POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF VAUCLUSE DRIVE AND FOUND THE VICTIM, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA COBB. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER KEN HANDY SAYS AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE LED TO THE SHOOTING. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.
THE FIRE CHIEF FOR SCOTT SAYS THEY ARE DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS. CHAD SONNIER SAYS, ON SATURDAY, THEY HAD TO GET HELP FROM THE LAFAYETTE AND DUSON FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP WITH TWO VEHICLE CRASHES THAT REQUIRED THE RESCUING OF PEOPLE. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT WHEN THEY CALL FOR HELP, THEY ARE TAKING AWAY SAFETY FROM THAT COMMUNITY. SONNIER SAYS VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS HELP SOLIDIFY THE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DEMANDS OF THE JOB REQUIRE MORE HANDS ON DECK.
A STATE AUDIT HAS FOUND THAT THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT’S FOCUSED ON PROTECTING LOUISIANA’S VULNERABLE ELDERLY IS STRUGGLING TO MEET CLIENT NEEDS. THE REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR SAYS ELDERLY PROTECTIVE SERVICES, THE ACTION ARM OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS, IS UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED. THE REPORT SAYS THE AGENCY IS ALSO POORLY MANAGED, SLOPPY IN ITS RECORD-KEEPING AND USING OUTDATED SYSTEMS. THE AGENCY’S GOAL IS TO CLOSE CASES WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS BUT AUDITORS FOUND THEY FAILED TO MEET THAT GOAL FIFTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE TIME DURING THE FIVE YEARS SAMPLED.
SOME JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS WILL BE WITHOUT POWER FOR A PORTION OF TOMORROW. THE POWER OUTAGE IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FULTON SUBSTATION. IT’S EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT NINE A-M AND LAST ABOUT FOUR HOURS. CUSTOMERS IN CAMERON AND CREOLE WILL BE AFFECTED.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE C-E-O OF THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION IN ORDER TO FOCUS HER TIME ON HER CAMPAIGN FOR LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT. MONIQUE BOULET WILL SEEK TO UNSEAT INCUMBENT JOSH GUILLORY IN THIS FALL’S ELECTION. BOULET ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION IN A LETTER MONDAY AND SAID IT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON FRIDAY. BOULET HAS BEEN THE C-E-O OF THE COMMISSSION SINCE IT WAS FORMED IN TWENTY-FIFTEEN AND IS THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BLANCO.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS WARNING EVERYONE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM MOSQUITO-BOURNE DISEASES. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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ARRESTS ARE LIKELY AS THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATES A DOG ATTACK THAT HAPPENED ON JULY FOURTH. A LOOSE PIT BULL BIT A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FACE, NECK AND HEAD. THE CHILD WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THE DOG WAS DESTROYED AFTER IT BECAME AGGRESSIVE WITH DEPUTIES WHO WERE ON THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK.
