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ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE. IT HAPPENED AT ABOUT ONE-FIFTY A-M SUNDAY NEAR THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF DIVISION STREET. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE RELEASED AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DROVE A TRUCK INTO A STORE IN CROWLEY. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER SIXTY-SEVEN GRAMS OF SUSPECTED MARIJUANA WAS SEIZED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN JENNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE FOR USING HIGH BEAMS CAUSING A TRAFFIC HAZARD AND SMELLED MARIJUANA, LEADING TO A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. ONE OF THE MEN, FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ERROLL REED, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE ON FOOT BUT WAS CAPTURED AFTER A BRIEF PURSUIT. REED AND THE TWO OTHER MEN, THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MAJOR SINEGAL AND FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD COURTLAND SINEGAL, WERE ARRESTED ON VARIOUS DRUG AND WEAPON CHARGES.
A DRIVER CRASHED INTO A HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LAFAYETTE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAR’S BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH THROUGH A WALL. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON WEST CONGRESS STREET NEAR MONTEIGNE DRIVE. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
A JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER THAT TEMPORARILY HALTED THE CLOSURE OF KROTZ SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT FREES THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR CONSOLIDATION PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT MILTON BATISTE SAYS THE RULING IS NOT SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE ANYTIME A SCHOOL IS CLOSED, IT IS NOT A VICTORY. HE SAYS THE CONSOLIDATION PLAN IS EXPECTED TO SAVE THE DISTRICT BETWEEN EIGHTEEN AND TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS.
THE SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SCHEDULED A COMMUNITY WALK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SIX-THIRTY IN DISTRICT ONE. THAT DISTRICT IS THE AREA AROUND NORTH MAIN STREET NEAR SHOPRITE AND WILLIAM STREET. THE WALK IS DESIGNED TO GIVE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OFFICERS, DISCUSS CONCERNS AND LEARN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLANS ON VISITING EACH OF THE CITY’S FIVE DISTRICTS EVERY TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
FEMA HAS OPENED RECOVERY CENTERS IN PARISHES AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR INCLUDING ONE IN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. THE CENTERS ARE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS WHO’S PRIMARY HOME WAS DAMAGED BY THE FLOODWATERS. FEMA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ON HAND TO GUIDE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO REGISTER WITH FEMA UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CENTER OR THEY CAN REGISTER OFFSITE AT FEMA-DOT-GOV.
A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONEY WAS HELD FRIDAY TO CELEBRATE THE CITY OF RAYNE’S FIRST HISTORIC DISTRICT. CITY LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE RAYNE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION WERE ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONY. OFFICIALS SAY THE DESIGNATION COMES AFTERS YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION TO IDENTIFY AND PRESERVE THE OLDEST HOMES, BUILDINGS AND LANDMARKS IN RAYNE. CITY LEADERS HOPE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE RAYNE’S HISTORY WHILE ENSURING HISTORIC LANDMARKS ARE PRESERVED FOR YEARS TO COME.
