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IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY SIXTY LAFAYETTE FIREFIGHTERS OVER FOUR HOURS TO BRING A FIRE UNDER CONTROL AT AN ABANDONED HOTEL, LOCATED ON NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY NEAR THE EAST PINHOOK INTERSECTION. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ALTON TRAHAN SAYS WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AFTER TWO SUNDAY MORNING, THE ENTIRE BACKSIDE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. TRAHAN SAYS THE HOMELESS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING BUT INDIVIDUALS ON THE PROPERTY WERE INTERVIEWED AND THERE WAS NO INFORMATION GATHERED TO INDICATE ANY VICTIMS.
ON SATURDAY, THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THEY HAD FOUND A NINETEEN-MONTH-OLD CHILD. A LEVEL TWO ENDANGERED MISSING CHILD ADVISORY WAS ISSUED BY STATE POLICE AFTER THE CHILD, LIAM JAMES, WAS TAKEN BY HIS NON-CUSTODIAL MOTHER, SAVANNAH JAMES, DURING A SUPERVISED VISIT AT THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT TOLD KATC TV THAT THEY FOUND THE HOUSE WHERE JAMES WAS STAYING. SHE WILLINGLY TURNED HERSELF IN AND SURRENDERED LIAM TO THE AUTHORITIES AT THE SCENE.
IT’S OFFICIAL. STATE LAWMAKERS WILL RETURN TO BATON ROUGE THIS WEEK TO TRY AND OVERTURN SOME OF THE GOVERNOR’S VETOES. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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THE JENNINGS ANIMAL HOSPITAL RECEIVED A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL THAT WAS COUNTERFEIT. CO-OWNER CINDY CHERAMIE SHOWED IT TO JENNINGS POLICE WHO TOLD HER THEY’D NEVER SEEN THAT TYPE OF COUNTERFEIT BILL IN THE AREA. CHERAMIE SAYS THERE WAS CHINESE LETTERING ON THE FRONT AND BACK AND, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, LEARNED THAT THE CHINESE TRAINED THEIR BANK TELLERS WITH THIS MONEY AND IT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR CIRCULATION. CHERAMIE TELLS KLFY TV SHE HOPES THIS STORY WILL REMIND BUSINESS OWNERS TO KNOW THE SIGNS OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OF A SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MAN OUTSIDE HIS RESIDENCE ON RAILROAD STREET. CLEVELAND STINER WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES, LEADING TO HIS DEATH, AND A SECOND MAN WAS SHOT AS WELL, BUT WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT A HOSPITAL. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JEREMY TYLER OF LAFAYETTE WAS BOOKED ON ONE COUNT OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR STRIKING ANOTHER MAN WITH A GUN DURING A FIGHT. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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A GROUP OF LOUISIANA LEGISLATORS AND BUSINESS LEADERS WRAPPED UP A TOUR OF RHODE ISLAND’S WIND ENERGY SECTOR. THE TRIP WAS ORGANIZED BY THE CENTER FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE, A PLANNING AND DESIGN NONPROFIT OUT OF BATON ROUGE. IT WAS PART OF AN INITIATIVE CALLED “POWER UP LOUISIANA,” WHICH AIMED TO BRING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND ENERGY EXPERTS TOGETHER TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOUISIANA. THE NONPROFIT’S PRESIDENT AND C-E-O CAMILLE MANNING-BROOME SAYS ONE TAKEAWAY FROM DISCUSSIONS WAS THE NEED TO INVEST IN THE STATE’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO DEVELOP THE REQUIRED WORKFORCE FOR OFFSHORE WIND JOBS.
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL. IT HAPPENED BEFORE ONE SATURDAY MORNING AT A RESIDENCE NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF SCHOOL AND LEE STREETS. THE GIRL, WHO RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD, WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL WHERE SHE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN TRAVELING IN A BLACK VEHICLE.
