7-21-25
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A DEADLY CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A YOUNGSVILLE MAN. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A VILLE PLATTE MAN, WHO WORKED AT THE ALLEN PARISH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO A SCHEME TO BRING NARCOTICS INTO THE PRISON FOR FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES GOT A WARRANT TO SEARCH THE APARTMENT OF THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD RODERICK BEN WHERE THEY FOUND THE NARCOTICS. WHILE EXECUTING THE SEARCH WARRANT, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD PAULA PATTERSON, AN EMPLOYEE WITH G-E-O PRISONS IN PINE PRAIRIE, DROVE UP AND SHE WAS ARRESTED. BEN AND PATTERSON HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF FELONY POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE DRUGS.
A PERSONAL JET OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS SPOTTED AT CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THE BOEING SEVEN-FIFTY-SEVEN BUSINESS JET WAS UNDERGOING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. THE CHENNAULT AIRPORT ISSUED A STATEMENT SUNDAY SAYING THE JET WAS UNDERGOING STANDARD FLIGHT CHECKS TO ENSURE IT MEEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND SAFETY. TRUMP’S JET HAS BEEN IN LAKE CHARLES SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FOR PAINTING AND SERVICE.
LOUISIANA IS DAYS AWAY FROM OPENING THIS SEASON’S BLACK BEAR HUNTING LOTTERY. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A LAFAYETTE FAMILY IS RECOVERING AFTER THEIR HOME ON BELLRIDGE DRIVE CAUGHT FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE OWNER, BUTCH OUSSE, HIS WIFE, SON AND THREE DOGS MANAGED TO ESCAPE SAFELY. THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE CARPORT, GUTTING THE FAMILY VEHICLES AND DESTROYING MUCH OF THE ATTIC. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD BUSINESS IN ABBEVILLE IS CLOSING PERMANENTLY. EIGHTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD GEROLD TERPENING, THE PRESIDENT AND CO-OWNER OF TOUP’S PROPELLER SERVICE, SAYS HE’S PREPARING TO RETIRE AFTER A LIFETIME IN THE PROPELLER REPAIR BUSINESS. HE TELLS KATC TV THAT HE WAS THANKFUL FOR THE RETURNING CUSTOMERS, ESPECIALLY SHRIMP BOAT OPERATORS AND THOSE IN THE OIL FIELD. HOWEVER, HE SAYS, DECLINING BUSINESS IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR AND IMPORTED SHRIMP TOOK A TOLL, CAUSING THEM TO REDUCE THE WORKFORCE FROM THIRTEEN EMPLOYEES TO THREE.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED MANY DETAILS OF A HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATION. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING AT AROUND SIX A-M YESTERDAY AT THE SEAWALL NEAR THE LAKE CHARLES EVENT CENTER. THEY FOUND ONE PERSON DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING CAN CALL THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE IBERIA PARISH GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED A SECOND DRAFT OF A SOLAR ORDINANCE. THE PARISH HAS HAD A BAN ON SOLAR FARMING SINCE TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. THE ORDINANCE WOULD SET UP A PROCESS FOR SOLAR BUSINESSES TO OPERATE IN THE PARISH. PRESIDENT LARRY RICHARD SAYS THE FINAL VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE WILL HAVE STRICT OVERSIGHT AND PUBLIC INPUT.
