7-22-19
A HUSBAND AND WIFE MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM A FIRE IN THEIR HOME ON PERSIMMON PLACE IN LAFAYETTE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WAS AROUND 1:35 YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN THEY WERE AWAKENED BY LOUD NOISES AND NOTICED HEAVY SMOKE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE DETERMINED IT BEGAN IN THE GARAGE. THE GARAGE AND TWO VEHICLES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND THE HOME SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE, MAINLY TO THE FRONT HALF OF THE HOUSE AND THE ATTIC.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON ROBBERY OF A CAPITAL ONE BANK ON GERSTNER MEMORIAL DRIVE. A MAN ENTERED THE BANK AND HANDED A NOTE TO A TELLER DEMANDING MONEY, BUT, AFTER LEAVING THE BANK AND FINDING AN ANTI-THEFT DEVICE ACTIVATED IN THE MONEY, HE DROPPED THE MONEY NEAR THE BANK. A MAN MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ROBBER WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED AT A NEARBY WALGREENS. 55-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY ALLEN CUMBERLEDGE WAS BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A ROBBERY CHARGE.
DEPUTIES WITH THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEARCH AND RESCUE UNIT RESCUED A MAN WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE HIS HOME ON DUTCH ROAD SINCE HURRICANE BARRY MADE LANDFALL LAST WEEKEND. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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Louisiana’s Office of Tourism has scheduled five more meetings around the state to help identify locations for a civil rights trail to share Louisiana’s role in the movement. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser says it’s important to learn about stories, people and locations that highlight the times. The new meetings begin July 30 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen. Others will be in Bogalusa, Franklin, Grambling and Vacherie.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH. STATE POLICE SAY 44-YEAR-OLD LONNIE DOUCET OF LAFAYETTE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON L-A 3127 WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH AN EASTBOUND VEHICLE . DOUCET AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE, 38-YEAR-OLD MINDI BECNEL OF BOUTTE, WERE BOTH KILLED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. STATE POLICE ARE AWAITING TOXICOLOGY TESTS TO DETERMINE IF IMPAIRMENT WAS OR WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
A SULPHUR MAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING. AT 11:10 A-M, 71-YEAR-OLD JERRY A. SCALISI WAS TRAVELING ON
L-A 113 SOUTH OF PITKIN WHEN, FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, HE WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE MOTORCYCLE OVERTURNED AND SCALISI WAS EJECTED. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THOUGH HE WAS WEARING A HELMET.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH THURSDAY NIGHT IN ST. MARTIN PARISH. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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Some Louisiana farmers say they’ve never seen storm damage worse than Hurricane Barry left behind, but the LSU AgCenter says that statewide crop damage was minimal. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says AgCenter and federal Farm Service Agency workers are assessing crop damage, and it could be a few weeks before they have full assessments. Farmer Jeffrey Sylvester of Whiteville said he’s never seen so much water over his crops, with 700 acres of soybeans submerged. He said much of his rice crop was in the heading stage, and he doubts the crop will survive.
