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A CARENCRO MAN, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, CLAIMS HE WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT IN HIS HOME ON THE NIGHT OF JULY FOURTH. THE MAN SAYS HE FOUND THE INTRUDER IN HIS LAUNDRY ROOM AND WRESTLED HIM TO THE GROUND, BUT THEN NOTICED THE MAN WAS POINTING A GUN AT HIM. HE SAYS THE MAN TOOK TWO OR THREE GUNS AND HIS TRUCK, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RETURNED. ACCORDING TO THE MAN, CARENCRO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
THE WESTBOUND LANE OF CENTER STREET IN NEW IBERIA WILL BE CLOSED THIS WEEK. THAT’S SO ROAD CREWS CAN MAKE REPAIRS TO THE PAVEMENT. THE CLOSURE BEGINS AT EIGHT THIS MORNING AND IT’S EXPECTED TO BE REOPENED BY NEXT MONDAY AT FOUR P-M, WEATHER PERMITTING. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE ROAD WILL BE OPEN TO REGULAR TRAFFIC BUT THERE’S A TWELVE FOOT LANE RESTRICTION FOR OVERSIZE LOADS.
HURRICANE BERYL MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN CALCASIEU PARISH ARE MONITORING THE STORM. JARED MAZE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARISH OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, SAYS THEY ARE EXPECTING BETWEEN TWO AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO THIRTY MILES AN HOUR. HE SAYS THEY MAY OPEN SANDBAG LOCATIONS THIS MORNING ONCE THINGS CLEAR UP.
DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BASKETBALL COURT NEAR THE M-L-K CENTER IN RAYNE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. CITY OFFICIALS SAY SOMEONE DROVE THEIR VEHICLE ONTO THE COURT AND DID DONUTS. MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHEAUX SAYS THE COURTS WILL BE CLOSED WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED AND REPAIRS ARE MADE TO THE COURT. HE TELLS KADN TV THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT AND FILE CHARGES.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT HAS SCHEDULED A PUBLIC MEETING THIS WEEK. GEORGE FAUST TELLS US THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING.
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THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT STOPPED TWO STOLEN VEHICLES ON I-TEN LAST WEEK IN A TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR PERIOD. DETECTIVE EDUARDO MENDOZA SAYS THE DRIVERS UNKNOWINGLY HAD PURCHASED THE STOLEN VEHICLES ON THE INTERNET THINKING THEY WERE GETTING A GOOD DEAL. THEY WERE THE VICTIMS OF VIN SWAPPING WHERE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER HAD BEEN OVERLAPPED BY A FAKE ONE. MENDOZA RECOMMENDS GOING TO REPUTABLE DEALERSHIPS TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.
THE FISHING TEAM FROM PORT BARRE HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED SECOND IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WORLD FINALS IN ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD FINALS BY FINISHING FOURTH IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT. BENNETT FONTENOT AND BRAXTON SPEYRER WON OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS. THE TWO TOLD KLFY TV THEY WERE OVERWHLEMED BY THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVED WITH MANY PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.
