8-18-25
A HOMEOWNER IN SCOTT SUFFERED SECOND-DEGREE BURNS FROM A SMALL KITCHEN FIRE. IT HAPPENED AT A HOME ON BURROW DRIVE AT AROUND NINE A-M YESTERDAY WHEN THE HOMEOWNER RECEIVED BURNS TO THE HANDS AND ARMS. SHE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THE BURNS AND THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE HOME SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED FROM COOKING.
A PICKUP TRUCK WAS STOLEN FROM THE PARKING LOT OF A VILLE PLATTE WALMART AFTER THE KEYS WERE TAKEN FROM THE OWNER IN THE STORE. SKEOSHA FAULKENBERRY TELLS KLFY TV SHE WAS SHOPPING WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE NOTICED HER KEYS AND PHONE WERE MISSING, THOUGH THE PHONE WAS LATER FOUND ON THE FLOOR. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED IMAGES OF THE SUSPECTS AND POLICE BELIEVE THE GROUP LINGERED IN THE PARKING LOT BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE. FAULKENBERRY SAYS IT’S SCARY TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING WATCHED INSIDE THE STORE.
TWO PEOPLE FROM LAKE CHARLES WERE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY POSSESSING MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SEIZED NARCOTICS. DETECTIVES WITH THE COMBINED ANTI-DRUG TASK FORCE ATTEMPTED TO SERVE A SEARCH WARRANT THURSSDAY AFTER THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DARIUS NELSON WAS OBSERVED ALLEGEDLY SELLING CRYSTAL METH FROM A SULPHUR HOTEL ROOM. NELSON TRIED TO FLEE IN A VEHICLE FROM AUTHORITIES AND WAS SEEN THROWING BAGS INTO THE WATER FROM THE I-TEN BRIDGE. HE WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED IN LAKE CHARLES AND DETAINED. MEANWHILE DEPUTIES WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE MARINE DIVISION RECOVERED TWO LARGE BAGS OF METH FROM THE WATER.
FOURTEEN SCHOOLS IN ACADIANA, INCLUDING SEVEN IN ACADIA PARISH, RECEIVED MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STATE GRANTS FOR UPGRADING SECURITY. THAT INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF SECURITY CAMERAS AND MASS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. SCHOOLS WINNING THE GRANTS HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS WITHIN A SET AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE GRANTS PROGRAM, WHICH AWARDS FIVE MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR, IS IN ITS THIRD YEAR.
LAFAYETTE FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF ELEVENTH STREET AT AROUND SEVEN-THIRTY SATURDAY NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A ONE PERCENT SALES TAX FOR OPELOUSAS HAS BEEN RENEWED. SIXTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF VOTERS APPROVED THE RENEWAL SATURDAY. THE TAX RAISES NEARLY SIX MILLION DOLLARS YEARLY, AND IS USED FOR ROAD WORK, INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR AND FOR CITY WORKER SALARIES, INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS. THE TAX HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HIGHLIGHTED THE GROWTH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WHILE SERVING AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THE CHAMBER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA’S LEGISGATOR LUNCHEON. ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE, LANDRY SAYS THE REGION IS FOLLOWING THE GROWTH OF LIQUID NATURAL GAS AND BLUE AMMONIA FACILITIES THAT ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON IN THE AREA. HE SAYS A NEW I-TEN CALCASIEU RIVER BRIDGE THAT IS BEING BUILT, IS SOMETHING THE AREA HAS NEEDED FOR THIRTY YEARS. LANDRY SAYS ONCE IT’S BUILT, THE AREA WILL RECEIVE FIFTY CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES OFF THE BRIDGE AND WILL BE PUT BACK INTO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ENTIRE IMPERIAL CALCASIEU AREA.
RAYNE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN AN AUGUST EIGHTH SHOOTING IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF REYNOLDS STREET. AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO ROCHON OF RAYNE ON CHARGES OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND CERTAIN FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE LOCATION OF ROCHON IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. POLICE SAY THEY EXPECT MORE ARRESTS FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
