9-20-21
TWO PEOPLE WERE HIT BY GUNFIRE IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE OVER THE WEEKEND. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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FIVE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED SATURDAY NIGHT IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN OPELOUSAS. THE FIVE WERE IN A MOBILE HOME ON SAPPHIRE STREET WHICH WAS FIRED UPON AT AROUND EIGHT P-M. THE INJURIES RANGED FROM MODERATE TO CRITICAL WITH TWO UNDERGOING SURGERY. THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
Louisiana health officials say a child is among the latest to die from COVID-19 in the state. The state said the death toll from the illness grew by 52 Friday. One of the victims was a child between the ages of 5 and 11. It was the 15th death of someone younger than 18 in Louisiana since the pandemic began early last year, and it’s the sixth pediatric death since a fourth surge began this summer.
A VACANT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN LAKE CHARLES CAUGHT FIRE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE LAKE CHARLES FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE FIRE AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX LOCATED ON PREJEAN DRIVE NEAR FIFTH AVENUE. IT TOOK HOURS TO CONTAIN THE FIRE. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY KNOWN IF SOMEONE WAS IN OR AROUND THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.
SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS ALONG WITH A LAFAYETTE HAZMAT RESPONSE TEAM WERE CALLED TO CONTAIN A PROPANE LEAK SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FIVE HUNDRED GALLON TANK AT A BUSINESS IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH FIELDSPAN WAS EMITTING A VAPOR CLOUD. TWO ROADS WERE SHUT DOWN WHILE THE LEAK WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. FIREFIGHTERS FOUND THAT SOMEONE HAD FAILED TO SHUT OFF THE VALVE ON THE TANK.
FEMA HAS OPENED A TEMPORARY DISASTER ASSISTANCE RECOVERY CENTER IN MORGAN CITY. IT IS LOCATED AT THE SAINT MARY A-A-R-P CHAPTER SENIOR CENTER ON CHENNAULT STREET AND IS OPEN DAILY FROM NINE TO SIX. FEMA STAFF WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST SURVIVORS IN APPLYING FOR FEMA ASSISTANCE, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICES FOR UPLOADING DOCUMENTS. FEMA NOW HAS FOURTEEN TEMPORARY RECOVERY CENTERS IN THE LOUISIANA PARISHES HIT HARDEST BY HURRICANE IDA.
Two birds captured after they were found oiled at a Louisiana refinery following Hurricane Ida have been rehabilitated and released back into the wild. State wildlife officials, in a news release, said the birds were released Thursday at the Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge in Franklin as part of a state effort to save dozens of birds found coated with oil at the Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse after Ida struck Aug. 29. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it has documented more than 100 oiled birds. At least 34 have been captured and are at a rehabilitation facility in New Iberia.
A FOUR WHEELER WITH THREE JUVENILES ON IT WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TEXACO STREET AND DASPIT ROAD IN NEW IBERIA. ONE OF THE JUVENILES WAS TAKEN BY HELICPTER TO A HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETTE AND POLICE DID NOT KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE JUVENILE AS OF LAST NIGHT. THE OTHER TWO WERE INJURED BUT THERE ARE NO REPORTS ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE INJURIES OR IF THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS IMPAIRED.
