9-28-22
TWENTY-FIVE FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE LAST NIGHT TO PUT OUT A STRUCTURE FIRE IN VILLE PLATTE. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TOLD KLFY TV THAT THE BUILDING WAS A MANUFACTURING FACILITY FOR KARY’S ROUX. THERE’S NO WORD ON IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES CONNECTED TO THE FIRE. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE WAS ON THE SCENE TO BEGIN ITS INVESTIGATION.
THE THIRTY-NINTH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TAKES PLACE AT GIRARD PARK IN LAFAYETTE TUESDAY NIGHT. LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS, SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES AND MEMBERS OF THE LAFAYETTE MARSHAL’S OFFICE WILL BE ON HAND. SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN WITH THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO FORM A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP. SHE SAYS THERE’S NO WAY POSSIBLE TO LESSEN DRUGS, SHOOTINGS AND VIOLENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY’S HELP.
AS HURRICANE IAN SLOWLY WORKS ITS WAY UP THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA, ACADIANA UTILITITY CREWS HEAD OUT TO PREPARE FOR THE DAMAGES TO COME. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WANDA DICKENS DISAPPEARED IN JANUARY OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. SHE WAS LAST SEEN SWIMMING IN THE CALCASIEU RIVER AT A CAMP SITE NEAR KINDER, BUT A WITNESS SAID IT APPEARED SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOMETHING. AUTHORITIES SEARCHED THE WATER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR WEEKS BUT IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS AND DICKEN’S STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CONTACT THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A DRIVER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN INA CLAIRE DRIVE. THE VICTIM IS TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MONTARRIO DARGIN OF SUNSET. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT AROUND ONE A-M SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE VEHICLE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL THE CRIMESTOPPERS TIPS LINE AT NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD TURNED HIMSELF IN TO LAFAYETTE POLICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER WARRANT. THE TEENAGER WAS WANTED FOR A SHOOTING ON MARIGOLD LOOP ON TUESDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH. THE VICTIM, TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MIKEAL JAMES ARVIE OF OPELOUSAS, WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT OF HIS VEHICLE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
As Louisiana continues to be plagued by a spiraling insurance crisis, including thousands of claims still unpaid following a series of hurricanes, Gov. John Bel Edwards will travel to London this week to meet with underwriter Lloyd’s of London. According to Louisiana Department of Insurance data, more than 610,000 residential property claims were filed following a series of damaging hurricanes in 2020 and 2021. As a result, property insurers have paid out $18.4 billion in claims as of June 30, about $11 billion of that was paid to homeowners. As claims piled up, insurance companies have gone insolvent or left the state.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO SOLVE A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY THAT HAPPENED ON THE WEST WHITNEY HIGHWAY NEAR MORSE. AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT GAINED ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE THROUGH AN UNLOCKED WINDOW. THE SUSPECT STOLE AROUND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF VALUABLES INCLUDING JEWELRY, DESIGNER HANDBAGS AND A KAHR BRAND PISTOL. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR TIPS THAT LEAD TO AN ARREST IN THE CASE.
