9-30-19
TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE ON COLORADO ROAD IN LAFAYETTE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FIREFIGHTERS FROM LAFAYETTE, DUSON, SCOTT AND JUDICE RESPONDED AND WERE TOLD BY NEIGHBORS THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE STILL INSIDE. FIREFIGHTERS FOUND THE BODIES OF 48-YEAR-OLD HOWARD SHOWS AND FIFTY-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER WESTBROOK IN THE HEAVILY DAMAGED HOME AND THEIR THREE DOGS WERE KILLED AS WELL. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE, WHICH BEGAN IN A REAR BEDROOM, IS STILL BEING DETERMINED.
JENNINGS POLICE STOPPED A TEN-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS. THEY WERE CALLED BY SOMEONE WHO SAW THE CHILD DRIVING THE BUS ON CARVER STREET. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE BOY HAD DRIVEN THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BUS FROM JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL ACROSS TOWN. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND THE BUS WAS RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
ONE WOMAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER AN A-T-V ACCIDENT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS CALLED AT AROUND MIDNIGHT WHEN THE TWO WOMEN FAILED TO RETURN AFTER TAKING A FOUR WHEELER INTO A CANEFIELD. THEY WERE FOUND AT AROUND FIVE A-M NEAR A FLATBED TRAILER WHICH THEY HAD APPARENTLY HIT IN THE DARK. 37-YEAR-OLD KENISHA ANTOINE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND THE OTHER WOMAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES.
EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS BEGAN THIS WEEKEND, AND, EVEN THOUGH SUNDAY WAS A DAY OFF, TURNOUT ON SATURDAY WAS A STRONG ONE. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE FRIDAY. HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO AGAIN WITH MORE.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO BROKE INTO HIS EX-WIFE’S HOME AND BEAT HER WITH A BAT. POLICE WERE CALLED WHEN SOMEONE SAW THE WOMAN’S TWO CHILDREN RUNNING FROM THE HOME CRYING AND, WHEN THEY ARRIVED, 34-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA HARDING BARRICADED HIMSELF IN THE HOME, BUT NOT BEFORE HIS EX-WIFE ESCAPED. A SWAT TEAM MANAGED TO GET INTO THE HOME ON NELSON ROAD AFTER SEVERAL HOURS BUT HARDING WASN’T THERE. HARDING IS WANTED ON CHARGES OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT, UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY, AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER.
A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES IN AN A-T-V CRASH SOUTH OF GLENCOE IN ST. MARY PARISH. THE BOY WAS ON THE A-T-V WITH HIS FATHER LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CAUSE THE CRASH. THE BOY WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL WHILE THE FATHER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. ST. MARY PARISH FIRE CHIEF CLARENCE CLARK SAYS AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO THE ACCIDENT.
Louisiana scored poorly in an annual analysis of states’ financial health by a national government watchdog group. The Chicago-based Truth in Accounting gave Louisiana a “D” grade, one of 18 states to receive such a grade for its overall financial condition. The organization cited the state’s debt levels, particularly its borrowing for construction work and its unfunded pension and retiree health care obligations. Truth in Accounting says Louisiana owes the equivalent of $17,700 for every state taxpayer.
