An early morning house fire in St. Landry parish takes the lives of two young boys. Opelousas Fire Chief Charles Mason says they were called around 1:30 AM to a home where 6 people resided. When they arrived the house was engulfed in flame. He says only four made it out. In addition to the boys – ages 12 and 11 – who died, a third child was taken to a hospital…:
CUT 10 (05) “…smoke inhalation.”
The fire’s cause is under investigation.
The fire chief in Jonesboro and a Jackson Parish deputy face insurance fraud charges involving a two-vehicle crash of fire department vehicles. Trooper Michael Reichardt says State Police investigated and it appears the two men were trying to cover up the fact that Chief Brown’s juvenile son was one of the drivers at the time of the crash…:
CUT 13 (12) “…drive those.”
The investigation remains active.
At a ceremony in New Orleans, Governor John Bel Edwards posthumously pardoned civil rights pioneer Homer Plessy, the subject of a separate but equal Supreme Court ruling that enabled decades of segregation. The Supreme Court reversed segregation laws in 1954, but Plessy died in 1921 with his conviction still on his record. Edwards says this is Louisiana’s first pardon as a result of a 2006 state law that allows for pardons of people convicted under laws that were intended to discriminate…:
CUT 05(12) “…criminal conviction.”
A Natchitoches man is under arrest for allegedly firing a gun at revelers who were firing off fireworks on December 30th – a full night early. 48-year-old Kyle Tanner is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, disturbing the peace by public intoxication, and obstruction of justice. No one was hit by any of Tanner’s gunfire.