ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : ROADWAYS TO SHUT DURING JESUS MARCH.

LANCASTER - Several thoroughfares between Lancaster City Hall and Jane Reynolds Park will be closed between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday for the 1996 March for Jesus.

Affected streets include Newgrove Street at Fern Avenue; Kettering Street between Fern Avenue and Beech Avenue; Beech Avenue between Kettering Street and Lancaster Boulevard; Lancaster Boulevard between Sierra Highway and Cedar Avenue; and Oldfield Street between Beech and Elm avenues.

Organizers said the march will begin at 10 a.m. at City Hall and proceed to the park, where prayers will be said for the world, nation, community, government, law enforcement, families and children.

SOURCE: - Daily News

Lancaster woman arrested in scalding

LANCASTER - A Lancaster man suffered serious burns when his girlfriend poured a pot of boiling water on him as he lay on a couch in his home early Thursday, sheriff's deputies said.

Velveta Dixon, 38, was arrested on suspicion of assault with force likely to produce bodily injury and was being held at the Antelope Valley Sheriff's Station in lieu of $50,000 bail, deputies said.

According to deputies, Dixon had been arguing with Charles Hughes, 46, in their home in the 45100 block of 17th Street West. Hughes then walked out of the kitchen and into the front room, where he lay down on the couch.

Dixon followed, carrying a boiling pot of water, which she poured on the right side of Hughes' upper body, deputies said. Hughes was treated for severe scald burns at Antelope Valley Hospital and released.

SOURCE: - Daily News

Suspect sought in apartment shooting

LANCASTER - Sheriff's deputies are searching for a man who kicked in the door to an apartment and shot the occupant in his leg, officials said.

Kideon Stephenson, 43, told deputies that he was at home in the 44200 block of Kingtree Avenue about 11:25 p.m. Wednesday when a man kicked in his front door and for no apparent reason shot him.

Stephenson was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital, where he was treated and released.

SOURCE: Daily News