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U-L LAFAYETTE IS LOOKING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET A TEACHING DEGREE IN FRENCH IMMERSION. CURRENTLY STUDENTS HAVE TO GET A DEGREE IN FRENCH AND AN ALTERNATE CERTIFICATION IN EDUCATION OR GET AN EDUCATION DEGREE AND DEMONSTRATE A PROFICIENCY IN FRENCH. THE UNIVERSITY IS LOOKING TO START A NEW MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM IN TEACHING THAT HAS CONCENTRATIONS IN ELEMENTARY ED AND ELEMENTARY FRENCH IMMERSION. THE UNIVERSITY IS SUBMITTING A LETTER OF INTENT THIS WEEK TO A COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAD TO CHASE A MAN, WHO JUMPED INTO A BAYOU IN ORDER TO ELUDE THEM. THE DEPUTIES WERE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE THAT WAS ABANDONED WITH KEYS IN IT AT A GAS STATION ON L-A 27 AND BURTON SHIPYARD ROAD, AND LATER THEY RECEIVED REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS MAN WANDERING IN A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THEY FOUND THE MAN, HE JUMPED INTO A NEABY BAYOU AND ELUDED AUTHORITIES FOR AWHILE BEFORE HE GOT TIRED AND ASKED FOR HELP TO STAY AFLOAT. THE MAN, 36-YEAR-OLD DAVID EDDLEMAN OF SINGER, WAS PULLED INTO A BOAT AND WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG RELATED WARRANTS AND RESISTING AN OFFICER BY FLIGHT.
A FORMER STAFF MEMBER OF THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS FILED A LAWSUIT, SAYING SHE WAS FIRED FOR COOPERATING IN AN F-B-I INVESTIGATION OF SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL. IN THE LAWSUIT, DEBORAH LOURD SAID SHE HANDED OVER AUDIO RECORDINGS TO THE F-B-I IN WHICH ACKAL UNLEASHED A PROFANITY-LACED TIRADE AND THREATENED TO SHOOT THE PROSECUTOR BETWEEN HIS “JEWISH EYES.” ACKAL WAS ACQUITTED BY A JURY ON NOVEMBER FOURTH ON CHARGES OF ABUSE AND COVERUPS IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. LOURD SAYS SHE RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER THAT SAME DAY INFORMING HER THAT HER EMPLOYMENT WAS TERMINATED.
With time running short, Louisiana’s lawmakers have moved the pieces of a budget-rebalancing deal into place. But final passage of the plan to close a $304 million deficit remained far from certain. The special legislative session called by Gov. John Bel Edwards to eliminate the gap must end Wednesday. The broad outlines of a negotiated deal between the House, Senate and governor were reached Monday by legislative leaders, but Republican House leaders acknowledged Tuesday they don’t necessarily yet have the votes to pass it.
THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL TRADES CAREER FAIR IS BEING HELD TODAY. JULIE DARCE HAS THE DETAILS.
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WESTLAKE VOTERS WILL DECIDE IN MARCH WHETHER TO RENEW TWO SALES TAXES. MAYOR BOB HARDEY SAYS 25 PERCENT OF THE CITY’S OPERATING MONEY COMES FROM THE TWO TAXES. HE SAYS WITHOUT THEM, THEY COULD END UP BACK WHERE THEY WERE WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE AND THE CITY WAS NEARING BANKRUPTCY. HE SAYS THE CITY IS LOOKING INTO BUILDING A COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS STATION THAT COULD ALSO GENERATE REVENUE FOR WESTLAKE.
LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CAPTURED A EUNICE MAN YESTERDAY, WHO TRIED TO HIDE IN A HOLLOWED OUT COUCH. A SEARCH OF THE HOME ON PATTON AVENUE ALSO UNCOVERED A TRAP DOOR IN A CLOSET THAT WAS USED BY THE SUSPECT TO ESCAPE DURING PREVIOUS SEARCHES. 28-YEAR-OLD JAMES NEAL ROZAS JUNIOR WAS WANTED FOR A VEHICLE THEFT IN ACADIA PARISH. DURING THE SEARCH, DEPUTIES FOUND THREE GUNS THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM AN ACADIA PARISH HOME.
The floods that inundated Louisiana in August also damaged rice harvested as seed for this year’s planting. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says he’s temporarily relaxed certification requirements to ensure farmers can buy enough for a chance at a good crop. Department seed programs director Lester Cannon says farmers will have to buy more of some lots to make up for the problem, but sellers will drop the price to make up for it. State certification for seed rice requires that at least 80 percent of test batches sprout in the department’s seed laboratory.
