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A RECENTLY RETIRED LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER HAS FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT ABOUT A FELLOW OFFICER, WHO ALLEGEDLY MADE RACIST COMMENTS WHILE ON THE JOB. ANDRES LANDOR, AFTER HIS RETIREMENT CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 18TH, HAND-DELIVERED A LETTER AND AUDIO RECORDING TO THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL COMMENTS ALLEGEDLY MADE BY OFFICER WILLIAM WHITE. LANDOR SAYS THE CITY HAS HAD THE AUDIO RECORDING FOR OVER A YEAR AND THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, CITY PARISH COUNCILMAN KENNETH BOUDREAUX SAYS HE HAS LOOKED INTO IT AND CAN CONFIRM AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED TWO MEN IN CONNECTION WITH A LAKE ARTHUR HOMOCIDE LAST SATURDAY. 18-YEAR-OLD RODERICK CAWTHORNE JUNIOR AND 26-YEAR-OLD BRETT DANIEL HEBERT, BOTH OF LAKE ARTHUR, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DEATH OF 73-YEAR-OLD CHARLES RAYMOND TALEN SENIOR. TALEN’S VEHICLE WAS STOLEN SATURDAY AND SET ON FIRE NEAR GUEYDAN. TALEN’S BODY WAS LATER FOUND BY DEPUTIES AT HIS HOME.
THE RAYNE HIGH SCHOOL BAND WAS GIVEN MORE THAN SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FROM A NONPROFIT IN NEW ORLEANS. THE TIPITINA’S FOUNDATION PROVIDES NEW AND REFURBISHED INSTRUMENTS TO SCHOOL BANDS AS A WAY OF INCREASING YOUTH PARTICIPATION. RAYNE HIGH SCHOOL IS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE AWARD FROM THE LAFAYETTE REGION. BAND DIRECTOR ADRIAN ALBA TOLD TV-10 NEWS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO PRACTICE ON A WIDE RANGE OF INSTRUMENTS, MAKING THEM MORE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT STEP.
A federal judge has refused to throw out Gov. Bobby Jindal’s lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s administration over the Common Core education standards. Jindal has accused U.S. education officials of manipulating $4.3 billion in federal grant money and policy waivers to illegally pressure states to adopt the English and math standards and associated testing. The Obama administration says Louisiana’s decision to use Common Core was voluntary, not coerced by the federal government. In her written ruling, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick stressed that her decision to keep the lawsuit alive was not an opinion about “merits of the claim.”
A LAFAYETTE RAPPER HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF INCITING A RIOT WITH DEATH. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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ABOUT SEVENTY LAKE CHARLES-AREA EMPLOYERS WERE ON HAND YESTERDAY TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. ROB ROUX WITH THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION SAYS, UNDER THE ACT, EMPLOYERS CANNOT DISCRIMATE AGAINST DISBLED PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR A JOB OR FOR JOB ADVANCEMENT. HE SAYS THE LAW APPLIES TO ALL COMPANIES THAT HAVE 15 OR MORE WORKERS FOR EACH WORKING DAY IN TWENTY CALENDAR WEEKS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. CAPRICE BUSH, A HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER AT CINTAS, TELLS THE AMERICAN PRESS THAT EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR GETTING A REFRESHER ON GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, BUT SO THAT EMPLOYERS CAN NETWORK.
THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING FOR BAYOU TECHE WATER WORKS TO GET THEIR WATER IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS SET BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, BAYOU TECHE HAS BEEN CITED 13 TIMES FOR VARIOUS VIOLATIONS. THEY HAVE UNTIL MARCH 14TH TO BALANCE THE CONTAMINATION LEVELS IN THEIR WATER, AND THERE ARE LATER DEADLINES FOR OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND TESTING OF THE WATER. BAYOU TECHE SERVES HOMES IN ST. MARTIN AND IBERIA PARISHES.
Gov. Bobby Jindal will propose to scale back spending on tax credits and offer lawmakers money-generating ideas to keep colleges from facing deep, damaging cuts next year. The governor’s recommendations for closing a $1.6 billion gap in the fiscal year that begins July 1 will be presented to the Legislature’s joint budget committee Friday. The Associated Press received a preview Thursday. Jindal chief of staff Kyle Plotkin says the goal was to protect higher education.
