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AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL ACCUSED OF MURDER WILL GO TO TRIAL MARCH SEVENTH. SHE ALLEGEDLY KILLED THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD KAMERON BEDSOLE OF NEW IBERIA IN NOVEMBER ON JASPER ROAD. THE ORGANIZATIONS VILLAGE THREE-THREE-SEVEN AND EVOLVE LOUISIANA ATTENDED THE COURT HEARING TO ADVOCATE FOR THE GIRL AND HER FAMILY. THERE IS NO INFORMATION YET ON A TRIAL DATE FOR THE GIRL’S FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER BUT HE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE HEARING YESTERDAY.
DISTRICT JUDGE MARILYN CASTLE HAS OVERRULED A DECISION BY THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL TO DENY THE PLANS OF A LANDOWNER TO CONVERT A BANK INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE. GLOMAX HAD PLANS TO MAKE THE CONVERSION AT THE FORMER CHASE BANK BUILDING, LOCATED IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. THE CITY COUNCIL DENIED GLOMAX AFTER RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA EXPRESSED OPPOSITION. JUDGE CASTLE SAID THE DECISION WAS ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS AND REMANDED THE ISSUE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
NEWLY INAUGURATED GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY WANTS TO END OPEN PRIMARIES IN LOUISIANA. THE STATE LEGISLATURE COULD VOTE ON ENDING OPEN PRIMARIES AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK WHILE A SPECIAL SESSION IS BEING HELD. OPEN PRIMARIES HAVE BEEN HELD IN MOST LOUISIANA ELECTIONS SINCE A DIRECTIVE ISSUED BY FORMER GOVERNOR EDWIN EDWARDS IN THE NINETEEN-SEVENTIES. LANDRY WANTS TO GO BACK TO CLOSED PRIMARIES IN WHICH THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES HOLD THEIR OWN ELECTIONS DECIDING WHICH CANDIDATE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE RUNOFF.
THE JENNINGS CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOUR-TO-ONE TO REZONE PROPERTY THAT WILL ALLOW THE WAY TRAINING CENTER TO REVAMP THE JENNING GUEST HOUSE NURSING HOME. AN OVERFLOW CROWD ATTENDED THE MEETING, MOST IN SUPPORT OF THE WAY. NINETY-FOUR SIGNATURES WERE GATHERED IN OPPOSITION TO THE CROWLEY-BASED ORGANIZATION’S PLANS BUT TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN SIGNATURES WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE WAY. PASTOR GERARD MORGAN SAID THE WAY IS NOT A REHAB OR ADDICTION CENTER, BUT A MISSION.
IN ACADIA PARISH, THREE FAMILY MEMBERS OF AN ACCUSED MURDER SUSPECT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL STAYED OPEN YESTERDAY DESPITE A THREAT AGAINST THE SCHOOL MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. EXTRA ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AND POLICE WERE ON HAND AT THE SCHOOL. A MESSAGE TO PARENTS BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE THREAT. THEY SAID THEY WERE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THE SOURCE OF THE THREAT.
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS CAN NO LONGER APPEAL TO GRADUATE IF THEY FAIL STATE STANDARDIZED TESTS. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY REPEALED THE APPEALS PROCESS POLICY APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUATION IN JUNE AND IMPLEMENTED LAST MONTH. LANDRY ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT ENSURING A QUALITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IS A TOP PRIORITY AND HIS DECISION MAINTAINS THOSE STANDARDS. ADVOCATES FOR THE POLICY SAID IT PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE TO EARNING A DIPLOMA FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING CHALLENGES AND FOR NONNATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD BREAUX BRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER ANOTHER MAN SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND AT AROUND ONE A-M SATURDAY. SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF BECKETT BREAUX SAYS TWO MEN WERE HANDLING A GUN WHEN ONE OF THE TWO POINTED THE GUN AT THE OTHER. THE GUN DISCHARGED AND STRUCK THE VICTIM. KENDRICK JAMES ALEXANDER JUNIOR HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY.
