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MORE THAN TWENTY STUDENTS AT THE L-J ALLEMAN SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND FACE EXPULSION FOR PARTICIPATING IN A TIK TOK VIRAL TREND. THE VIDEO SHOWED THE STUDENTS ALLEGEDLY MIMICKING USING A GUN. PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS ARE UPSET WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM’S PUNISHMENT, FEELING IT IS TOO SEVERE. THEY ARE HOPING THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE AT THEIR EDUCATION.
THERE WERE FOUR REPORTED SHOOTINGS IN EUNICE THIS WEEKEND AND A CAR CHASE. POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT TELLS KLFY TV THAT THERE’S BEEN AN INCREASE IN SHOOTINGS SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND MOST OF IT INVOLVES LOCAL BOYS WHO WANT TO BE IN GANGS WARRING AGAINST EACH OTHER. FONTENOT SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO BE TAKING ACTION AND POLICE WILL BE FLOODING THE STREETS. HE SAYS STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE BEGINS AT HOME WITH PARENTS DISCIPLINING THEIR CHILDREN SO THEY LEARN THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE LATEST COVID NINETEEN NUMBERS STATEWIDE AND IN ACADIANA.
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THE FIRST OUTPATIENT PILL APPROVED FOR EMERGENCY USE FOR COVID IS NOW AVAILABLE IN CALCASIEU PARISH, BUT IN LIMITED QUANTITIES. THE PFIZER ANTIVIRAL PILL APPROVED BY THE F-D-A IN DECEMBER IS FOR PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATE COVID WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION. BOUDREAUX’S PHARMACY IN LAKE CHARLES RECEIVED FORTY COURSES OF THE PILL ON FRIDAY AND HAVE ONLY TEN LEFT. PHARMACIST ELIZABETH HEBERT TELLS KPLC TV THAT THE TREATMENT IS GREAT FOR OUTPATIENT USE OF COVID AND SHE KNOWS OF SOMEONE WHO FELT LIKE THE PILL SAVED THEIR LIFE.
Lafayette is looking for its sixth police chief in two years. Lafayette Consolidated Government spokesman Jamie Angelle says meetings to discuss how to go about the search were scheduled for yesterday. Interim chief Wayne Griffin has been on administrative leave since October while the city-parish human resources department investigated a sexual misconduct complaint against him. Angelle told news agencies last week that the investigation is complete and Griffin was returned to his former rank as sergeant.
ONE MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES SATURDAY EVENING AT A VILLE PLATTE APARTMENT COMPLEX. POLICE CHIEF NEAL LARTIGUE SAYS THE VICTIM HAD WOUNDS TO HIS UPPER THIGHS AND A FINGER. THE MAN WAS ONLY ABLE TO DESCRIBE HIS SHOOTER AS A BLACK MALE WHO WAS IN A GREY CAR. LARTIGUE ASKS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL 363-13-16. CALLERS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
Louisiana will begin accepting 2021 individual state income tax returns on Jan. 24. That’s the same day the IRS will begin accepting federal returns for 2021. The state Department of Revenue says in a Monday news release that people who file electronically and who are due refunds can expect their money within 45 days of the filing date. For paper returns, the refund processing time is 14 weeks.
THE LAFAYETTE MARKET IS THE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE NATION FOR FLU ACTIVITY, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FLU INDEX FROM WALMART. THERE WAS A 527 PERCENT INCREASE IN FLU CASES COMPARED TO LAST MONTH. LOUISIANA RANKED SEVENTH AMONG STATES. FLU ACTIVITY THIS SEASON IS NEARLY SIX HUNDRED PERCENT HIGHER NATIONWIDE THAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE.
