1-17-22
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER WHO STRUCK AND KILLED A PEDESTRIAN AND LEFT THE SCENE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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FIFTEEN CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS HAVE SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL MINORITY SEAT ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. RIGHT NOW, THREE OF THE ELEVEN BOARD MEMBERS ARE MINORITIES, WHICH IS TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT. THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS POINT OUT THAT FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE STUDENT POPULATION AT LOUISIANA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND STATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN CLEO FIELDS EACH SUPPORT ADDING A MINORITY DISTRICT, BUT THE BESE PRESIDENT, JIM GARVEY, SAYS THE BOARD IS GENERALLY CONTENT WITH CURRENT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THE CITY OF OPELOUSAS IS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING TODAY. IT BEGINS WITH A PARADE BEGINNING AT ONE WHICH WILL START AT SOUTH CITY PARK AND END AT THE HOLY GHOST CATHOLIC CHURCH LIFE CENTER. A COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM FOLLOWS AT TWO THIS AFTERNOON. THE FEATURED SPEAKER IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE DUSTIN MILLER.
THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES IS CELEBRATING M-L-K DAY WITH A PARADE AS WELL. IT’S THE CULMINATION OF A WEEKEND FULL OF ACTIVITIES. THE PARADE BEGINS AT ELEVEN THIS MORNING AT THE LAKE CHARLES CIVIC CENTER. IT WILL GO DOWN BROAD STREET TO ENTERPRISE THROUGH LAKESHORE DRIVE AND BACK TO THE CIVIC CENTER.
BROUSSARD POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING A JUVENILE AT AROUND TWELVE FORTY SATURDAY MORNING. THE JUVENILE WAS STRUCK WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A RESIDENCE IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF NED L STREET. THE JUVENILE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL BROUSSARD POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO THREE TWO TIPS.
LINEWORKERS AND SUPPORT STAFF WITH SLEMCO HEADED TO NORTHEAST GEORGIA YESTERDAY. THEY ARE HELPING THE HABERSHAM ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION FOLLOWING WINTER STORM IZZY. THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT SUCH AS MATERIAL HANDLERS, DIGGER DERRICKS, POLE TRAILERS. AND MORE. SLEMCO’S COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR MARY LAURENT SAYS THERE’S A STRONG BROTHERHOOD BETWEEN ELECTRIC COMPANIES AND LINEWORKERS AND NEVER A HESITATION TO HELP WHEN NEEDED.
A LAFAYETTE MAN IS WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ARIZEON KEAL IS KNOWN TO FREQUENT THE FRANKLIN AND BALDWIN AREAS. IF YOU KNOW HIS LOCATION, YOU ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE FRANKLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVES DIVISION AT EIGHT-TWO-EIGHT-ONE-SEVEN-ONE-SIX. ALL CALLERS CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
SUGARLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS MOVING CLASSES TO REMOTE LEARNING ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS. IN PERSON CLASSES WILL RESUME ON THURSDAY. THE IBERIA PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS URGING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO WEAR MASKS ON SCHOOL BUSES AND IN THE SCHOOLS. THEY BELIEVE IT WILL HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-NINETEEN AND THE NEED FOR QUARANTINING.
