10-10-24
A STRATEGIC PLANNING FIRM HIRED BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS PROPOSED FOURTEEEN SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO OPTIMIZE THE DISTRICT’S SCHOOLS. THEY INCLUDE CLOSING SIX SCHOOLS AND REZONING THE STUDENTS TO OTHER SCHOOLS. BOARD PRESIDENT BRITT LATIOLAIS SAYS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CIVIC SOLUTIONS GROUP ARE A FIRST DRAFT AND THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. C-S-G WILL LAUNCH A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND WILL BE ANNOUNCING UPCOMING FEEDBACK SESSIONS.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE ARRESTED A SCOTT MAN AFTER A MONTH’S LONG RAPE INVESTIGATION. ON SEPTEMBER SECOND, DEPUTIES MADE A WELFARE CHECK ON A RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON WHO TOLD THEM SHE HAD BEEN RAPED BY TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JAKORRIE SMITH. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION THAT INCLUDED INTERVIEWS WITH THE VICTIM AND SMITH, ARREST WARRANTS WERE OBTAINED AND SMITH WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY. SMITH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE RAPE AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
DAYS AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM THE CAROLINAS, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IS SENDING CREWS TO FLORIDA TO HELP WITH HURRICANE MILTON. JACQUE THIBODEAUX, DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, SAYS THEY ARE SENDING A FIVE HUNDRED PERSON ENGINEER TASK FORCE AND A ONE HUNDRED PERSON TRUCK COMPANY FROM THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD. CAPTAIN KNIGHT RODDY WITH THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD SAYS THEY WILL BE SENDING UP TWO BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS TO LOOK FOR PEOPLE ONCE THE WEATHER CLEARS. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASSOCIATION AND A SEVENTY-FIVE PERSON CREW WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE ARE ALSO IN FLORIDA.
SOME PARENTS OF BARBE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN TO KPLC TV THAT THEY MAY BE EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS. CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIALS SAY THAT THERE IS AN ASBESTOS ABATEMENT TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE DOING A ROOF REMOVAL PROJECT. THEY SAY THE WHITE DUST SEEN AROUND CAMPUS IS FROM THE ROOF REMOVAL AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT. THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYS ABATEMENT IS BEING DONE BY CODE INCLUDING COMPLETE CONTAINMENT AND MONITORING AT ALL TIMES.
ON TUESDAY, THE LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS WILL VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOCATE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA. THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT’S HOME PROGRAM. THE FUNDS ARE DEDICATED TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS OR THOSE FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. BEN BROUSSARD OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES TELL THE ADVOCATE THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INCLUDING HELPING LEAD THEM TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
ON FRIDAY, KLFY TV AIRED A REPORT ON A WOMAN WHO PAID NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO A MAN TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE AND SHE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. SOMEBODY WHO SAW THE REPORT CALLED NEW IBERIA POLICE THAT HELPED THEM IDENTIFY THE MAN AS THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KENDEL SHAE LABBE. THEY OBTAINED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR LABBE ON A CHARGE OF FELONY THEFT AND ARE SEARCHING FOR HIM. CAPTAIN LELAND LASETER OF THE NEW IBERIA POLICE SAYS DETECTIVES ON THE CASE BELIEVE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ACADIANA AREA MAY HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY HIM.
A COMPANY THAT ANALYZES CELL PHONE DATA HAS FOUND THAT LOUISIANA IS THE HARDEST HIT STATE WHEN IT COME TO SPAM ROBOCALLS. ACCORDING TO WHISTLE OUT, NATIONWIDE, U-S CONSUMERS RECEIVE ABOUT FOUR BILLION ROBOCALLS PER MONTH. IN LOUISIANA, THE AVERAGE PERSON RECEIVES THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE ROBOCALLS PER YEAR, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION. THE COMPANY SAYS MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS REPORTED RECEIVING MORE SPAM CALLS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
IN VILLE PLATTE, A THIRD SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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