10-12-16
A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. THE WOMAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT AROUND 7:20 LAST NIGHT NEAR ST. CHRISTOPHER STREET. POLICE CLOSED JOHNSTON STREET BOTH WAYS BETWEEN SOUTH COLLEGE AND CAJUNDOME BOULEVARD WHILE THEY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION.
A CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HAS RESIGNED AFTER GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. WHILE IN CALIFORNIA ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, CHUCK HANSEN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY EXPOSING HIMSELF TO A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL. HANSON WAS CHARGED WITH INDECENT EXPOSURE. THE SCHOOL BOARD PLANS ON APPOINTING SOMEONE TO HIS POSITION AT THEIR NEXT MEETING ON NOVEMBER 30TH.
A COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF CHILD CRUELTY AFTER AN 11 MONTH-OLD BABY SUFFERED TWO SKULL FRACTURES. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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By a one-vote margin, members of Louisiana’s state school board have agreed to redesign the state’s teacher training requirements, over the opposition of Gov. John Bel Edwards. The changes, pushed by Superintendent of Education John White, will require aspiring teachers to get more intense training and mentoring, including a one-year apprenticeship. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted 6-5 for the redesign Tuesday, with Edwards’ three appointees to the board in opposition. Supporters say the changes will better prepare teachers for the classroom and help retain teachers who, if unprepared, can get overwhelmed and leave the profession.
AN ASSISTANT D-A WITH THE 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS BEEN FIRED AND A CAPTAIN AT LAFAYETTE METRO NARCOTICS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED. THERE’S NO WORD ON IF THE TWO MOVES WERE CONNECTED. INTERIM LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF REGINALD THOMAS CONFIRMED THE FIRING AND TRANSFER BUT TOLD KLFY TV THAT HE COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO AT THIS TIME. THE TWO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ASSISTANT D-A CELESTE WHITE AND CAPTAIN DEWAYNE PREJEAN.
A BATON ROUGE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO BREAK INTO HER EX-BOYFRIEND’S HOME IN MOSS BLUFF WITH A BAG FILLED WITH DUCT TAPE, ROPE, EXTENSION CORDS, SPRAY PAINT, AND WASP SPRAY. 29-YEAR-OLD NICOLE R. NOEL WAS SPOTTED BY A NEIGHBOR HIDING NEXT TO A BACK DOOR, CALLED POLICE AND DETAINED HER UNTIL DEPUTIES ARRIVED. KIM MYERS OF THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS NOEL TOLD THE DEPUTIES SHE PLANNED ON USING THE ITEMS IN THE BAG ON HER EX-BOYFRIEND. SHE ALSO ADMITTED SPRAY PAINTING HIS JEEP ON ANOTHER DATE.
A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED SEEKING PUBLIC RECORDS ABOUT OPELOUSAS MAYOR REGGIE TATUM’S REQUEST FOR OVERTIME PAY DURING THE RECENT FLOODS. RESIDENT GARY ANDRUS SAYS HIS REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS HAS BEEN DENIED AND HE’S FILED A RECALL PETITION. CITY ATTORNEY JARVIS CLAIBORNE SAYS THEY HAVE TO REVIEW THE RECORDS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE PUBLIC AND CAN BE RELEASED. HE SAYS THAT THERE IS CLEARLY A CONSPIRACY TO GET RID OF THE MAYOR AND HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO KATC TV.
THE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION PROPUBLICA IS ACCUSING THE RED CROSS OF HAVING MISMANAGED AND UNDERSTAFFED SHELTERS DURING THE AUGUST FLOODS IN LOUISIANA. THE NONPROFIT GROUP CAME TO ITS CONCLUSIONS AFTER OBTAINING HUNDREDS OF STATE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND EMAILS THROUGH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS. THEY ALLEGE THAT SOME PEOPLE AT THE SHELTERS WENT HUNGRY AND THIRSTY AND DID NOT RECEIVE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. RESIDENTS AT THE HEYMANN CENTER SHELTER ACCUSED RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS OF PROVIDING SPORADIC AND INADEQUATE MEALS, WITHHOLDING DONATIONS, USING RACIAL SLURS, AND HURTING A CHILD, ACCORDING TO THE DAILY ADVERTISER.
