10-12-22
ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW BECAUSE BULLETS WERE FOUND ON A SCHOOL BUS. SYVLIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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SKELETAL REMAINS, FOUND ON ELLA ESTATES ROAD IN IBERIA PARISH BY A HUNTER, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ACADIA PARISH MAN, WHO HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE JANUARY OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASKED FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AFTER IT WAS LEARNED THIRTY-YEAR-OLD BROCK COMEAUX HAD BEEN KILLED AND HIS BODY DISPOSED OF IN THE DELCAMBRE AREA. TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED AS SUSPECTS ON MARCH SIXTEENTH. TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD BRODY JEFFERS OF CHURCH POINT AND TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JOHN DUPRE OF ABBEVILLE WERE BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND THEIR BONDS WERE SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
A COMMITTEE ON LOUISIANA’S TOP SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED A WATERED-DOWN VERSION OF A PLAN TO IMPROVE READING SKILLS AMONG THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS. THE ORIGINAL PLAN BY STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLEY REQUIRED STUDENTS WHO FAILED END OF YEAR SCREENINGS TO UNDERGO THIRTY HOURS OF SUMMER REMEDIATION OR TO REPEAT THE SAME GRADE. UNDER THE MODIFIED PLAN, STUDENTS COULD SKIP SUMMER SCHOOL AND ASK A TEAM OF ADULT LEADERS AT THEIR SCHOOL TO DECIDE IF THEY HAVE TO REPEAT THE GRADE OR GET OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FULL BESE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE PLAN TODAY.
THE DRY WEATHER IS RAISING CONCERNS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WITH MANY REPORTS OF FIRES IN THE AREA. A BURN BAN IS NOT YET IN PLACE FOR CALCASIEU PARISH BUT THERE ARE BURN BANS IN JEFF DAVIS, BEAUREGARD, ALLEN AND VERNON PARISHES. WARD SIX FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ONE CHIEF TODD PARKER SAYS THE FIRE CHIEFS IN CALCASIEU PARISH HAVE REQUESTED A BAN BURN THERE AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE PROCESS TO RUN ITS COURSE. CHIEF DEAN LAPPE WITH THE HOUSTON RIVER WARD FOUR DISTRICT SAYS IT’S BEEN CRAZY IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH AS THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING EVERY DAY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.
SIX LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS ARE BEING LAUDED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP AN ELDERLY WOMAN AFTER A TREE FELL AND PULLED THE ELECTRICAL WIRES OUT OF HER HOME. THE HOMEOWNER HAD NO FAMILY IN THE AREA AND NO WAY TO PAY FOR AN ELECTRICIAN TO REATTACH THE WIRES. THE SIX OFFICERS POOLED THEIR MONEY TOGETHER TO HELP THE HOMEOWNER PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE SO REPAIRS COULD BEGIN. LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER NADIA ADAMS, WHO WAS FIRST TO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE, AND SQUAD ONE-A WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A FACEBOOK POST.
SOME RESIDENTS IN OPELOUSAS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT POSSIBLE VOTER FRAUD AND THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH REGISTRAR OF VOTER’S OFFICE IS COLLECTING INFORMATION. ONE CONCERNED RESIDENT, DELITTA BROUSSARD, TELLS KLFY TV THAT SIXTEEN PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON PLANTERS ROAD AND THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE RELATED. BROUSSARD SAYS COUNCILMAN FLOYD FORD CLAIMS TO LIVE AT THE ADDRESS. BROUSSARD SAYS SHE’S GIVEN THE INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
THE DEADLINE FOR LOUISIANA RESIDENTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE BY MAIL HAS PASSES. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER ONLINE. YOU CAN DO SO BY GOING TO SOS-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV. YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER AT YOUR LOCAL PARISH REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE. THE FINAL DEADLINE IS NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER EIGHTEENTH.
A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE MERMENTAU BOAT LAUNCH. THE PROJECT FOR THE LAUNCH, LOCATED OFF OF RAILROAD AVENUE, UNDERNEATH THE HIGHWAY NINETY OVERPASS BEGAN IN MARCH OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. THE FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR PROJECT INCLUDED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BOAT LAUNCH AS WELL AS ADDING COURSES AND SERVICES FOR BOATERS. STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN STEFANSKI HELPED SECURE THE FUNDS WITH HELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
