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LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLEY HAS RELEASED SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES AND, STATEWIDE, THE AVERAGE SCORE WAS 78-POINT-FIVE, OR A B GRADE, WHICH IS AN IMPROVEMENT OF ONE-POINT-FIVE POINTS. IN THE KAJN LISTENING AREA, TWO PARISHES RECEIVED AN A GRADE, CAMERON AND VERMILLION. RECEIVING A B GRADE THAT WAS ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE ARE LAFAYETTE, JEFF DAVIS, CALCASIEU, ALLEN, BEAUREGARD, ACADIA, SAINT MARY AND IBERIA PARISHES, WHILE EVANGELINE PARISH ALSO RECEIVED A B GRADE, BUT IT WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE. SAINT LANDRY AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES FINISHED WITH A C GRADE.
NEW IBERIA POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING ON PARK AVENUE. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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THE FAMILY OF A U-L STUDENT WHO DIED FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE GAVE THEIR IMPACT STATEMENTS AT A PRESENTENCING HEARING YESTERDAY FOR THE ARNAUDVILLE MAN CONVICTED FOR HER DEATH. DAMIEN BERNARD WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AFTER HE GAVE JONTEREZ BROUSSARD A DRUG THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW WAS LACED WITH FENTANYL. HER FATHER SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE HEARING WAS HELD ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JONTEREZ’S TWENTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY. BOB BROUSSARD SAYS HE SAW IT AS THE HAND OF GOD INVOLVED IN THE SENTENCING AND THE VERDICT OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
THE LAST ELECTION IN CALCASIEU PARISH HAD THE LOWEST TURNOUT IN MODERN HISTORY FOR A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, ACCORDING TO CLERK OF COURT LYNN JONES. HE’S HOPING THE TURNOUT WILL BE BETTER FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION THIS SATURDAY, BUT IT’S EXPECTED TO BE WORSE. HE’S CHALLENGED VOTERS TO MAKE HEADING TO THE POLLS A PRIORITY. JONES SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW IF VOTERS ARE APATHETIC OR FRUSTRATED WITH POLITICS, BUT HE KNOWS FOR SURE EVERY VOTE ABSOLUTELY COUNTS.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIP DEVILLIER OF EUNICE IS ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. FIVE OF THE OTHER LEADING CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION HAVE COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF DEVILLIER. ON DECEMBER FOURTH, REPUBLICANS PLAN TO CHOOSE THEIR NEXT SPEAKER IN A CLOSED-DOOR CAUCUS, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE A FORMALITY. THE FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DEVILLIER WILL BE BEGIN HIS THIRD AND FINAL TERM IN OFFICE IN JANUARY.
THE OPELOUSAS MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING THEIR EFFORTS TO GET DRUGS AND ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE STREET SINCE REVAMPING THEIR CRIMINAL INTERDICTION TEAM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. ASSISTANT MARSHAL LOUIS ARMSTRONG SAYS THEY RECENTLY SEIZED THREE POUNDS OF MARIJUANA DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT TURNED INTO A PURSUIT BY DEPUTY MARSHALS AFTER A SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE. HE SAYS THEY’VE ALSO SEIZED WELL OVER FIFTY FIREARMS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. CITY MARSHAL PAUL MOUTON SAYS HE HOPES VOTERS ON SATURDAY APPROVE A TAX MILLAGE THAT WILL HELP THEM DO SEVERAL THINGS INCLUDING INCREASING MANPOWER FOR A SWAT TEAM, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, NARCOTICS DIVISIONS AND MORE.
ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL IS FACING OFF AGAINST CARENCRO IN A PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. WHEN THE TWO TEAMS MET DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, ACADIANA WON TWENTY-SEVEN TO TWENTY-SIX. THE MAYORS OF SCOTT AND CARENCRO HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE GAME. THE MAYOR OF THE LOSING TEAM WILL HAVE TO DON AN APRON AND COOK FOR THE WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM BEFORE THE NEXT PLAYOFF GAME.
AN ELDERLY SAINT LANDRY PARISH MAN WAS SENTENCED TO SEVENTY YEARS OF HARD LABOR FOR CRIMES AGAINST JUVENILES. FIFTY OF THOSE YEARS ARE TO BE SERVED WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PROBATION, PAROLE OR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE. IT TOOK A SAINT LANDRY PARISH JURY LAST MONTH LESS THAN FIFTY MINUTES TO FIND SEVENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD LARRY PRIMEAUX SENIOR OF WASHINGTON GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY, TWO COUNTS OF MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE AND ONE COUNT OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. THE TWO VICTIMS WERE UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN.
