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10-16-18

The Lafayette Parish school district says a new policy is in place for campus volunteers after there had been little guiding officials about how to register them.

The Daily Advertiser reports the Lafayette Parish School System policy establishes two levels of volunteers, those who are and aren’t supervised by district personnel while interacting with students. Level One volunteers will be checked against sex offender registries. Level Two are those whose interaction doesn’t require supervision, like field trip chaperones or coaches, and they’re required to undergo a criminal background check.

 

NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON I-TEN IN LAKE CHARLES HAS REDUCED MOST TRAFFIC DOWN TO ONE LANE, ESPECIALLY ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE.  ACADIAN AMBULANCE SAYS THEY ARE MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE PROPER STRUCTURES IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER CALLS WITH THE CONGESTION.  QUALITY CONTROL COORDINATOR BILLY VINCENT TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PLAN IN PLACE TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER TO EMERGENCIES, EVEN WITH THE CONGESTION.  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THAT ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH WHILE THE OTHER TWO WON’T BE FINISHED UNTIL FEBRUARY.

 

Six people who accused law enforcement officers in Evangeline Parish of illegally detaining and secretly jailing them will share settlement proceeds totaling nearly $50,000.  The settlement terms are disclosed in documents that The Associated Press obtained through public records requests.  The six plaintiffs sharing $47,500 in settlement proceeds represent a fraction of the cases in which law enforcement officers in Evangeline Parish have been accused of using unconstitutional “investigative holds” to detain people for questioning.  A Justice Department report said the Ville Platte Police Department and Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office used the practice more than 900 times between 2012 and 2014.

 

After months of quiet on the airwaves, candidates vying to be Louisiana’s secretary of state are kicking off TV ad campaigns.  Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, a Baton Rouge Republican in office since May, launched first, with a 30-second spot that went up Monday. In it, Ardoin positions himself as an incumbent fighting to protect voters.  GOP State Rep. Rick Edmonds, of Baton Rouge, is entering the TV ad competition Tuesday, with a smaller buy.

 

ON WEDNESDAY, ONE ACADIANA WILL HOST A CONGRESSIONAL FORUM WHERE ALL SEVEN OF THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CANDIDATES WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.  GERALD GREUNIG HAS MORE.

 

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A NINE-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FROM MOSS BLUFF WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT ON A SCHOOL BUS AND WAS SPOTTED BY A GAS STATION EMPLOYEE WALKING HOME.  THAT’S ACCORDING TO ALLYSON STAFFORD , THE MOTHER OF ADEN, WHO SAYS THE GAS STATION EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED THE BUS DRIVER WHO PICKED UP ADEN AND BROUGHT HIM HOME.  ALLYSON SAYS ADEN WAS IN TEARS AND THE BUS DRIVER TOOK OFF WITHOUT TELLING HER ANYTHING.  WHEN SHE CONTACTED THE SCHOOL BOARD, SHE TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE HANDLED AND THAT SHE WAS OVERREACTING.

 

A NEW FIRE STATION WILL BE BUILT IN ACADIA PARISH.  THE POLICE JURY HAS APPROVED A BOND SALE TO FUND THE BUILDING OF THE FIRE STATION ON L-A 13 NORTH OF CROWLEY, NEAR HENSGENS ROAD.  DISTRICT ELEVEN FIRE CHIEF CHAD MONCEAUX SAYS HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET DONATIONS FROM FIRE DISTRICTS IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS BUT THEY STILL NEED TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW STATION.  THE VOLUNTEER DISTRICT IS JUST FIVE YEARS OLD AND SERVES THE RURAL AREA AROUND CROWLEY.

 

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER ONLINE TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER SIXTH ELECTION.  JUST GO TO THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE AT S-O-S-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV AND CLICK ON THE ONLINE REGISTRATION NOTICE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.  THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING IN PERSON OR BY MAIL HAS PASSED.  EARLY VOTING BEGINS A WEEK FROM TODAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH.