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THE INTERIM PRESIDENT FOR U-L LAFAYETTE MET YESTERDAY WITH FACULTY AND STAFF TO DISCUSS THE TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND SPENDING CUTS. JAMIE HEBERT SAYS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE DEFICIT IS A REDUCTION IN FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY REVENUE GENERATOR ON CAMPUS. HE SAYS THEY’VE BEEN ABLE THROUGH OPERATIONAL SPENDING CUTS TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT TO TEN MILLION. HEBERT ADMITTED THAT, TO FILE DOWN THE REMAINING DEFICIT, IT WILL LIKELY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CUTS TO STAFFING.
AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR A LOCAL CONTRACTOR FOR TAKING NEARLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A FAMILY WITHOUT COMPLETING THE WORK. THE HOMEOWNER SAYS DONALD REBOUL (reh BYOOL) OF COASTAL CUSTOM BUILDERS FAILED TO PAY SUBCONTRACTORS, LEADING TO LIENS ON THEIR HOMES. THE FAMILY EVENTUALLY COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION BY PAYING ADDITIONAL MONEY TO SUBCONTRACTORS TO FINISH THE WORK. REBOUL DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS TELLING KLFY TV THAT THE HOMEOWNER MISMANAGED HER OWN FUNDS AND SHE STILL OWES HIM MORE THAN NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES TO THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. CONGRESS FAILED TO REAUTHORIZE THE PROGRAM BY THE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE. THAT MEANS NEARLY HALF A MILLION LOUISIANA FAMILIES ARE WITHOUT ACCESS TO FLOOD INSURANCE. INSURANCE AGENT PATRICK PAINTER TELLS KADN TV THAT NO NEW POLICIES WILL BE ABLE TO BE ISSUED OR RENEWED, WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE PURCHASE OF HOMES IN FLOOD ZONES.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS IMPLEMENTED COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY MEASURES AT ALL OF ITS SCHOOLS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. SUPERINTENDENT JOHN HALL SAYS THEY ASKED STATE POLICE TO COME IN AND DO A SAFETY AND SECURITY ANALYSIS OF ALL THEIR SCHOOLS. HE SAYS THEY ACTED SWIFTLY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDED INSTALLING WEAPONS DETECTORS AT EVERY SCHOOL SITE, SAFETY VESTIBULES, CAMERAS IN HALLWAYS AND ADDITIONAL FENCING. HALL SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TO THEM TO ENSURE PARENTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE.
ONE OF THE CONSPIRATORS IN A BRIBERY SCHEME IN THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE RECEIVED HIS SENTENCE. DUSTY GUIDRY, A CONTRACT WORKER IN THE OFFICE, ADMITTED HE TOOK OVER EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN KICKBACKS FROM VENDORS WHO PROVIDED PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM SERVICES. HE PLED GUILTY TWO YEARS AGO TO TWO COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BRIBERY CONCERNING PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS AND ONE COUNT OF BRIBERY. GUIDRY WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.
THE RECENTLY OPENED ELECTIONS AND ARCHIVES CENTER IN OPELOUSAS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT ATTRACTION FOR GENEALOGICAL TOURISTS. THE CENTER, WHICH WAS STARTED BY CLERK OF COURT CHARLES JAGNEAUX, CONTAINS MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING MARRIAGE LICENSES AND COURT DOCUMENTS DATING BACK TO THE EARLY EIGHTEEN-HUNDREDS. THE CENTER, LOCATED ON WEST LANDRY STREET, HAS A GALLERY WHERE VISITORS CAN LOG THEIR FINDINGS AND DISCOVER FAMOUS NAMES WITH TIES TO SAINT LANDRY PARISH. THOSE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THEIR GENEOLOGY CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE.
LOUISIANA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS JOINED TWENTY OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SEEKING TO OVERTURN A SUPREME COURT DECISION BANNING THE DEATH PENALTY IN CHILD RAPE CASES. THE U-S SUPREME COURT FOUND THAT THE DEATH PENALTY WAS UNJUST FOR CRIMES IN WHICH THE VICTIM DID NOT DIE. LIZ MURRIL JOINED THE OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SENDING A LETTER TO THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYING THAT THE CONSTITUTION ALLOWED FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR HORRIFIC CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. THE LETTER SAYS THE COURT’S DECISION STOPPED THE STATES FROM DETERRING PREDATORS FROM COMMITTING EXTREME ASSAULTS ON CHILDREN.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER A VIOLENT FAMILY DISPUTE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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