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SUPPORTERS OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL HELD A RALLY AT THE COMEAUX REC CENTER TO PROTEST THE SCHOOL’S POSSIBLE CLOSURE. CIVIL SOLUTIONS GROUP ADVISED THE LAFAYETTE SCHOOL BOARD ON POSSIBLE WAYS TO BEST USE TAXPAYER MONEY INCLUDING CLOSING SOME SCHOOLS THAT SHOWED DECREASED ENROLLMENT AND REZONING STUDENTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS. COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS ON THAT LIST. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD A FINAL VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN NOVEMBER.
A VILLE PLATTE POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED MONDAY NIGHT ON A CHARGE OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR VILLE PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT, TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY WERE FOUND WITH A GUN IN A GUN-FREE ZONE. WHILE CITY MARSHALS WERE OBTAINING WARRANTS, OFFICER LUMUS LASTRAPES LET THE MEN GO AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY TOLD HIM THE CITY MARSHALS WERE PLANNING TO RELEASE THEM. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE OF THE TWO MEN, WHO ARE STILL AT LARGE, WAS A FRIEND OR RELATIVE OF THE OFFICER.
A SECOND LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST THE STATE OF LOUISIANA OVER A NEW LAW REQUIRING THE DISPLAY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN EVERY SCHOOL CLASSROOM BEFORE JANUARY FIRST. THIS SUIT WAS FILED BY CHRISTOPHER DIER, A HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER IN NEW ORLEANS, WHO WAS NAMED THE LOUISIANA TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN TWENTY-TWENTY. HE SAYS THE LAW TRAMPLES STUDENT’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM RELIGIOUS COERCION. THE STATE HAS ASKED A FEDERAL JUDGE TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT SINCE THE DISPLAYS HAVE NOT BEEN POSTED YET SO NO STUDENT’S RIGHTS COULD HAVE BEEN VIOLATED.
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, A STUDENT AT MOSS BLUFF MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS TO OTHER STUDENTS. YESTERDAY AT AROUND ONE, DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY TELLING SEVERAL STUDENTS HE WAS GOING TO BRING A GUN TO SCHOOL. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON CHARGES OF TERRORIZING-MENACING. ON OCTOBER ELEVENTH, ANOTHER THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD AT MOSS BLUFF MIDDLE WAS ARRESTED FOR TERRORIZING.
THERE WAS AN UNVEILING OF A POLICE MEMORIAL YESTERDAY IN LAFAYETTE AS A WAY TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED SERVING THE COMMUNITY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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TALKS ARE BEGINNING IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN SOME SCHOOLS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ANTHONY STANDBERRY TELLS KLFY TV IT’S A CONSIDERATION BECAUSE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE VERY SMALL ATTENDANCE. HE SAYS IT COSTS ABOUT THE SAME TO KEEP A SCHOOL WITH SMALL ENROLLMENT OPEN THAN IT DOES TO HAVE A SCHOOL THAT’S FILLED. HE AND SUPERINTENDENT MILTON BATISTE SAY ATTENDANCE CONTINUES TO DECLINE BECAUSE OF OTHER SCHOOLING OPTIONS SUCH AS HOME SCHOOLING AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY AN AWARD OF FOURTEEN-POINT-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO MUNICIPALLY-OWNED NATURAL GAS UTILITIES ACROSS THE STATE. IT COMES FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT PASSED IN TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. THE LEGISLATION INCLUDED ONE BILLION DOLLARS TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER FIVE YEARS TO UPGRADE COMMUNITY-OWNED NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE OF THE TOWNS SET TO RECEIVE MONEY IS ELIZABETH IN ALLEN PARISH, WHICH WILL RECEIVE TWO-POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
THE CHURCH POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A PICKUP TRUCK WITHOUT THE KEY. IT HAPPENED LATE ON OCTOBER TENTH OR EARLY ON OCTOBER ELEVENTH IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF OLIVIER HIGHWAY. A BLUE AND GREY TWO THOUSAND TWO DODGE SIX THOUSAND PICKUP WITH A FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY IN THE BED WAS STOLEN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE THEFT CAN CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS. A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
