10-29-18
ONE FAMILY IS RECOVERING AFTER A FIRE HEAVILY DAMAGED THEIR HOME IN LAFAYETTE ON SUNDAY MORNING. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, SOUTH CAMERON HIGH SCHOOL IS PARTICIPATING IN THE SOCKTOBER DRIVE. LAST YEAR, STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL COLLECTED ALMOST 12-HUNDRED PAIRS OF SOCKS TO DONATE TO ABRAHAM’S TENT. DIRECTOR PEARL COLE TELLS KPLC TV THEY WERE OVERJOYED BY THE DONATION, WHICH WENT TO THE HOMELESS AND UNFORTUNATE. SO FAR THIS YEAR, STUDENTS HAVE COLLECTED MORE THAN 900 PAIRS OF SOCKS AND THEY ARE CONTINUING THE DRIVE INTO THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. IF YOU’D LIKE TO DONATE, CONTACT SOUTH CAMERON HIGH SCHOOL.
A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN CROWLEY YESTERDAY EVENING AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS THE SUSPECT CAME UP BEHIND A HOUSE ON LESLIE AMOS STREET AND FIRED AT A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER MAN. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY. BROUSSARD SAYS THEY ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL LEADS IN TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT.
Largely unchecked public school fees in Louisiana are affecting low-income students’ access to classes and services. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reported Sunday that school officials and boards currently have near unregulated authority when it comes to imposing student fees. The latest state tally says roughly a dozen school districts and schools imposed student fees totaling nearly $3 million in the fiscal year the ended in June 2016.Many districts fail to explain fee collection or assistance for low-income students, and some say they’ve withheld educational records because of a failure to pay fees and debts.
FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A DUSON MAN FRIDAY NIGHT. 29-YEAR-OLD ETHAN SMITH WAS SHOT OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME IN THE PECAN ACRES MOBILE HOME VILLAGE, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TOBY MOUTON ROAD AND CARROLL LANE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE FOUR WHO WERE ARRESTED, TWO 18-YEAR-OLDS AND TWO JUVENILES, ALL FACE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
A FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA CHAPTER FROM ELTON TOOK FIRST PLACE IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION IN INDIANAPOLIS. THE CHAPTER WON FIRST PLACE IN THE CHAPTER OF CONDUCT MEETING CATEGORY. THEY ARE ONLY THE THIRD LOUISIANA TEAM EVER TO WIN A NATIONAL TITLE. KAIDEN LEJEUNE ALSO RECEIVED AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER AWARD AS HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE TOP DEBATOR IN THE CHAPTER OF CONDUCT MEETING COMPETITION.
A SHOOTING IN FRONT OF ST. LANDRY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OPELOUSAS RESULTED IN ONE PERSON KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED. POLICE CHIEF DONALD THOMPSON SAYS THAT MASS HAD STARTED IN THE CHURCH YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN TWO PEOPLE BEGAN TO FIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. IT ENDED WHEN THE TWO EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH ONE OF THE TWO BEING IN A VEHICLE. MAYOR REGGIE TATUM HAS SAID THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE HAVE AGREED TO ASSIST IN PATROLS AROUND THE CITY.
A national transportation research group says 14 percent of Louisiana’s state and local bridges are structurally deficient, the seventh-highest rate in the nation. A report by TRIP , a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, says 1,821 bridges in Louisiana are deemed to have significant deterioration of a bridge deck, supports or other major components. The group says the Federal Highway Administration estimates it would cost $1.9 billion to replace or rehabilitate all structurally deficient bridges in Louisiana. Louisiana faces a $14 billion backlog of transportation projects, with $3.4 billion of that tied to bridge work.
