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THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND HEALTH CAREER ACADEMY WAS DISCUSSED AT A LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING. THE CURRENT ACADEMY AT LAFAYETTE HIGH HAS A LONG WAITING LIST WHICH LED THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS OPENING A NEW ACADEMY AT NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL OR AT THE CAREER CENTER. THE BOARD ALSO IS CONSIDERING THE FIRST DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AT CHARLES BURKE ELEMENTARY. IF THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WOULD SPEND HALF THEIR TIME LEARNING IN SPANISH AND THE OTHER HALF IN ENGLISH.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a woman was rescued but a man’s body was recovered after the discovery of a capsized boat near Willow Lake in the Lake Charles area.
A Coast Guard news release says the boat was found Monday evening. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Tuesday that Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled 45-year-old Louis Kibodeaux’s body from the Intracoastal Waterway near the lake about 10:30 p.m. Monday. The news release said a vessel discovered the capsized boat and rescued a 26-year-old woman who was taken to a Lake Charles hospital where she’s listed in critical condition.
A SECOND MEETING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A REGIONAL DRAINAGE AUTHORITY. THE IDEA CAME FROM ST. MARTIN PARISH PRESIDENT GUY CORMIER AFTER THE FLOODS OF AUGUST. HE SPOKE WITH PRESIDENTS FROM NEIGHBORING PARISHES AND THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ABOUT UPGRADING DRAINAGE BEYOND THE PARISH LINES. THE SECOND MEETING WILL BE HELD AT VERMILLIONVILLE ON OCTOBER 24TH AT TEN A-M, AND THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR LOUISIANA’A SHELTER AT HOME PROGRAM IS IN TEN DAYS. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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TWO SINGERS FROM LAFAYETTE HAVE ADVANCED ON THE MUSIC TALENT SHOW, THE VOICE. 15-YEAR-OLD GABE BROUSSARD AND BLUES AND ROCK GUITARIST LANE MACK MADE IT THROUGH THE BLIND AUDITIONS. NEXT WEEK THEY CAN BE SEEN ON THE SHOW PERFORMING IN THE BATTLE ROUNDS. BROUSSARD AND MACK ARE TWO OF THE LATEST CONTESTANTS FROM ACADIANA WHO HAVE PERFORMED ON THE SHOW, INCLUDING MACKENZIE BOURG, WHO MADE IT TO THE FINAL ROUNDS IN LAST SEASON’S SHOW.
THE POLICE CHIEF OF JENNINGS HAS RESIGNED IN ORDER TO TAKE OVER AS INTERIM POLICE CHIEF IN HIS HOMETOWN OF ST. MARTINVILLE. TODD D’ALBOR’S RESIGNATION TAKES EFFECT TODAY. MAYOR TERRY DUHON SAYS SOON HE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A NEW CHIEF. IN THE MEANTIME, HE HAS APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF DANNY SEMMES TO INTERIM CHIEF.
A MEETING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT TO BRING UNITY BETWEEN THE JEANERETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE. THE MEETING WAS CITY MARSHAL FERNEST MARTIN’S IDEA BECAUSE OF A FIGHT THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN A MARSHAL AND A POLICE OFFICER, WHICH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. MARTIN AND POLICE CHIEF JEFFREY MATTHEWS SAY THE FIGHT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VALUES THEIR TWO DEPARTMENTS TRY TO UPHOLD. LAST NIGHT’S MEETING BEGAN WITH PRAYER AND THERE WERE CALLS FOR PEACE AND UNITY. THEY PLAN ON HOLDING A MEETING ONCE A MONTH.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Louisiana law aimed at keeping people under age 21 from performing in gentlemen’s clubs.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier (BAHR’-bee-aye) issued the order in a lawsuit filed last month by three anonymous women — ages 18, 19 and 20.
Backers called the law a tool to fight human trafficking. The women argue it violates their right to free expression, illegally deprives them of income and discriminates against them based on age and gender.
