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ONE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ANNE AND IVAN STREETS IN NEW IBERIA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. COMMUNITY ACTIVIST DONOVAN DAVIS TELLS KLFY TV THE VICTIM WAS TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHRIS FLUGENCE JUNIOR. DAVIS SAYS THAT NEIGHBORS TOLD HIM THEY HEARD AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE THIRD TIME HAPPENED AT THE SPOT WHERE FLUGENCE WAS KILLED. NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE NOT NAMED ANY SUSPECTS.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL WILL TALK ABOUT ENDING THE TRADITION OF BALLOON RELEASES TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE OR CELEBRATE AN OCCASION. BESS FORET, THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGER FOR THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, SAYS THE BALLOONS CAN NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT. SHE SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT THE BALLOONS DEFLATE OR BURST, FALLING ON THE LAND OR WATER, AND ANIMALS CAN MISTAKE THEM FOR FOOD, WHICH, IF EATEN, WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THEM. SHE’S PUT FORTH SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES TO BALLOON RELEASES.
The federal government says nearly 24% of the for-hire recreational red snapper catch target is still in the Gulf of Mexico. Licensed guides can take people to catch the fish in federal waters from Oct. 15 until Nov. 6. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries division says for-hire boats have caught nearly 2.2 million pounds of red snapper in federal waters, but 670,000 pounds of the target remain. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says this applies to trips in federal waters on vessels with a federal for-hire reef fish permit.
IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH, AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN IS FACING CHILD DESERTION AND DRUG CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY LEAVING HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ALONE IN A CAR WHILE SHE WAS GAMBLING INSIDE OF A CASINO. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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OPELOUSAS POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED AT AROUND TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE LAST THURSDAY MORNING. TWO PEOPLE IN A CAR IN A PARKING LOT AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRESSWELL LANE AND EDITH STREET WERE SHOT, ONE OF THEM FATALLY. POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCCLENDON SAYS THEY ARE CONFIDENT THEY HAVE THE SHOOTER BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE SCENE. THE SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONSIDER CHANGES TO THE MASK POLICY AT TONIGHT’S MEETING. THE CURRENT POLICY REQUIRES STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO WEAR MASKS. UNDER THE PROPOSED CHANGE, MASKS WOULD BE OPTIONAL ONCE THE GOVERNOR’S MASK MANDATE EXPIRES. THE BOARD WILL ALSO CONSIDER CHANGING THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL HIGH TOUCH SURFACES BE CLEANED TWICE A DAY TO ONLY “AS NEEDED.”
HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO WITH THE LATEST COVID-NINETEEN NUMBERS FOR LOUISIANA.
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YESTERDAY THE ACADIA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLAR BONUS FOR CERTIFIED TEACHERS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. BOARD MEMBER REBECCA ATKINSON SAYS IT’S THE BOARD’S JOB TO TRY AND RETAIN TEACHERS WHILE ATTRACTING QUALIFIED EDUCATORS FROM OTHER PARISHES AND THIS IS ONE WAY OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT. THE BOARD INITIALLY CONSIDERED A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR BONUS BUT BUMPED IT UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED. FRANCES MILLER, WHO TEACHES PRE-K, TELLS KATC TV THAT PROBABLY HALF OF THE BONUS WILL BE SPENT IN HER CLASSROOM.
