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THERE WAS A POSSIBLE CYBERATTACK OF THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL’S COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM NETWORKS AND INTERNET WERE TAKEN OFFLINE SO AN EXPERT TEAM FROM BATON ROUGE COULD INVESTIGATE A POTENTIAL COMPROMISE OF THE SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK MESSAGE FROM ABBEVILLE HIGH. ACCORDING TO THE POST, THEY BELIEVE THEY CAUGHT THE ATTACK EARLY, BUT THEY WANT TO BE PROACTIVE MOVING FORWARD TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPROMISE. NO PROJECTED TIMELINE WAS GIVEN FOR WHEN THE SCHOOL COMPUTER SYSTEM WILL BE RESTORED.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST PAYING A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL SUBMITTED TO THEM BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE BILL WAS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNERAL OF FALLEN OFFICER SEGUS JOLIVETTE. THE LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF FORWARDED THE BILL TO THE MAYOR PRESIDENT’S ADMINISTRATION, WHO THEN SUBMITTED IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE MONEY TO PAY IT. SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED AGAINST IT TOLD THE ADVOCATE THEY DID SO BECAUSE OF A LACK OF INFORMATION.
STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE UPDATING THEIR VOTER REGISTRIES FOR INACTIVE VOTERS. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS JOEL WATSON JUNIOR SAYS ROUTINE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE IS A GOOD WAY TO ENSURE ELECTIONS STAY SAFE AND ACCURATE AND IT’S ALSO A FEDERAL LAW. INACTIVE VOTERS CAN STILL VOTE IN THE ELECTION BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE I-D AND FILL OUT AN ADDRESS CONFIRMATION CARD TO GET BACK ON THE ACTIVE LIST. RESIDENTS CAN CHECK OUT THEIR VOTER STATUS AND UPDATE THEIR ADDRESS BY GOING ONLINE TO GEAUX VOTE-DOT-COM, WITH GEAUX SPELLED G-E-A-U-X.
JENNINGS POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A CROWLEY TEENAGER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO PEOPLE SATURDAY AT A MOTORCYCLE CLUB ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. THE TWO, WHO WERE WOUNDED, WERE TAKEN TO TRAUMA CENTERS FOR TREATMENT. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SAVION GUILLORY IS WANTED ON TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. HE IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN EUNICE OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLF MARKEIS LEDAY. EUNICE POLICE, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING AT AROUND THREE A-M SATURDAY, FOUND LEDAY ON THE GROUND NEXT TO A VEHICLE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. LEDAY’S FAMILY MEMBERS TELL KLFY TV THEY’LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE FOR HIM.
YESTERDAY THE N-T-S=B RELEASED ITS PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DEADLY PLANE CRASH AT OAKBOURNE COUNTRY CLUB IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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TOP STATE SCHOOL OFFICIALS YESTERDAY LAID OUT AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR IMPROVING SCHOOLS. THEY INCLUDED RAISING TEST SCORES AND REDUCING ABSENTEEISM. STATE SUPERINTENDENT CADE BRUMLEY TOLD THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT THE GOALS WILL HELP THEM PRIORIZE WHERE TO FUNNEL RESOURCES. THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED A STATEWIDE TOUR TO PROMOTE CAREER EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
A THIRD SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE MURDER OF TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY BABINO JUNIOR OF SCOTT, WHO WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY-THIRD. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD DAYLAN WILLIAMS OF LAFAYETTE REPORTEDLY TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THE TWO PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED WERE TWENTY-YEAR-OLD TRAVEAN COBB AND KYLAN LEBLANC, BOTH OF LAFAYETTE. BABINO WAS THE MAN WHO HAD ACCUSED A SCOTT POLICE OFFICER OF USING AN ILLEGAL CHOKEHOLD ON HIM AT THE SCOTT BOUDIN FESTIVAL IN APRIL.
