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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS CLEARED THE WAY FOR THE FORMER COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A VOCATIONAL CAREER CENTER. THE BOARD VOTED SIX-TO-TWO TO MAKE FOURTEEN MILLIION DOLLARS AVAILABLE FROM THE DISTRICT’S ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND FOR INITIAL START-UP CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS BONDS WILL BE ISSUED EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THE MONEY WILL BE RETURNED TO THE STABILIZATION FUND IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR. THEY SAY THIS MOVE KEEPS THE PROJECT ON TRACK TO OPEN FOR THE TWENTY-TWENTY-EIGHT TWENTY-NINE SCHOOL YEAR.
BREAUX BROTHERS IN IBERIA PARISH WILL BE BUILDING UNMANNED VESSELS FOR THE NAVY DESIGNED TO KEEP PEACE AND PROTECT THE COUNTRY. EIGHT OF TEN VESSELS WILL BE BUILT AT THEIR SHIPYARD AND TWO OTHERS WILL BE BUILT IN MORGAN CITY. COMPANY PRESIDENT BRANDON BREAUX SAYS HIS WORKFORCE HAS GROWN FROM TWENTY EMPLOYEES TO SEVENTY-FIVE. HE EXPECTS CONSTRUCTION TO START AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AND THE FIRST VESSELS TO BE DELIVERED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
TWO TEENAGERS WERE ARRESTED IN LAKE CHARLES OVER THE POSSESSION OF A STOLEN GUN. A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED STEALING THE GUN AND GIVING IT TO A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD, PROMPTING CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES TO CONTACT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL. THE OFFICERS FOUND THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. A SEARCH AT THE SCENE REVEALED HE WAS CARRYING THE GUN.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO USE STATE ISSUED PER STUDENT FUNDS TO GIVE TEACHERS A ONE-TIME STIPEND IN NOVEMBER. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTER A SEARCH OF HIS HOME BY AUTHORITIES. THE HOME IS LOCATED IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF EAST SAINT VICTOR STREET IN ABBEVILLE. THE STREET VALUE OF DRUGS SEIZED DURING THE SEARCH WAS ALMOST THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD PATRICK LANDRY JUNIOR FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA, T-H-C AND A LEGEND DRUG.
A ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION DOLLAR NET-ZERO EMISSIONS REFINERY THAT WAS ANNOUNCED FOR ACADIA PARISH EARLIER THIS YEAR MAY NOT HAPPEN, ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE. GREEN FUELS OPERATING ANNOUNCED PLANS IN MAY TO OPERATE AT THE FORMER EVANGELINE PROCESSING FACILITY ALONG THE MERMENTAU RIVER. COMPANY C-E-O DEREK WILIAMSON SAYS THEY COULD NOT REACH A DEAL FOR THE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW SITE. HE SAYS THEY ARE NOW SHIFTING THEIR ATTENTION TO THE EAST SIDE OF ACADIA PARISH TO RESTART THE PROJECT.
THE WARDEN OF THE PINE PRAIRIE ICE PROCESSING FACILITY WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED LAST MONTH. ON SEPTEMBER FIFTH, BRIAN PATTERSON DROVE HIS VEHICLE INTO A DITCH. A STATE TROOPER MET WITH PATTERSON AND SAYS HIS SPEECH WAS SLURRED, HE HAD BLOODSHOT, GLASSY EYES AND PATTERSON FELL WHILE WALKING. PATTERSON WAS BOOKED INTO THE EVANGELINE PARISH JAIL ON FIRST OFFENSE D-W-I AND CARELESS OPERATION AND HE POSTED BAIL.
