11-15-16
FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF RAGIN CAJUN FOOTBALL PLAYERS SINGING A PROFANE ANTI-DONALD TRUMP SONG IN THE LOCKER ROOM, COACH MARK HUDSPETH IS TAKING ACTION. JULIE DARCE HAS THE DETAILS.
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JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC HAS SCHEDULED A POWER OUTAGE TODAY FOR THEIR FULTON SUBSTATION. IT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM NINE THIS MORNING UNTIL ONE P-M. THE AREA AFFECTED WILL INCLUDE THE CAMERON FERRY, EAST TO RUBY LANE AND TROSCLAIR ROAD TO JIMMY SAVOIE ROAD.
LAST NIGHT CROWLEY RESIDENTS TOOK PART IN A PRAYER VIGIL IN RESPONSE TO RECENT VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. ORGANIZER EZORA PROCTOR TELLS KATC TV THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND NEEDS TO BE VALUED. THE MOTHER OF DAYTON HARMON, WHO ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND, JARIUS WILSON, WERE SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK, TOOK PART IN THE VIGIL, WHICH GATHERED AT THE SITE OF THE SHOOTING TO PRAY. THE PRAYER VIGIL WILL BE HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY NIGHT OF EACH MONTH.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ chief budget adviser will unveil to lawmakers on Friday the administration’s proposal for closing a $315 million deficit. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne will outline the recommendations to the joint House and Senate budget committee, seeking to close a budget hole left from the fiscal year that ended June 30. It wasn’t clear if the proposal would rely solely on cuts to close the gap, or if the Edwards administration has found any pots of money to offset some of the deficit. State agencies and colleges have been asked to prepare for budget cuts of up to 10 percent of their state financing, and the Edwards administration had been sifting through those scenarios.
A 15-YEAR-OLD NORTHSIDE HIGH STUDENT WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES YESTERDAY WHILE WALKING ON MOSS STREET AFTER SCHOOL, BUT NONE OF HIS INJURIES ARE LIFE THREATENING. THE STUDENT WAS APPROACHED BY AN 18-YEAR-OLD MALE ON A BIKE, WHO STOPPED AND SHOT HIM. THE SUSPECT THEN DITCHED THE BIKE IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT AND RAN AWAY ON FOOT. POLICE CAUGHT HIM AND ARE QUESTIONING HIM, BUT HAVE NOT YET RELEASED HIS NAME.
YESTERDAY, TWO MEN BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF A JENNINGS MAN LAST MONTH APPEARED IN COURT, AND THE JUDGE DECIDED AGAINST GRANTING THEM BOND. 29-YEAR-OLD THOMAS SEGURA AND 29-YEAR-OLD DEVONN WARREN HAVE BOTH BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE VICTIM, 20-YEAR-OLD KAYNE DESHOTEL, WAS GUNNED DOWN IN HIS HOME ON SPENCER STREET AT AROUND FIVE A-M ON OCTOBER 28TH. HIS MOTHER, DARLA ALEXANDER, SAYS THE FAMILY IS NOT HEALED YET, BUT KNOWING THE SUSPECTS ARE IN JAIL, GIVES THEM SOME PEACE.
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOLS LAID OUT TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS YESTERDAY THE FIRST PART OF A STRATEGIC PLAN TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT’S GRADE. CURRENTLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A “C” GRADE WITH FOUR FAILING SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT PATRICK JENKINS WILL HAVE EACH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HEAD A TEAM OF TEACHERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WILL EACH REVIEW A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. JENKINS SAYS HE HOPES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS SET FORTH IN THE PLAN WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, highway officials and law enforcement agencies are promoting Louisiana’s “move over” law. The law requires motorists to change lanes, if possible, when approaching emergency or police vehicles on the shoulder of a highway, or to at least slow down. The law is aimed at keeping emergency responders safe from injury. The governor says more than 150 law enforcement officers have been killed after being struck by vehicles since 1999.
