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A FIRED LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT HAS SENT A LETTER OF DEMAND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD SEEKING 4-POINT-1 MILLION DOLLARS. LANE ROY, AN ATTORNEY FOR FORMER SUPERINTENDENT PAT COOPER, SAYS THEY ARE SEEKING THE MONEY FOR LOST SALARY AND FUTURE WAGES, CONSULTING FEES, REPUTATION LOSS AND OTHER DAMAGES, AS WELL AS ATTORNEY’S FEES. ROY SAYS THEY’D LIKE TO REACH A SETTLEMENT OUT OF COURT AND WILL ACCEPT HALF OF THE SETTLEMENT UP FRONT AND THE REST OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT INITIALLY UPHELD THE FIRING OF COOPER BY THE BOARD IN 2014 BUT LATER REVERSED THAT DECISION, WHICH WAS UPHELD BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT LAST MONTH.
WESTLAKE POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS IN THE OCTOBER 12TH ROBBERY OF A WHITNEY BANK BRANCH ON SAMSON STREET. THEY RELEASED SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF THE ROBBERS, WHO WERE WEARING FACE SHIELD BANDANAS WITH PAISLEY PRINTS. POLICE CHIEF CHRIS WILRYE SAYS THE MEN WERE DESCRIBED AS POSSIBLY HISPANIC AND BETWEEN FIVE-FIVE TO FIVE-EIGHT WITH A SLENDER TO MEDIUM BUILD. ANOTHER PHOTO THEY RELEASED SHOWED THEIR POSSIBLE GETAWAY VEHICLE, AN EARLY 2000 MODEL GMC OR CHEVROLET EXTENDED CAB PICKUP TRUCK, THAT WAS DARK IN COLOR, AND WAS SEEN DRIVING AWAY FROM THE BANK ON ST. JOHN BOSCO.
A DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE PRIEST, WHO IS ACCUSED OF POSSESSING MORE THAN 500 CHILD PORNOGRPAHY IMAGES ON HIS COMPUTER, IS SET TO GO TO TRIAL ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH IN ST. MARTINVILLE. THE REVEREND F. DAVID BROUSSARD WAS ARRESTED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR AFTER A COMPUTER REPAIR TECHNICIAN FOUND THE IMAGES ON HIS COMPUTER AND REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE. BROUSSARD HAS BEEN OUT ON BAIL AND THE DIOCESE SUSPENDED HIM FROM HIS DUTIES AFTER THE ARREST. BROUSSARD, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE DIOCESE FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, WAS MOST RECENTLY ASSIGNED TO ST. BERNARD ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BREAUX BRIDGE, WHERE HE WAS A CHANCELLOR OF THE SCHOOL.
The House has passed legislation that will increase flood insurance premiums for many property owners to help firm up a program under stress from ever-more frequent and powerful storms. The bill’s passage Tuesday was secured when sponsors agreed to accommodate lawmakers determined to protect constituents from steeper rate hikes. The measure passed 237-189. The program is the only flood insurance available to most Americans.
The federal government has designated several Louisiana parishes disaster areas due to damages caused by flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency recently gave Cameron, Grant, Natchitoches and Rapides parishes that designation. On Tuesday, Strain said additional areas were named as contiguous disaster areas. They include Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, and Vermilion.
AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED INTO AN ALTERCATION THAT HAPPENED AFTER A LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BASKETBALL GAME. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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A COMPANY CALLED BLEED BLUE HAS DONATED TOURNIQUETS TO THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE TOURNIQUETS WILL GO IN EACH OF THE MARKED PATROL CARS. HE SAYS THEY REALIZED THE NEED FOR THEM AFTER A MARCH SHOOTING IN WHICH A POLICE OFFICER WAS WOUNDED AND TWO WOMEN AND A K-9 OFFICER WERE KILLED. HE SAYS NOW, WITH THE TOURNIQUETS, WHEN AN OFFICER IS SHOT, A FELLOW OFFICER WILL BE ABLE TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN THE BLEEDING UNTIL MEDICAL HELP ARRIVES.
Despite pushback from House Republicans, Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration isn’t making changes to contract extensions sought for companies that manage care for 1.5 million Medicaid patients. The health department is presenting the same contract terms to lawmakers for consideration Friday that already were rejected by House GOP lawmakers this month. The Democratic administration instead hopes more education about changes it has already made to the deals will help sway votes. House Republicans want more efforts to squeeze savings from deals estimated to cost $15.4 billion.
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