11-21-25
TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF CHALMETTE DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE, LEAVING ONE MAN INJURED. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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ABBEVILLE POLICE ARRESTED TWO MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTS AT A VEHICLE WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN. WEDNESDAY MORNING ABBEVILLE POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM A WOMAN WHO CLAIMED SOMEONE SHOT AT HER VEHICLE ON SOUTH STATE STREET. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THE WOMAN IDENTIFIED THE MEN, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CLAUDERIOUS DARBY AND THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DONSHAI DEPASS, WHO WERE WALKING ON SOUTH STATE STREET AND WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST. OFFICIALS FOUND CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT SHOWED DARBY POINTING A GUN AT THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE AND FIRING A SHOT INTO THE GROUND.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASED THE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE SCORES FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. THE STATEWIDE SCORE INCREASED FROM EIGHTY-POINT-TWO TO EIGHTY-POINT-NINE, AND IT’S MORE THAN FIVE POINTS HIGHER THAN IN TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THE STATE USES THE CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY FORMULA, WHICH HAS BEEN CRITICIZED AS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND OUTDATED. THE DEPARTMENT IS SWITCHING TO A REVISED SYSTEM THAT RAISES EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE, USING CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT MEASURES.
VERMILLION PARISH WAS THE TOP-PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACADIANA WITH THE ONLY A GRADE. ACADIA, EVANGELINE, IBERIA, JEFF DAVIS, LAFAYETTE, AND SAINT MARY PARISHES HAD B GRADES. SAINT LANDRY AND SAINT MARTIN PARISH SCHOOLS GARNERED A C GRADE. SAINT MARY PARISH HAD THE MOST IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHILE SAINT MARTIN PARISH HAD THE BIGGEST DECLINE.
THE TOWN OF WELSH ANNOUNCED A PLANNED POWER OUTAGE BEGINNING TONIGHT. IT’S SO ESSENTIAL UPGRADES CAN BE MADE TO THE TOWN’S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE OUTAGE WILL BEGIN AT NINE TONIGHT AND LAST UNTIL FIVE IN THE MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY THE UPGRADES WILL ENHANCE THE RELIABILITY OF THE LOCAL ELECTRICAL SERVICE.
A BICYCLIST WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WHILE RIDING ON BERTRAND DRIVE TOWARD CONGRESS STREET. THE SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. THIS IS THE TWENTIETH TIME THIS YEAR THAT A BICYCLIST HAS BEEN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE IN LAFAYETTE. ASHLEY MORAN OF THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION URGED MOTORISTS TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS AND SLOW DOWN WHEN PASSING A BICYCLIST.
A RECENT FOOD DRIVE IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH PROVIDED FIFTY FOOD BOXES TO FAMILIES FOLLOWING THE INTERRUPTION OF SNAP BENEFITS. THE FAAMILIES LINED UP AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING IN OPELOUSAS TO GET THEIR FOOD BOXES. ORGANIZER CYNTHIA FONTENOT SAYS THE FAMILIES WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE. SHE ALSO PRAISED THE GENEROSITY OF THOSE WHO PROVIDED SO THEY COULD GIVE THE FOOD BOXES AWAY.
YESTERDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED A PROPOSED FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT OPENS UP MORE THAN ONE-POINT-TWO BILLION ACRES FOR OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION. THERE WOULD ALSO BE SEVEN LEASE SALES OFF THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST. IT WOULD REPLACE THE FIVE YEAR PLAN UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN THAT SHARPLY CURTAILED DEVELOPMENT OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN THE GULF. UNDER PROVISIONS INSERTED INTO THE LAW BY HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER STEVE SCALISE OF LOUISIANA, THE STATE WOULD GET A LARGER SHARE OF THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM BIDS AND ROYALTY PAYMENTS.
