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SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S NEW HEALTH AND SCIENCE BUILDING WILL BE READY FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER, WHICH BEGINS JANUARY NINTH. CONSTRUCTION ON THE 17 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT BEGAN ON AUGUST 31ST OF LAST YEAR AND, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WEATHER DELAYS, INCLUDING THE AUGUST FLOODS, THE BUILDING IS COMPLETED, THOUGH THE FURNITURE DOESN’T ARRIVE UNTIL NEXT WEEK. THE BUILDING WILL HOUSE MORE THAN 100 CLASS SECTIONS OF NURSING, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND GEOLOGY. THE BUILDING IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH INTERACTIVE SMART BOARDS, AUTOMATIC LIGHTING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND SEVERAL OUTLETS FOR STUDENTS TO CHARGE THEIR PHONES AND LAPTOPS.
A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN LAKE CHARLES MONDAY MORNING AT AROUND 11:30. IT HAPPENED IN THE 18-HUNDRED BLOCK OF RENA STREET. LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARRESTED 18-YEAR-OLD JAMES LEMARCUS FREEMAN OF LAKE CHARLES LAST NIGHT AND CHARGED HIM WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND SECOND DEGREE FETICIDE. HIS BOND HAS BEEN SET AT 375 THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT WAS THE FOURTH SHOOTING IN LAKE CHARLES IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS IN A WEEKEND SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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U.S. Rep. Garret Graves says he expects Louisiana to need additional congressional aid to recover from the August flood, and he’s displeased with the plan to spend the money received so far. Graves raised objections Monday to plans developed by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration to spend $400 million on home repairs in low- to moderate-income households. The Republican congressman says Louisiana shouldn’t discriminate on income and should have sought a waiver of federal rules requiring the money to go to poorer households. He also had concerns about the program’s administrative costs and a timeline that won’t have payments to homeowners until spring.
EVELINA ABDALLA WAS 99 WHEN SHE DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, HERBERT, OWNED THE ABDALLA’S DEPARTMENT STORE. THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 78 YEARS WHEN HERBERT DIED IN 2010. FUNERAL SERVICES AND A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW MORNING AT TEN AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN IN LAFAYETTE.
AN ARREST BY JENNINGS POLICE OFFICERS, THAT WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND POSTED TO FACEBOOK, IS UNDER REVIEW. IN THE VIDEO, WHICH WAS TAKEN BY DEXTER CORMIER, THREE OFFICERS ARRESTED A MAN AT A PHILLIPS 66 GAS STATION. IT SHOWED AN OFFICER PUNCHING THE SUSPECT TWICE WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND. DEPUTY CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS THE SITUATION IS UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WILL LOOK INTO IT.
TWO STUDENTS FROM A BREAUX BRIDGE SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS. LAST WEEK, BRENDON GAUTHIER, A SENIOR AT T-M LANDRY COLLEGE PREPARATORY, RECEIVED HIS ACCEPTANCE LETTER FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY. ALSO RECEIVING AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER WAS CLASSMATE SIMONE CHARGOIS, A 16-YEAR-OLD JUNIOR, WHO WAS ACCEPTED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. VIDEOS OF THE ACCEPTANCE LETTERS BEING REVEALED AND THE CELEBRATION BY FELLOW STUDENTS HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE SCHOOL’S FACEBOOK PAGE.
The legislative auditor’s office review of the Department of Corrections’ “trusty programs,” released Monday, says none of Louisiana’s prisons fully complied with the programs’ requirements. Auditors found some inmates given trusty status weren’t eligible for it. That includes some prisoners working in state buildings, like the Louisiana Capitol, who had been convicted of violent offenses that should have kept them from the jobs. In its written audit response, the corrections agency says it has reviewed and updated all prison policies to make sure the facilities are complying with trusty regulations.
