12-16-19
Lafayette’s first community electric vehicle charging station has been installed. The Advocate reports the new station is in the downtown area. Charging is free but has a two-hour time limit. The charging unit has a plug used by most electric vehicles with the exception of Tesla vehicles, which would need an adapter.
THE SULPHUR CHAPTER OF SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE HAS ALREADY MADE FORTY BEDS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED, AFTER STARTING JUST ONE MONTH AGO. THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CREATES AND DONATES BEDS FOR CHILDREN THAT DON’T HAVE THEM. TEAM COORDINATOR BOBBIE MURPHY SAYS THE DONATION INCLUDES THE BED, MATTRESS, SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND COMFORTORS. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST DELIVERY ON MONDAY. THE SULPHUR CHAPTER OPERATES OUT OF HENNING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A LAKE IN ST. MARTIN PARISH. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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Louisiana education leaders are pushing for all high school graduates by 2029 to leave school with college credit or an industry-based credential. The state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and its Board of Regents adopted the goal Wednesday during a joint meeting. If accomplished, the goal would double the current achievement level. The education department says half of the high school graduating class of 2018 earned at least one course of college credit or an industry credential.
LAST WEEK, THE BROUSSARD CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH ACADIAN AMBULANCE. MAYOR RAY BOURQUE SAYS ACADIAN AMBULANCE WOULD HAVE TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES BY TWO MINUTES UNDER THE AGREEMENT. HE SAYS THE CONTRACT GIVES ACADIAN AMBULANCE A GUARANTEE TO FURTHER INVEST EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER IN THE CITY. BROUSSARD IS THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ACADIAN AMBULANCE.
TEN CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES UNDERWENT TRAINING OVER THE LAST WEEK TO PREPARE THEM FOR ANY SITUATION. COMMANDER JAMES MCGEE SAYS THE TRAINING, WHICH HAS PROVEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, IS HELD ANNUALLY. HE SAYS THEY WANT THEIR PATROL OFFICERS TO HAVE ADVANCED TRAINING BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIRST TO THE SCENE OF ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS. MCGEE TELLS KPLC TV THE GOAL OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS FOR THEIR DEPUTIES TO KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
A MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A SHOOTING IN OPELOUSAS EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE VICTIM WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND WAS FOUND IN A PARKING LOT ON SOUTH ACADEMY STREET AT AROUND FIVE A-M, THOUGH THE SHOOTING MAY HAVE HAPPENED AS MUCH AS AN HOUR EARLIER. THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. POLICE DID NOT HAVE A SUSPECT OR MOTIVE AS OF LAST NIGHT.
THE ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM IS ONCE AGAIN THE STATE CHAMPIONS. THEY CAPTURED THEIR FIFTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND FIRST SINCE 2014 BY DEFEATING DESTREHAN EIGHT TO THREE SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE SUPERDOME. JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL LOST IN THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SATURDAY. THEY WERE DEFEATED BY ST. JAMES 51-TO-14.
