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LAFAYETTE PARISH SUPERINTENDENT BURNELL LEJEUNE WILL ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE A PROMOTION FOR THE CURRENT FACILITIES AND PLANNING DIRECTOR KYLE BORDELON. BORDELON HAS BEEN TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FORMER ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAD WELCH, WHO WAS RECENTLY FIRED. LEJEUNE WANTS THE BOARD TO APPROVE NAMING BORDELON THE ACTING CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER EFFECTIVE DECEMBER FIRST, WITH A 720 DOLLAR PER MONTH RAISE. THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER HIS REQUEST AT THE FIRST MEETING OF 2015, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY SEVENTH.
THE DRIVER OF A CHEVY PICKUP SUFFERED INJURIES AFTER CRASHING HIS VEHICLE INTO THE BACK OF A HOUSE IN LAKE CHARLES LAST NIGHT. THE DRIVER TRAVELED ACROSS A DITCH AND THROUGH A BRICK FENCE BEFORE HITTING THE HOUSE, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF SALE ROAD AND BURTON LANE. THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOME WERE IN ANOTHER ROOM WHEN THE TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE HOUSE. ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS, TILLIE LUNGARO, TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN AN EXPLOSION UNTIL THEY SAW THE TRUCK HALFWAY IN THE HOUSE.
TREY HAIK WAS SWORN IN YESTERDAY AS NEW IBERIA’S NEW CITY JUDGE. HE SUCCEEDS ROBERT SEGURA, WHO, AFTER SERVING MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS, DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR ANOTHER SIX YEAR TERM. HAIK, A 42-YEAR-OLD REPUBLICAN, DEFEATED FOUR OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION AND EDWARD LANDRY IN THE RUN OFF ON DECEMBER SIXTH. HE WAS SWORN IN BY HIS UNCLE, U-S DISTRICT JUDGE RICHARD HAIK.
A Virginia company has a 23.8 million dollar logistics contract extension to continue transportation, maintenance and supply at Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center there. The Pentagon says the Army Contracting Command at Fort Polk awarded the extension Monday to Northrop Grumman Enterprise Management Services, of Herndon, Virginia. The extension runs through June 29.
A LAFAYETTE MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN IN HER HOME ON THE NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY. JULIE DARCY REPORTS.
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THE MOTEL SIX ON RUTH STREET IN SULPHUR WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY MORNING FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE WAS FOUND ON THE PREMISES. THE STATE POLICE EMERGENCY SERVICES UNIT DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A TOY BOMB OR A TRAINING DEVICE. A WITNESS TOLD KPLC TV THAT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MOTEL DISCOVERED THE ITEM IN A PLASTIC BAG NEXT TO A DUMPSTER AND BROUGHT IT TO THE FRONT OFFICE BEFORE CALLING POLICE. AUTHORITIES SAY AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
SOME RESIDENTS IN CECILIA HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING THROUGH THE YEAR ABOUT SEEING BROWN PARTICLES FLOATING IN THEIR TAP WATER. ELIZABETH JOE, WHO HAS LIVED IN CECILIA FOR YEARS, TOLD KLFY TV THAT SHE’S ONLY NOTICED IT HAPPENING THIS YEAR SINCE MARCH. THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE CECILIA WATER CORPORATION, BRUCE GUIDRY, SAYS IT HAPPENS WHEN THEY FLUSH THE PIPES. HE SAYS IT’S A RESIDUE FROM THE PIPES THAT BREAKS OFF, AND IS NOT HAZARDOUS.
A state audit finds the state Department of Transportation and Development failed to win federal approval for change orders on more than $1 million in projects, which could endanger future federal aid. Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera said Monday this is the fifth consecutive year auditors have reported weaknesses in DOTD’s controls over change order approvals. The problem focused on 14 of 184 project change orders — 8 percent — that required approval of the Federal Highway Administration. In a written response, DOTD Secretary Sherri LeBas (luh-BAH’) agreed with the report.
