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AN ELDERLY MAN WAS INJURED IN A HOUSE FIRE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS SHOT ON SOUTH UNION STREET NEAR MADISON STREET SATURDAY. THE MAN WAS WALKING FROM HIS BUSINESS TO HIS CAR WHEN AN UNKNOWN MAN APPROACHED HIM AND SHOT HIM IN THE STOMACH. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL. HIS IDENTITY AND CONDITION HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
OAKDALE POLICE MADE AN ARREST FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A HIT-AND-RUN. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CARL BUXTON, A PEDESTRIAN WALKING ALONG
L-A TEN, WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER FAILED TO STOP, FLEEING THE SCENE. THE SUSPECT DRIVER, FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD MARK W. RICHARD OF VILLE PLATTE, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE FACES CHARGES OF FAILURE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE, HIT-AND-RUN AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
NEARLY HALF OF KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE STUDENTS IN LOUISIANA ARE READING AT GRADE LEVEL, ACCORDING TO A NEW STATE REPORT RELEASED LAST WEEK. FORTY-NINE-POINT-SIX PERCENT ARE AT THEIR GRADE LEVEL, UP FROM FORTY-NINE-POINT-TWO PERCENT LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, ONLY THIRTY-NINE-POINT-TWO PERCENT OF KINDERGARTENERS ARE READING AT GRADE LEVEL, WHICH IS DOWN FROM FORTY-ONE-POINT-FIVE PERCENT LAST YEAR. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, JENNA CHAISSON, BELIEVES THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND RECENT HURRICANES PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE LITERACY PROBLEMS FOR KINDERGARTENERS.
NOEL ACADIEN AU VILLAGE KICKED OFF FRIDAY FOR ITS FORTY-SECOND YEAR THAT INCLUDES HOLIDAY DISPLAY LIGHT SHOWS, CARNIVAL RIDES, HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND MORE. BRIAN HENSGENS, THE C-E-O OF LARC, A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS, SAYS IT’S THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER. HE TELLS KLFY TV PEOPLE ENJOY COMING THERE EACH YEAR BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS. IT OPENS EVERY DAY THROUGH DECEMBER TWENTY-THIRD AT FIVE-THIRTY EACH EVENING.
THERE WAS A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN VERDUNVILLE, A SMALL TOWN IN SAINT MARY PARISH. THERE WAS ONE PERSON SHOT, WHO WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF PRAIRIE ROAD NORTH. THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING.
LEVY PARK IN CROWLEY WILL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED. THAT’S BECAUSE E-L HABETZ CONSTRUCTION IS BUILDING A RAMP AND A SIDEWALK INTO THE PARK. THE RAMP, ONCE COMPLETED, WILL BE ACCESSIBLE ON NORTH AVENUE BETWEEN EAST THIRD AND EAST FOURTH STREETS. THE ROTARY CLUB IS FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION THROUGH A GRANT AND THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIDEWALK FROM THE RAMP TO THE MEMORIAL MONUMENTS IN THE CENTER OF THE PARK.
THE LOUISIANA SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR COMES FROM SAINT LANDRY PARISH. PATRICK JENKINS WAS AWARDED THE SPECIAL HONOR THURSDAY. HE BECAME SAINT LANDRY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN TWENTY-SIXTEEN WHEN IT WAS EXPERIENCING A FINANCIAL CRISIS. JENKINS WAS VOTED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR BY A PANEL BASED ON SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH HAS ABOUT THIRTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS.
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