12-6-21
U-L ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DOCTOR BRYAN MAGGARD HAS DECIDED TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN TO REPLACE HEAD COACH BILLY NAPIER, WHO LEFT TO TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOOTBALL PROGRAM. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, MAGGARD ANNOUNCED THAT HE CHOSE NEW IBERIA NATIVE MICHAEL DESORMEAUX, WHO WAS CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, TO BECOME U-L’S TWENTY-SEVENTH HEAD COACH. DESORMEAUX SERVED AS INTERIM HEAD COACH BEFORE NAPIER ARRIVED AND WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS STAFF TO BE RETAINED BY NAPIER. MAGGARD SAID THAT, AFTER A SEARCH BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT DESORMEAUX WAS READY TO BE A HEAD COACH AND IS THE RIGHT HEAD COACH FOR THE PROGRAM NOW.
SAINT MARTINVILLE CITY COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR PRO TEM CRAIG PROSPER WAS ARRESTED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND SIMPLE BATTERY. A WOMAN TOLD POLICE PROSPER PUSHED HER AND GRABBED HER BY THE NECK WITH BOTH HANDS AND SQUEEZED. POLICE DID NOT SAY IF PROSPER KNEW THE WOMAN OR WHAT LED TO THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. MAYOR MELINDA MITCHELL WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE ARREST WHEN ASKED BY KLFY TV AND CALLS TO PROSPER’S OFFICE WENT UNANSWERED.
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF A LAKE CHARLES MAN MISSING SINCE AUGUST BELIEVE THEY FOUND HIS REMAINS AT AN R-V PARK SATURDAY. AT ABOUT THREE A-M AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH, ROBERT RANDALL KILGORE WAS PULLED OVER IN A TRAFFIC STOP AND FLED INTO THE WOODS AT THE R-V PARK ON LUKE POWERS ROAD. THE FAMILY, WITH HELP FROM A SEARCH AND RESCUE GROUP, SEARCHED THE PARK SATURDAY MORNING AND WITHIN TEN MINUTES FOUND SKELETAL TISSUE AND CLOTHING REMAINS. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT WILL BE A FEW DAYS TO DETERMINE IF THE REMAINS ARE OF KILGORE.
Louisiana’s health department announced it has confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The agency says testing of a probable case of the new variant determined omicron caused the COVID-19 infection in a person who lives in the New Orleans area and recently traveled within the United States. State Health Officer Joe Kanter said in a statement that the presence of the variant in Louisiana is cause for concern, but not panic. More than a dozen states have identified the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and the list is growing near daily.
TENANTS AT THE WILLOW PARK APARTMENT COMPLEX IN LAFAYETTE SAY THE OUTSIDE DUMPSTER IS OFTEN OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH. THEY SENT A PHOTO OF THE SITUATION TO KLFY NEWS TEN OF WHAT THEY CALL AN UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS LIVING CONDITION. ONE TENANT SAYS THE SMELL MAKES HER SICK AND SHE OFTEN SEES RATS, COCKROACHES AND RACCOONS SCURRYING THROUGH THE TRASH. THEY INVOLVED KLFY IN THEIR STORY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE MANAGEMENT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SITUATION.
THE RAYNE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS BEING MOVED BACK A WEEK. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT BUT, BECAUSE OF THE CHANCE OF RAIN, THE PARADE IS BEING MOVED TO THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY NIGHT AT SIX. ENTRIES ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED AND THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, CONTACT RAYNE CITY HALL.
Louisiana’s average teacher salary continues to lag most states in the South. Teachers in the state were paid an average of $51,600 during the 2019-20 school year. Louisiana’s average teacher salary ranked 12th among the 16 states in the region. The Advocate reports the Southern average is $55,000, while the national average is $64,000.
AN ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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