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2-2-15

Officials say they believe a pregnant Oakdale woman was killed in 2011 by someone who planned to take her baby.  Allen Parish Sheriff Doug Hebert tells KPLC-TV that human remains were found Thursday at a house in Oakdale. He believes they belong to Victoria Marie Perez, last seen leaving an Alexandria hospital while eight months pregnant.  The house belongs to a relative of Pamela Causey-Fregia of Oakdale, who was arrested earlier this week.

A Duson man is accused of killing a Ville Platte woman while driving drunk, six hours after he was released on earlier charges of driving while intoxicated.

Louisiana State Police say 47-year-old Michael Fontenot was driving east on Louisiana 3042 in a 1999 Ford van when he hit 52-year-old Arleen Soileau (SWALL’-oh), who was driving a 2008 Mazda MX6. Police say Fontenot crossed the center line and hit Soileau nearly head on.  Fontenot was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated, and was released on bond around noon Friday.

 

ACADIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE HAS SEEN DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS IN THEIR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS, MOVING FROM A D GRADE TO A C.  PRINCIPAL LINDA NANCE BELIEVES THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THEIR IMPROVEMENT WAS A DECISION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ALLOW HER TO RESTAFF THE SCHOOL IN 2013.  SHE TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THEY NOW HAVE YOUNG, ON-FIRE, MOTIVATED TEACHERS, WHO ARE ON A MISSION.  NANCE SAYS FIFTY PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS STILL READ AT BELOW THEIR GRADE LEVEL, AND SHE HOPES THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THEIR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS SO THAT THE MOMENTUM WILL CONTINUE.

Legal battles arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill play out in two federal courtrooms in New Orleans this coming week.  On Monday, trial resumes in a federal district courtroom where BP and a minority partner in its ill-fated Macondo well are trying to fend off billions in Clean Water Act penalties.  On Tuesday, federal appeals court judges hear an appeal in which BP seeks the ouster of the man overseeing payments to businesses claiming harm from the spill.

A HISTORIC BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN DERIDDER CAUGHT FIRE SUNDAY EVENING.  FIREFIGHTERS HAD THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL WITHIN AN HOUR BUT THE ROOF COLLAPSED, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOCKED DOWN THE WALLS.  THE BUILDING WAS VACANT AND THERE IS NO WORD YET ON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.  KPLC TV IS REPORTING THAT THERE WERE PLANS TO TURN IT INTO AN OFFICE BUILDING.

Police say a Crowley man died in the wreck that caused an hours-long traffic snarl Friday on the Interstate 10 Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge.  Baton Rouge police Saturday identified the man as 47-year-old Roger Bentley. They say Bentley lost control of his 2003 Honda motorcycle about 1:45 p.m. Friday just after crossing into Baton Rouge heading eastbound.  The motorcycle struck the rear of an 18-wheeler, and Bentley was thrown into the adjoining lane and struck by the trailer of another 18-wheeler carrying vehicles.

A 20-YEAR-OLD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER HE WAS SHOT INSIDE A LAFAYETTE BAR.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging the state education board to allow alternative tests for Louisiana public school students whose parents want them to “opt out” of standardized exams aligned with “Common Core” achievement benchmarks.  Jindal said Friday that current board policy would cause students who don’t take the exam known as the PARCC test to get a zero.  His position is outlined in an executive order in which he directs the board to uphold Louisiana’s education accountability system in a way that allows parents to act on their beliefs. Education Superintendent John White said the governor is trying to disrupt assessments that are “the bedrock” of the accountability system.