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THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT ACADIANA HIGH HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. TED DAVIDSON WAS PROMOTED TO HEAD COACH IN 2004 AND TOOK THE PROGRAM TO FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TWO STATE RUNNER-UP FINISHES. HE TELLS THE ADVERTISER THAT, AFTER 42 YEARS IN COACHING, HE DOESN’T FEEL HE HAS THE “OOMPH” THAT IT TAKES TO COACH, THOUGH HE STILL ENJOYS IT. HE SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW WHO WILL TAKE OVER BUT SEVERAL OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS ARE CAPABLE, AND THE BASIC STAFF WILL REMAIN.
THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS CLEARED AN OBERLIN HIGH STUDENT, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF MAKING A THREAT TO BRING A GUN TO SCHOOL. SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS THE STUDENT MADE A COMMENT ABOUT A SQUARE ROOT SYMBOL LOOKING LIKE A GUN AND GOSSIP ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TURNED INTO RUMOR ABOUT THE STUDENT BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL. HE SAYS THEY SEARCHED THE STUDENT’S HOME AND FOUND NO GUNS. FOR NOW THE STUDENT IS NOT ALLOWED ON CAMPUS AND IS AWAITING AN EXPULSION HEARING TO DETERMINE IF HE CAN COME BACK TO SCHOOL.
- MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SCHOOL SHOOTING THREAT. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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A HATHAWAY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 17-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER SIMON MARSHALL IS ACCUSED OF WARNING STUDENTS ON THE SNAPCHAT APP TO NOT GO TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY. THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS HE MADE STATEMENTS THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL OFFICIALS WERE NOTIFIED AND CONTACTED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHO ARRESTED AND BOOKED MARSHALL INTO THE PARISH JAIL.
A lawsuit accuses Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler of sexually harassing an employee and punishing her after she rebuffed his repeated advances. The woman’s lawsuit, filed Thursday in a state court, claims Schedler frequently sent her love letters, sexually propositioned her and showed up at her doorstep with unwanted gifts, including sex tapes. It also claims Schedler enlisted help from state security personnel to report on her whereabouts. Schedler, a 68-year-old Republican, said in a statement that he hadn’t seen the suit but believes in a “safe workplace, free from harassment.”
A SCOTT MAN HAS BEEN BOOKED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. 24-YEAR-OLD LARRY GUIDRY FACES 500 COUNTS OF POSSESSON OF PORNOGRAPHY DEPICTING CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 13. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INVOLVING MULTIPLE AGENCIES INCLUDING SCOTT POLICE AND THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. GUIDRY WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING A 40 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
THE FORMER SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, MAXINE TRAHAN, HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST TO FELONY THEFT AND EXPLOITATION OF THE INFIRM. TRAHAN WAS ACCUSED OF STEALING MORE THAN 46 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM AN 80-YEAR-OLD DUSON WOMAN, FOR WHOM SHE WAS CARING. A NO CONTEST PLEA IS NOT AN ADMISSION OF GUILT BUT AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT HER. HER JAIL SENTENCE WAS SUSPENDED AND SHE’LL BE ON PROBATION FOR THREE YEARS AND HAVE TO MAKE RESTITUTION.
Louisiana’s special session is careening off course, with tax proposals stalled and House Republican leaders unable to corral enough GOP votes to move legislation they want in exchange for tax votes. Lawmakers continued Thursday to pull bills from consideration, leaving nearly every major bill halted. The inaction raised questions about whether the budget-balancing session would produce anything and if the fractious House was so divided that gridlock was all it could achieve. Republican House Speaker Taylor Barras doesn’t seem to have enough GOP support to move proposals he backs.
