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IT APPEARS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT AT U-L LAFAYETTE WILL BE NAMED THE NEXT PRESIDENT. AFTER A FIVE HOUR INTERVIEW PROCESS, RAMESH KOLLURU WAS NAMED THE SOLE FINALIST FOR THE POSITION. UNDER HIS INTERIM LEADERSHIP, THE UNIVERSITY’S DEBT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM FIFTY MILLION TO TWELVE MILLION, WHICH PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE’S DECISION. KOLLURU IS EXPECTED TO BE OFFICIALLY NAMED PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY.
A MAN CROWLEY POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR IN CONNECTION TO A FATAL SHOOTING HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAVON DAVIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CAM’RON SCOTT WAS THE VICTIM. HE WAS SHOT SATURDAY AT AROUND ONE-THIRTY A-M AT THE CANAN VILLAGE APARTMENTS AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETTE, WHERE HE LATER DIED.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL WAS IN FEDERAL COURT IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY PRESENTING ARGUMENTS IN HER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE U-S FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION OVER THE REGULATION OF ABORTION DRUGS. HER OFFICE WANTS RULES RESTORED THAT USED TO REQUIRE IN-PERSON DISPENSING OF THE DRUGS. OFFICIALS CLAIM THE DRUG MIFEPRISTONE IS USED IN APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND ABORTIONS EVERY MONTH IN LOUISIANA AND MURRILL ATTRIBUTES IT TO DOCTORS MAILING THE DRUG TO LOUISIANA RESIDENTS FROM STATES LIKE NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE F-D-A SAY MURRILL DOESN’T HAVE THE LEGAL STANDING TO BRING THE CASE FORWARD AND IS ASKING THE COURT TO DENY THE LAWSUIT ON THAT BASIS.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED TWO MOMS FOR ALLEGEDLY SUPPLYING ILLEGAL DRUGS TO THEIR CHILDREN. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD BROOKE LABOUVE (luh BOHV) OF JENNINGS IS ACCUSED OF PROVIDING METH AND MARIJUANA TO HER CHILD WHILE THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MONESHA MOUTON OF CROWLEY ALLEGEDLY GAVE METH AND COCAINE TO HER THREE CHILDREN. MOUTON FACES THREE COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE WHILE LABOUVE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT. THE TWO CASES ARE NOT RELATED TO EACH OTHER.
LAFAYETTE IS ONE OF THREE CITIES NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE A ONE MILLION DOLLAR AWARD THROUGH THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES MAYORS CHALLENGE. IT WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS FAILING SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND REDUCE STORMWATER ISSUES. THE MONEY WILL BE USED AS SEED FUNDING TO HELP THE CITY IDENTIFY THE MOST CRITICAL LEAKS OF THE SEWER SYSTEM AND BEGIN WORKING WITH HOMEOWNERS TO ADDRESS FAILING PRIVATE SEWER LINES. OFFICIALS SAY THE PROGRAM WILL ROLL OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
TWO MEN ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION FOLLOWING A SHOOTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN VILLE PLATTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A BILL IN THE STATE SENATE WOULD ALLOW LOUISIANA GOVERNORS TO RECOMMEND THE SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC JUDGES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. IF APPROVED, THE ISSUE WOULD GO BEFORE VOTERS AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. THE BILL’S SPONSOR, STATE SENATOR JAY MORRIS, SAYS HIS BILL IS A RESPONSE TO REPEATED FAILURES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. HE SAYS LOUISIANANS ARE FED UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS TO CYCLE THROUGH THE COURTS WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE WHILE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE LAW FACE NONE.
ONE OF TWO WOMEN WANTED IN AN ASSAULT BY CAR AT THE JEANERETTE MARDI GRAS PARADE HAS BEEN LOCATED AND ARRESTED. TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD ALEAH ROY SUFFERED TEMPORARY PARTIAL PARALYSIS AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD HAILEY BATISTE OF BROUSSARD WAS BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JAZZMIN ROSE OF BROUSSARD FOR PRINCIPAL TO ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND PRINCIPAL TO SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY.
