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OPELOUSAS HIGH SCHOOL IS BEING FORCED TO FORFEIT THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP BY THE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND HEAD COACH JIMMY ZACHARY IS FACING A ONE YEAR SUSPENSION. THE PENALTIES ARE DUE TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF A PLAYER ON THE TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE DIVISION TWO NON-SELECT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, ACCORDING TO KADN TV. THE TIGERS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP BY DEFEATING CECILIA TWENTY-SIX-TO-THIRTEEN. SAINT LANDRY PARISH SUPERINTENDENT MILTON BATISTE JUNIOR SAYS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS APPEALING THE RULING AND HE’S NOT SURE HOW LONG THE APPEALS PROCESS WILL TAKE.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON FOR A NEW TEN-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR WATER PLANT FOR THE MILTON WATER DISTRICT. DISTRICT C-E-O WILLIAM THERIOT SAYS GROWTH IN THE AREA HAS BEEN HINDERED BY THE SIZE OF THE WATER SYSTEM. HE TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THEY ARE HOPING THE NEW WATER PLANT WILL AT LEAST DOUBLE THEIR CAPACITY. THE WATER DISTRICT RECEIVED A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL WATER SECTORS PROGRAM AND THE REST OF THE COST IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH A LOAN FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DRINKING WATER REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
A bill allowing Louisiana residents, 18 and older, to carry a concealed handgun without a permit received final approval from lawmakers Wednesday. After years of GOP-led efforts for permitless concealed carry, the bill is poised to become law with Gov. Jeff Landry signaling that he plans to sign the legislation. Upon the Republican’s signature, Louisiana would become the 28th state that allows people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, according to the U.S. Concealed Carry Association. If the bill is signed by Landry, the law would take effect on July 4.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A LAFAYETTE MAN CONNECTED TO A STRING OF BURGLARIES IN THE RURAL PARTS OF CALCASIEU PARISH. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD RONRIKA BEN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BURGLARIES ON DECEMBER FOURTEENTH BUT WAS RELEASED FIVE DAYS LATER ON A THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR BOND. HE IS SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING MORE BURGLARIES AFTER HIS RELEASE. FOUR OF HIS SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICES FROM LAFAYETTE AND CARENCRO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN RECENT DAYS AND FACE CHARGES OF BURGLARY, THEFT AND FIREARM THEFT.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD NYLLEAN RIGGS AND A JUVENILE. DANIELLE DUNCAN EXPLAINS WHY.
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AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO STOLE LOADS OF MEAT FROM THE ROUSE’S STORE ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THE PAIR STOLE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MEAT OVER THE WEEKEND. KADN TV IS REPORTING THE MEN WALKED IN AND LOADED UP BASKETS FULL OF ALL THE RIBEYES IN THE STORE. THEN THEY WALKED OUT WITH THEM.
A BILL TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTORS HAS BEEN PREFILED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSH CARLSON OF LAFAYETTE. UNDER CURRENT LAW THE DIRECTORS HAVE TO HAVE A MASTER OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE DEGREE BUT CARLSON’S BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR TO HAVE A MASTER’S DEGREE BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO LIBRARIANS. CARLSON TELLS THE ADVOCATE REQUIRING THE MASTER’S DEGREE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE LIMITS THE FIELD OF APPLICANTS. HE SAYS HIS GOAL IS TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE APPLICANTS FOR OPEN LIBRARY DIRECTOR POSITIONS.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER AN ACCIDENT AT A JOB SITE IN MORGAN CITY. THE FAMILY OF LARRY MARCEAUX SAYS HE WAS HIT BY A CRANE THAT FELL AT A JOB SITE IN MORGAN CITY AND SUFFERED BROKEN BONES, A BROKEN PELVIS AND HIS LEFT LEG WAS AMPUTATED. TWENTY-SIX PEOPLE REGISTERED TO GIVE BLOOD YESTERDAY IN ABBEVILLE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MARCEAUX. ANOTHER BLOOD DRIVE IS BEING HELD TODAY AT CARMICHAELS IN CROWLEY FROM NINE TO NOON.
