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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR REPORTS THIS AFTERNOON ON TWO OF THEIR SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS. DISTRICT OFFICIALS WILL TELL THE COMMITTEE ABOUT PROGRESS AT THE W-D AND MARY BAKER SMITH CAREER CENTER, WHICH HAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CLASSES DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO SKIP COLLEGE AND GO RIGHT INTO A CAREER. THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO GET A REPORT ON THE N-P MOSS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, WHICH WAS CREATED BY FORMER SUPERINTENDENT PAT COOPER TO HELP TROUBLED STUDENTS. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER JOE CRAIG TELLS THE ADVERTISER THAT THE DISCUSSION WILL BE OPEN-ENDED WITH NO SPECIFIC PLANS FOR EITHER SITE AT THIS TIME.
AN ACCIDENT HAS CAUSED A MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE FOR BEAUREGARD ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS THIS MORNING. THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS A CAR HIT A POWER POLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 110 AND U-S 171 IN LONGVILLE. IT CAUSED POWER TO BE LOST FOR 54-HUNDRED HOMES AND BUSINESSES, MOSTLY BETWEEN DERIDDER AND MOSS BLUFF. THERE’S NO WORD YET ON WHEN POWER WILL BE RESTORED.
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CAPTAIN CLAY HIGGINS, ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION YESTERDAY. HIGGINS GAINED A MEASURE OF FAME FOR HIS CRIME STOPPERS SEGMENTS, BUT CAME UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOR A SEGMENT ABOUT THE GREMLINS STREET GANG, CALLING THEM ANIMALS AND HEATHENS, AND SAYING IF THEY RAISED THEIR WEAPONS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY WOULD “RETURN FIRE WITH SUPERIOR FIRE.” HIGGINS SAYS HE WAS NOT ASKED TO RESIGN BY SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ, BUT HE TURNED IN HIS BADGE AS A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE.
Gov. John Bel Edwards administration is questioning why Treasurer John Kennedy hasn’t moved his employees to cheaper office space to help the state save money.
Edwards’ chief financial adviser, Jay Dardenne, sent a letter to Kennedy on Friday asking him for more information about 12,000 square feet of office space the treasurer leases for nearly $370,000 a year. The governor’s office released documents showing the Division of Administration told Kennedy he could save nearly $294,000 annually by moving employees to a state-owned building. Kennedy has regularly outlined what he considers wasteful state government spending, and he’s been critical of Edwards for proposing tax increases to plug budget holes.
L-S-U’S PRESIDENT SAYS STATE SCHOOLS WILL LIKELY FEEL THE BRUNT OF THE EFFECTS OF THE ONGOING STATE BUDGET CRISIS. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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BROUSSARD CHARTER ACADEMY WILL NOT BE OPENING AS PLANNED FOR THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR. IN AN EMAIL BY NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES SPOKESPERSON JENNIFER HOFF, SHE SAYS CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO OPEN IN 2015 FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. OFFICIALS SAID THEY COULDN’T OPEN AT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF STATE REGULATIONS.
YESTERDAY IN THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF JOHN HATFIELD THE THIRD, JURORS SAW VIDEO RECORDED BY DEPUTIES OF HATFIELD EXPLAINING WHY HE STABBED HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW. TANNER BAILEY WAS KILLED ON THE COUCH AT HIS GRANDPARENT’S HOME IN DERIDDER ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2012. IN THE VIDEO, HATFIELD SAID THE SLEEPING CHILD SCARED HIM, SO HE STABBED HIM. HATFIELD HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER BY REASON OF INSANITY.
A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ALLEGEDLY CUTTING A WOMAN WHO RESISTED HIS EFFORTS TO ROB HER. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS THAT 55-YEAR-OLD DANNY THOMPSON ALSO TRIED TO UNSUCCESSFULLY STEAL HER CAR IN THE 500 BLOCK OF GRAND PRE BOULEVARD. THE 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN SUFFERED SEVERAL CUTS TO HER HEAD AND NECK AREA. IT HAPPENED AFTER ELEVEN P-M ON SUNDAY AND THOMPSON WAS ARRESTED A LITTLE LATER.
