3-12-24
A SAINT LANDRY PARISH MIDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING STABBED ON A SCHOOL BUS. THE BUS WAS TRAVELING THROUGH GRAND COTEAU WHEN A FIGHT STARTED THAT LED TO THE STABBING, AND THE BUS DRIVER PULLED OVER AT A LOVE’S TRUCK STOP, THE NEAREST PLACE HE FELT SAFE, ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT GRAND COTEAU POLICE CHIEF MIKE BUCK. THE BUS WAS TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO THE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN OPELOUSAS. THE STUDENT WHO ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THE STABBING HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN CHARGED.
A RALLY WAS HELD YESTERDAY AT HEYMANN PARK IN LAFAYETTE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR KEEPING PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN RUMORS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS CONSIDERING CLOSING THE SCHOOL. TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF MOVING A GIFTED PROGRAM AND FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAM AT PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE TO OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE PARISH. CITY LEADERS WHO ATTENDED THE RALLY ENCOURAGED SUPPORTERS OF PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE TO ATTEND TOMORROW NIGHT’S MEETING.
A MAN, WHO WAS SHOT BY A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY LAST WEEK, HAS DIED. THE MAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD QUINTON BAKER OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA. BAKER IS ACCUSED OF DRIVING OFF WITH THE DEPUTY IN HIS CAR WHEN THE DEPUTY FOUND TWO KILOS OF SUSPECTED COCAINE IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEPUTY SHOT BAKER WHEN HE REFUSED TO STOP.
Under fresh Republican leadership in the governor’s office, Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature is starting its three-month regular session. Lawmakers met at the Capitol Monday, ready to push conservative ideas on education, criminal justice, the insurance industry and the state Constitution. Former gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed multiple conservative bills when he held the state’s top post. Now Gov. Jeff Landry is at the helm with a two-thirds supermajority in the House and Senate.
AGING WATER LINES IN LAFAYETTE WILL GET REPLACED THANKS TO FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING AWARDED TO L-C-G. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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TWO SUPSECTS IN A STOLEN VEHICLE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED AFTER A CRASH FOLLOWING A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN ACADIA AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES. ON SATURDAY, ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ALERTED JEFF DAVIS PARISH DEPUTIES ABOUT A STOLEN GREEN DODGE CHARGER THAT WAS TRAVELING WEST ON I-TEN. THE DEPUTIES LAID DOWN SPIKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON L-A HIGHWAY ONE-OH-TWO. THAT LED TO THE CRASH OF THE VEHICLE INTO TWO PARKED VEHICLES NEAR HATHAWAY HIGH SCHOOL.
PARTS OF JEFF DAVIS PARISH WILL BE WITHOUT POWER TODAY. THE PLANNED OUTAGE WILL ALLOW THE JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC COOP TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON EQUIPMENT AT THEIR COMPTON SUBSTATION. THE OUTAGE WILL LAST FROM EIGHT-THIRTY THIS MORNING UNTIL TWO-THIRTY THIS AFTERNOON. THE OUTAGE WILL AFFECT CUSTOMERS NORTH OF WELSH, LIBERTY CEMETARY ROAD, LITTERAL ROAD, BUCKLIN ROAD, PLACIDE ROAD, F-E LANDRY ROAD AND ELTON DRIVE.
Officials say a $15,000 reward is being offered to find out who killed a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish in January. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that $5,000 is available for information regarding the endangered bird which was found dead Jan. 9 along Besi Lane in Mamou. On Monday, the Center for Biological Diversity boosted the amount by $10,000. A necropsy determined that the juvenile bird was shot.
