3-19-18
ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER RAMMING HIS TRUCK INTO ANOTHER OCCUPIED VEHICLE. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING IN DEQUINCY YESTERDAY MORNING. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF A SHOOTING SUNDAY MORNING AT FOUR A-M AT THE WOODLAKE PARK ESTATES RV PARK, FOUND 36-YEAR-OLD JASON HUTSON OF BUFFALO, KANSAS UNCONSCIOUS AND BLEEDING. HE LATER DIED AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. 30-YEAR-OLD ANDREW TINER OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED SECOND DEGREE BATTERY.
A 23-year-old correctional officer is facing criminal charges for allegedly trying to bring contraband into the prison. WAFB-TV reports Keland Andre Simmons faces a charge of malfeasance in office and introduction of contraband into or upon the grounds of a state correctional facility. The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office says Simmons worked at the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center, where he was processed Friday. He was released Saturday after posting $20,000 bond.
Louisiana’s education department has divvied up a $1.5 million federal grant aimed at improving early childhood education to eight parishes. The department says the grant will help pay for teachers at low-performing early childhood education centers with training aimed at helping improve classroom instruction and kindergarten readiness. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education backed the distribution of funds. Calcasieu parish is one of the eight parishes receiving grant dollars.
THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CLOSED A TEN-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE. IN DECEMBER OF 2008, A JOGGER FOUND A BODY ON LAJAUNIE ROAD, WHICH WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS BONNIE RUPHARD (ROO perd) OF ILLINOIS. ONE MONTH AGO, MILLARD HEBERT OF YOUNGSVILLE WAS ARRESTED ON AN UNRELATED JOB, BUT HE WAS SWABBED DURING THE BOOKING PROCESS AND HIS D-N-A WAS MATCHED TO THE RUPHARD CASE. HE CONFESSED TO THE KILLING, ACCORDING TO DETECTIVE STEPHEN BAJAT (BAH JAH), AND HE NOW FACES SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES.
A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS STRUCK BY A CAR FRIDAY AS SHE CROSSED EAST BURTON STREET IN SULPHUR TO BOARD HER SCHOOL BUS. THE GIRL WAS AIRLIFTED TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ONE RESIDENT IN THAT AREA TELLS KPLC TV THAT SHE’S CONCERNED IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE, SHE SAYS, VEHICLES SPEED DOWN THAT STRETCH OF ROAD AND MANY DISREGARD THE SCHOOL BUSES. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO THE INCIDENT AND THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS MAKING SURE THE BUS DRIVER FOLLOWED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
THERE WAS AN OIL SPILL IN ACADIA PARISH, NEAR THE EVANGELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A WOMAN WHO LIVES THERE TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY FOUND THE SPILL BECAUSE OF A STRONG SMELL. SHE IS CONCERNED THAT IT COULD AFFECT AN AQUIFER THAT RUNS NEAR WHERE THE SPILL IS LOCATED. SHE CONTACTED THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE AGENCY WENT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE YESTERDAY.
Louisiana’s launching a national search for a new superintendent to manage the state’s schools for deaf, blind and special education students. The move comes after a report commissioned by the state education department found the schools needed leadership with more expertise. The schools are combined into what is called the Special School District. Beyond hiring a new leader, Superintendent of Education John White wants a management group to review the district’s organizational and financial structure.
