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3-24-16

THE PRINCIPAL AT CARENCRO HIGH SCHOOL SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION YESTERDAY, WHICH WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.  KEN ROEBUCK IS LEAVING TO TAKE A JOB AS DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC PLANNING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AT CHARTER SCHOOLS U-S-A,  WHICH OPERATES 77 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING TEN IN LOUISIANA.  ROEBUCK SAYS IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AS AN EDUCATOR AND MENTOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.  CARENCRO HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MARY QUALLEY WILL TAKE OVER AS INTERIM PRINCIPAL, WHILE JAMES ROLLINS, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE W-D AND MARY BAKER SMITH CAREER CENTER, WILL TRANSFER TO CARENCRO HIGH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

 

THE BODY OF A 29-YEAR-OLD WELSH MAN WAS FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING IN A CAR LOCATED ON A GRAVEL ROAD SOUTH OF L-A 14 NEAR LACASSINE.  DETECTIVE RAMBY CORMIER OF THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS DAMOND RAHSANN PRUDHOMME APPEARED TO HAVE DIED FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND THERE WERE BULLET HOLES IN THE DRIVER’S SIDE DOOR.  NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.  HE SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO LOCATE THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.

 

A LAFAYETTE PARISH GRAND JURY INDICTED A LAFAYETTE MAN ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AN OPELOUSAS MAN.  IT HAPPENED ON JANUARY TENTH AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN 29-YEAR-OLD MOSES DERRICK ARCENEAUX AND 32-YEAR-OLD MARCUS AGGISON.  ARCENEAUX SHOT AGGISON NEAR ARCENEAUX’S HOME ON LATIN DRIVE, AND AGGISON LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.  ARCENEAUX REMAINS IN JAIL WITH HIS BAIL SET AT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

 

THE LOUISIANA HOUSE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY APPROVED A BILL THAT SETS UP THE PROCESS FOR PATIENTS TO GET PRESCRIPTION MARIJUANA.  REPRESENTATIVE BERNARD LEBAS OF VILLE PLATTE SAYS THE BILL DOES NOT ALLOW THE SMOKING OF MARIJUANA.  HE SAYS INSTEAD IT SETS UP THE PROCESS FOR PATIENTS WITH A DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION TO GET PHARMACEUTICALS MADE FROM MARIJUANA DERIVATIVES.  WHEN THE QUESTION AROSE ABOUT HOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA WOULD AFFECT DRIVERS, LEBAS SAYS THEY ARE HOPING DRUG MANUFACTURERS WILL BE ABLE TO RID THE DRUG OF THE PART THAT GETS PEOPLE HIGH.

 

Lafayette native and “American Idol” contestant MacKenzie Bourg will lead a parade in downtown Lafayette Saturday afternoon and perform a concert in Parc International after the parade.  KATC-TV reports Bourg, a Top 5 “American Idol” contestant who’s also known for making the Top 20 a few seasons ago on “The Voice,” finds out tonight whether he has advanced to the final four. Organizers say, whether he makes it or not, the parade will happen Saturday.

 

A NEW V-A OUTPATIENT CLINIC FOR LAKE CHARLES HAS ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS THAT MAY DELAY THE OPENING UNTIL THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.  THE V-A ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO OPEN THE CLINIC THIS WINTER BUT THE COMPANY BUILDING THE CLINIC AT 3601 GERSTNER MEMORIAL HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ACCESS THE SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH IS PREVENTING THEM FROM BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION.  LOUISIANA SENATOR DAVID VITTER AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES BOUSTANY WROTE A LETTER TO THE VETERAN’S AFFAIRS SECRETARY AND DEPUTY SECRETARY CALLING THE DELAY “COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.”  TAMMY ARNOLD WITH THE V-A OUT OF ALEXANDRIA SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN RESTART THE PROJECT.

 

ANOTHER SUSPECTED MEMBER OF THE GREMLIN GANG IS NOW IN CUSTODY.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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A Duson man has been indicted on a charge in the November killing of his girlfriend.  Local media outlets report a grand jury returned a second-degree murder indictment yesterday against 27-year-old Miles Guidry in the death of 26-year-old Claire Walley.  Police said Walley was found dead Nov. 29 in a home the couple shared along with their infant son.  Guidry has remained in the Lafayette Parish jail on bail since Dec. 16, when he was extradited from Colorado to Lafayette.