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THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION AT BROWN PARK AND TO GET FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS ON THE PROJECT. THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION TIM SENSLEY SAYS THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT IS SEVENTEEN-POINT-TWO MILLION. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS HER ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING HARD TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY THE PARK IT DESERVES, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, AND THEY ARE BORROWING FOURTEEN-POINT-NINE MILLION DOLLARS TO DO SO. BOULET SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY MEETINGS WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS TRANSPARENCY IS KEY TO HER ADMINISTRATION.
AUTHORITIES IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER FROM THEIR VEHICLES. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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BATON ROUGE POLICE BELIEVE A TEENAGER FROM JENNINGS WAS KILLED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON I-ONE-TEN. OFFICERS LEARNED THAT TWO VEHICLES WERE WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM ONE OF THE VEHICLES NEAR THE FUQUA STREET EXIT RAMP. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAYRICK WASHINGTON WAS SHOT, CAUSING HIM TO CRASH HIS VEHICLE. WASHINGTON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SUSPECTS ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.
SEVERAL SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, HAVE COME OUT AGAINST HOUSE BILL SEVEN-FORTY-FIVE. IT WOULD ALLOW TAX DOLLARS TO BE FUNNELED INTO EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, WHICH PARENTS COULD USE TO PAY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION OR OTHER EDUCATION EXPENSES. A GROUP REPRESENTING SUPERINTENDENTS HAS ALSO EXPRESSED STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE LEGISLATION, SAYING IT POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HAS MADE PUBLIC FUNDING FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS A TOP PRIORITY AND HIS OFFICE HELPED IN THE CRAFTING OF THE BILL.
A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether or not abortions should be legal in Louisiana has failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrined reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. If the measure advanced, it would have been placed before Louisianans to vote on the amendment. However a GOP-controlled committee voted 10-2 to involuntarily defer the bill, effectively killing the measure.
A DRIVER, WHO SHOT HIMSELF DURING A STANDOFF WITH TROOPERS AND POLICE IN LAFAYETTE, LATER DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS. STATE POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS NAME. AUTHORITIES CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT THE DRIVER REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS VEHICLE WHICH LED TO THE STANDOFF AT THE MCDONALD’S ON LOUISIANA AVENUE.
TWO GIRLS IN VERMILLION PARISH WERE ARRESTED FOR TERRORIZING. DETECTIVES WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE DETERMINED A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF A THREAT MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHOOT UP DELCAMBRE HIGH SCHOOL ON MONDAY. SHE WAS ARRESTED AND RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF HER PARENTS. ANOTHER THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS ALSO ARRESTED BY DEPUTIES AND RELEASED TO HER PARENTS AS WELL.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS TRYING TO FIND A RUNAWAY JUVENILE FROM RAYNE. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD CALLI JEAN ROBERTS LEFT HER RESIDENCE IN THE THREE THOUSAND BLOCK OF MIRE HIGHWAY AT AROUND TWELVE-FIFTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ROBERTS IS WHITE, FIVE-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN POUNDS, WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL DETECTIVE TAATUM RUBIN AT SEVEN-EIGHT-EIGHT-EIGHTY-SEVEN-TWENTY-FOUR.
