3-28-22
SOME PARISHES IN LOUISIANA HAD ELECTIONS THIS PAST SATURDAY. VOTERS IN EVANGELINE PARISH TURNED DOWN THE REDEDICATION OF TWO TAXES. THREE TAX PROPOSITIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL MASTER PLAN, THAT WOULD HAVE RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WERE ALSO REJECTED. LAUREN HEINEN IS THE NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR JEFF DAVIS PARISH. SHE REPLACES THE INTERIM DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ELLIOT CASSIDY, WHO ALSO WAS RUNNING FOR THE POSITION. THE RACE FOR SAINT MARTINVILLE MAYOR WILL GO TO A RUNOFF ELECTION BETWEEN DEMOCRAT JASON WILLIS AND THE CURRENT MAYOR, MEL MITCHELL, WHO IS ALSO A DEMOCRAT. THE NEW MAYOR OF ABBEVILLE IS ROSLYN WHITE, AN INDEPENDENT, WHO DEFEATED REPUBLICAN FRANCIS PLAISANCE. MIKE KLOESEL (KLAY suhl) WAS ELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM AS KAPLAN MAYOR. ABBEVILLE POLICE CHIEF BILL SPEARMAN WILL HAVE TO WIN A RUNOFF WITH MIKE HARDY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HIS SEAT.
A TWO CAR CRASH ON I-TEN SATURDAY NIGHT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A WOMAN FROM LAFAYETTE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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ONE MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT IN CROWLEY. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS IT HAPPENED IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST TENTH STREET. TWO OTHER MEN WERE ALSO SHOT. ONE IS IN STABLE CONDITION WHILE THE OTHER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.
A MAN, WANTED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE OF A MISSING SCOTT WOMAN, HAS BEEN FOUND. BRANDON JERMAINE FRANCISCO IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LAST PERSON TO SEE ELLA GOODIE, WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE MARCH NINTH. U-S MARSHALS FOUND AND ARRESTED FRANCISCO IN MISSOURI ON AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR FAILING TO APPEAR IN COURT IN RAPIDES PARISH. THE DATE OF THAT COURT HEARING WAS ALSO THE LAST DAY GOODIE WAS SEEN.
ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN NEW IBERIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE FOUND THE VICTIM, A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MAN, WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME ON FRENCH STREET AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. A SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD TYRAN JONES, SURRENDERED TO POLICE YESTERDAY. HE FACES A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
Louisiana’s public colleges and universities are revamping classes for students who aren’t prepared for college English or math. Instead of taking noncredit courses with short class sessions, those students will attend longer sessions that move through the semester from makeup material to college-level work. They’ll also get additional academic support, and if they pass, will get college credit. A news release from the Board of Regents says this approach helps more students remain in college and graduate, removing barriers to higher education.
The mayor of Oberlin is resigning at the end of the month because of health reasons. Mayor Joseph “Moochie” Manuel said he will resign March 31. Manuel, who is now 70, has served as mayor for seven years. The American Press reports he announced his resignation after submitting it to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday.
