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THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS BY THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AS THEY AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MERGING OPELOUSAS JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE SINGLE CAMPUS WILL SERVE SEVENTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS. THE CONSOLIDATION WILL TAKE EFFECT IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON HOW THE CONSOLIDATION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
A PEDESTRIAN REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK THREE TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL IS ENCOURAGING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS TO PUT UP POSTER-SIZE DISPLAYS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN CLASSROOMS. A U-S APPEALS COURT REMOVED A LOWER COURT BLOCK WHICH NOW ALLOWS A LOUISIANA LAW TO TAKE EFFECT REQUIRING THE DISPLAYS. MURRILL HAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS REGARDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW ON HER WEBSITE. THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM HAS DONATED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS POSTERS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
THE PROSECUTER IN THE CONVICTION OF DERIDDER MAYOR MISTY ROBERTS SAYS HE’S DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE CONTINUES TO CLAIM HER INNOCENCE. ROBERTS WILL BE SENTENCED ON APRIL SEVENTEENTH ON TWO CHARGES: CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE AND INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. SPECIAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES ROBINSON SAYS THEY ESTABLISHED PROOF BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT OF ROBERT’S “DEPLORABLE, LEWD AND CORRUPT ACTS”. ROBERT’S DEFENSE TEAM SAYS THEIR FOCUS IS ON KEEPING HER OUT OF JAIL SO SHE CAN CONTINUE RAISING HER CHILDREN.
THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE HAS SECURED FOUR-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN ITS MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC SYSTEM. THE MONEY WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RELOCATE AND CONSOLIDATE TWO SUBSTATIONS WHILE UPGRADING KEY COMPONENTS OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORK. OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL PROVIDE MORE DEPENDABLE POWER. CITY LEADERS SAY IT WILL ENSURE THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM CAN MEET INCREASING DEMANDS AS THE AREA CONTINUES TO GROW.
NEW U-L PRESIDENT RAMESH KOLLURU CONFIRMED WEDNESDAY THAT THE SCHOOL IS WORKING TO CLOSE A TWELVE MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET GAP. THE DEFICIT WAS ORIGINALLY FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS. HE SAYS IT WILL TAKE A COMBINATION OF BELT-TIGHTENING AND REVENUE GENERATING TO ELIMINATE THE REMAINING DEFICIT. KOLLURU PRAISED THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR ITS RESILIENCE WHILE ADDRESSING THE DEBT.
THE SECOND STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN LOUISIANA HISTORY HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. IT TOOK PLACE AT FIVE-THIRTY A-M NEAR COUSHATTA IN RED RIVER PARISH. IT OCCURRED ABOUT SEVEN MILES BELOW THE SURFACE BUT THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF DAMAGE. THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN STATE HISTORY, A MAGNITUDE FIVE-POINT-THREE OFFSHORE NEAR GRAND ISLE, HAPPENED IN TWO THOUSAND SIX.
SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CONDUCTED A NARCOTICS SEARCH OF SUNNY DEE’S CONVENIENCE STORE IN BREAUX BRIDGE BECAUSE OF SUSPECTED ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY. THE FEBRUARY NINETEENTH SEARCH LED TO THE SIEZURE OF TWO BOTTLES OF SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS, A T-H-C VAPE CARTRIDGE, A BOX OF TADALAFIL, TWO FIREARMS AND NEARLY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH. THEY ARRESTED TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD ABDULWAHAB SALEH ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE ONE CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS SEARCH, LAFAYETTE POLICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF PROPERTY ON GRANDMARK STREET, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF NEARLY ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
