4-14-26
A DISTRICT JUDGE HAS PUT A TEMPORARY HALT TO THE CLOSURE OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL. SUZANNE LAJAUNIE FILED A LAWSUIT SEEKING TO STOP THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM’S PLANS TO CLOSE COMEAUX HIGH. THE JUDGE HAS SET AN APRIL TWENTY-NINTH TRIAL DATE TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE LAWSUIT. LAJAUNIE SAYS WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THEY COULDN’T HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR.
A STATEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING VILLE PLATTE MAYOR RYAN WILLIAMS FOLLOWING HIS ARREST. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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WESTLAKE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED AN AGREEMENT TO BUY NATURAL GAS FROM SASOL AND PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX AND SELL IT TO INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. MAYOR HAL MCMILLIN TELLS KPLC TV THEY ARE HOPING THIS WILL INCREASE THEIR BUDGET BY ONE TO TWO MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. HE SAYS THAT’S GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN WESTLAKE. MCMILLIN SAYS THE COUNCIL PUT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS NEW REVENUE SOURCE CANNOT BE USED FOR RECURRING EXPENSES BUT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS ARE ADVANCING A PACKAGE OF BUDGET BILLS THAT TOGETHER WILL FUND THE STATE GOVERNMENT. THE MAIN SPENDING PLAN LARGELY MIRRORS LAST YEAR’S BUDGET BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AHEAD. LAWMAKERS ARE SETTING ASIDE SOME MONEY TO HELP OFFFSET POTENTIAL SHORTFALLS IN THE FUTURE. THE PACKAGE OF BUDGET BILLS HAVE PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE AND ARE HEADED TO THE FULL HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE FULL LOUISIANA HOUSE WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO ADVANCE A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD LIMIT GOVERNORS TO ONE-AND-A-HALF TERMS IN OFFICE. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE PROVOST JAIMIE HEBERT IS STEPPING DOWN JUST WEEKS AFTER A NEW PRESIDENT WAS NAMED. HEBERT HAS BEEN PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT U-L SINCE TWENTY-EIGHTEEN. HE ALSO SERVED TEMPORARILY AS INTERIM PRESIDENT WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH SAVOIE RESIGNED. HEBERT IS RETURNING TO THE MATH DEPARTMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY.
A FORMER FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER AT TECHE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH HAS BEEN ARRESTED. AUTHORITIES LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AFTER RECEIVING A COMPLAINT AZBOUT MARISA NOEL. POLICE SAY NOEL ALLEGEDLY WAS INVOLVED IN AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A FORMER STUDENT. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES AND FOUR COUNTS OF COMPUTER-AIDED SOLICITATION OF A MINOR.
A YOUNGSVILLE MAN HAS PLED GUILTY TO VEHICULAR HOMOCIDE FOR A CRASH IN ACADIA PARISH IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR. STATE POLICE SAY BILLY KRITZER CROSSED THE CENTER LINE WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY NINETY, AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD GILBERT PRICE JUNIOR OF RAYNE. PRICE, WHO IS THE FATHER OF KLFY TV REPORTER KYE PRICE, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS SAY KRITZER HAD ILLEGAL NARCOTICS IN HIS SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
