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THE IDENTITY OF A SLAIN ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS BEEN RELEASED. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WYKIEL PROVOST OF SCOTT WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE W-D MARY BAKER SMITH CAREER CENTER. HE WAS SHOT SUNDAY AT THE ILE DES CANNES APARTMENTS AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEIR HEARTS ARE WITH THE ENTIRE ACADIANA HIGH AND CAREER CENTER COMMUNITIES AS THEY GRIEVE THIS DEVASTATING LOSS.
EVANGELINE PARISH SUPERINTENDENT DARWAN LAZARD HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN JUNE. LAZARD IS ACADIANA’S LONGEST-SERVING SUPERINTENDENT. HE’S HAD THE JOB FOR NEARLY A DECADE. OVERALL, HE HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR THIRTY-THREE YEARS.
THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS RULED THAT TEXAS CAN REQUIRE THE DISPLAY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. THEY RULED THE DISPLAY DID NOT VIOLATE THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OR THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. LOUISIANA HAS A SIMILAR LAW THAT WAS BLOCKED LAST YEAR BY A LOWER COURT. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT IN FEBRUARY VOTED TWELVE TO SIX TO LIFT THE BLOCK.
A JENNINGS MAN’S CONCERNS ABOUT STANDING WATER ON HIS PROPERTY BEHIND THE GREENWOOD CEMETARY LED TO AN INVESTIGATION BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE DEPARTMENT FOUND A WATER MAIN LEAK NEAR THE CULVERT OFF OF ISABELLE STREET. THEY SAY IT MUST BE REPAIRED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION AND ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS INFORMED THE CITY OF JENNINGS THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED IN NINETY DAYS OR THEY COULD FACE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM FILED AN EMERGENCY APPEAL LATE YESTERDAY SEEKING THE OVERTURNING OF A JUDGE’S ORDER PREVENTING ACTION ON THE CLOSURE OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL. A LAFAYETTE PARISH JUDGE ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION KEEPING THE SCHOOL BOARD FROM TAKING ANY ACTION ON THE CLOSURE UNTIL AFTER A RULING ON A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM. THE SCHOOL BOARD IS ASKING THE APPEALS COURT FOR A QUICK END TO THE INJUNCTION. THEY SAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE HARMED IF THE ORDER IS NOT LIFTED.
A VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN LED TO BOTH SUFFERING MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. IT HAPPENED SUNDAY EVENING IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST BLANCHARD STREET IN OPELOUSAS. HILTON LEDAY JUNIOR WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER. THE WOMAN IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY INVESTIGATORS.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL HAS ENDORSED CONGRESSWOMAN JULIA LETLOW, WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE U-S SENATE, SEEKING TO UNSEAT BILL CASSIDY. MURRILL CITED LETLOW’S CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP, SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO ENFORCING LAWS AS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING HER. LETLOW THANKED MURRILL SAYING THEY SHARE SIMILAR PRIORITIES SUCH AS PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND KEEPING COMMUNITIES SAFE. OTHERS TO ENDORSE LETLOW INCLUDE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY.
LAST NIGHT THE NEW IBERIA CITY COUNCIL REJECTED A RESOLUTION TIED TO POLICE REPRESENTATION. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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