4-23-15
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS SELECTED DR. DONALD AGUILLARD AS ITS NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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A TEACHER AT LAKE CHARLES CHARTER ACADEMY IS ACCUSED OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH STUDENTS. 35-YEAR-OLD SUMMER NICOLE ODOM OF IOWA WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY ON MULTIPLE CHARGES AND HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED ON A 120 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THE SCHOOL’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT GENE THIBODEAUX CALLED THE ALLEGATIONS DISTURBING. HE SAYS THEY ARE CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND COOPERATING WITH THE POLICE.
A CALIFORNIA MAN PLED GUILTY YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT TO SENDING AN ONLINE MESSAGE THREATENING A SCHOOL MASSACRE IN CHURCH POINT. 54-YEAR-OLD RANDALL SWANSON OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA SENT THE ONLINE HOAX ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2012, THE DAY AFTER THE MASS KILLING AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT. U-S ATTORNEY STEPHANIE FINLEY SAYS SWANSON SENT THE MESSAGE TO A PERSON HE BELIEVED WAS FROM CHURCH POINT, AND HE SAID THE NEXT SCHOOL MASSACRE WILL BE HAPPENING IN YOUR TOWN. SWANSON FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON, THREE YEARS SUPERVISED RELEASE, AND A 250 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
Lawmakers have started moving proposals to let public college campuses raise their own tuition and fee rates to help offset hefty budget cuts from the state. The House and Senate education committees Wednesday advanced several bills that would remove the Legislature from setting tuition and fees. The proposals vary. Some apply only to graduate programs or only to fees.
A MAN PUNCHED A FEMALE SOFTBALL COACH DURING A POSTGAME BRAWL AT THE YOUNGSVILLE SPORTS COMPLEX, BREAKING HER NOSE IN THREE PLACES. POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX CALLED THE MAN A COWARD FOR PUNCHING A WOMAN, ESPECIALLY OVER YOUTH SPORTS, AND TELLS THE ADVOCATE THEY ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY HIM. THE MAN WAS ASSISTING THE BROWN PARK YOUTH ASSOCIATION’S UNDER 16 GIRLS SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL TEAM OF LAFAYETTE. BOUDREAUX SAYS THAT TEAM HAS BEEN BANNED FROM PLAYING IN YOUNGSVILLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, AND ANY OTHER TEAM FROM THE BROWN PARK YOUTH ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE TO PAY UPFRONT FOR AN OFFICER TO WORK SECURITY AT THE GAME.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TURNED DOWN A REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY OFF OF HIGHWAY 90 IN SULPHUR FOR A TEMPORARY WORKER VILLAGE. THE VOTE WAS 5-TO-3 AGAINST THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF OPPOSITION FROM SULPHUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 533 WHO SIGNED A PETITION AGAINST THE PROPOSAL. THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, ELIGHA GUILLORY JUNIOR, SAYS THERE IS A NEED FOR THE TEMPORARY WORKER VILLAGES, BUT IT’S IN THE WRONG LOCATION. GREENFIELD LOGISTICS, WHICH WANTS TO PUT UP THE FACILITY, WILL NEXT GO TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY, WHICH HAS THE FINAL SAY ON THE MATTER.
A ST. MARTINVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY ABUSING A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD FROM NEW IBERIA. THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN AN ARREST WARRANT FOR 26-YEAR-OLD DEVIN GLAZE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH JAIL ON ONE COUNT OF CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE. THE ALLEGED ABUSE OCCURRED IN BREAUX BRIDGE, BUT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED NO DETAILS.
State senators moved ahead with the cornerstone of a budget-balancing package of tax changes under negotiation by legislative leaders. The Senate Finance Committee voted 9-1 Wednesday for a proposal by Sen. Robert Adley to repeal the local property tax charged on inventory. The maneuver would save the state more than $500 million a year that it gives businesses in tax credits to offset the expense.
Local school boards, sheriffs and municipalities that rely on the property tax money say losing it could force them to shutter services.
