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AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN OPELOUSAS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WILL ALLOW THE SCHOOL TO KEEP ITS RECENT STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, COACH JIMMY ZACHARY WILL REMAIN ON PROBATION WHILE THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL RETURN ANY MONETARY FUNDS THEY RECEIVED FROM THE ASSOCIATION. THE L-H-S-A-A HAD FORCED THE SCHOOL TO FORFEIT ALL WINS IN THE REGULAR AND POSTSEASON BECAUSE OF AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER ON THE TEAM. ZACHARY SAYS IT FEELS LIKE HE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN AND HE THANKED THE L-H-S-A-A FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.
FORMER LAFAYETTE LIBRARY DIRECTOR DANNY GILLANE WAS APPOINTED AS INTERIM DIRECTOR. THE BOARD OF CONTROL MET YESTERDAY AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO HIRE GILLANE UNTIL A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT IS SELECTED. KADN TV REPORTS THAT GILLANE WAS ILLEGALLY FIRED LAST YEAR BY THE BOARD BUT WAS ALLOWED TO RESIGN AFTER THREATENING TO SUE. GILLANE IS ONE OF SIX PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED TO BE THE PERMANENT DIRECTOR.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURREL SAYS HER OFFICE HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CHALLENGING RECENT REVISIONS TO TITLE NINE. THE CHANGES WOULD MANDATE SCHOOLS PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. THEY INCLUDE ALLOWING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS TO USE THE BATHROOM AND LOCKER ROOM TO ALIGN WITH THEIR CHOSEN GENDER AND TEACHERS WOULD HAVE TO USE A STUDENT’S PREFERRED NAME AND PRONOUN. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THE REVISIONS ARE DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WOMEN.
NINE WORKERS INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION AT A PAPER MILL IN DERIDDER WERE AWARDED ONE HUNDRED FOUR MILLION DOLLARS BY A JURY. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED IN THE EXPLOSION AT THE PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA FACILITY ON FEBRUARY EIGHTH OF TWENTY-SEVENTEEN. THE COMPANY WAS FINED TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS TWO YEARS AGO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS CONNECTED TO THE EXPLOSION. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA SAYS THEY ARE REVIEWING THE VERDICT AND THEIR OPTIONS.
A BODY FOUND FLOATING IN A WATER CANAL NEAR KAPLAN HAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE BODY WAS FOUND BY A FARMER IN A CANAL OFF OF WEST LIBERTY FARM ROAD SOUTH OF KAPLAN AT AROUND TEN A-M FRIDAY. DETECTIVES WITH THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO INDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL. THE BODY IS WITH PARISH FORENSICS WHERE AN AUTOPSY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
SCOTT FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL FIRE LATE LAST NIGHT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE STATE SENATE INTRODUCED A MEASURE THAT WOULD OVERHAUL A PLAN ENDORSED BY GOVERNOR LANDRY, PUTTING TAX DOLLARS INTO EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WHICH PARENTS CAN USE TO SPEND ON TUITION AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SENATOR RICK EDMOND’S BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP PREDICT THE PROGRAM’S COST. THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION WOULD THEN BE AUTHORIZED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO SET UP THE PROGRAM. SCHOOL BOARDS AND SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE COME OUT AGAINST THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS PROPOSAL, SAYING IT WOULD DIVERT TAX DOLLARS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AN INMATE AT THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL, WHO WAS BEING INTERVIEWED BY DETECTIVES, CONFESSED TO A CRIME IN A CASE FROM TWENTY-THIRTEEN. AS A RESULT, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DIRK DAIGLE OF CHURCH POINT WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE. HE ALSO WAS CHARGED WITH SELF-MUTILATION AFTER HE WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO TRYING TO INJURE HIMSELF IN THE JAIL. OFFICIALS SAY DAIGLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BE MOVED TO THE JAIL’S MEDICAL TIER.
