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THE FIRST HOMOCIDE OF THE YEAR FOR VILLE PLATTE HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ANDREW THOMAS OF VILLE PLATTE WAS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR A TIRE SHOP ON NORTH CHATAGNIER STREET. POLICE SAY THOMAS HAD BEEN SHOT PREVIOUSLY ON JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF YOUNG AND MARTIN LUTHER KING STREETS.
WORD OF PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE POTENTIALLY CLOSING DOWN HAS LED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO START A PETITION DRIVE TO TRY AND STOP IT. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED WHETHER THE SCHOOL IS TARGETED FOR CLOSURE, BUT ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HAS SAID DISCUSSIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A FRENCH IMMERSION AND GIFTED PROGRAM. KADN TV REPORTS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONSIDER MOVING THE IMMERSION PROGRAM TO SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE GIFTED PROGRAM TO EDGAR MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT WEDNESDAY’S BOARD MEETING.
A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SHOT A MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AWAY WITH THE DEPUTY INSIDE HIS VEHICLE. SHERIFF-ELECT STITCH GUILLORY SAYS THE DEPUTY HAD JUST DISCOVERED ILLEGAL DRUGS IN A VEHICLE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON I-TEN EASTBOUND, FIVE MILES WEST OF IOWA. GUILLORY SAYS THE DEPUTY SHOT THE MAN WHEN HE REFUSED TO STOP AND THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO A WOODED AREA. GUILLORY SAYS THE DRIVER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES FROM THE GUNSHOT WHILE THE DEPUTY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. STATE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE.
THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IS URGING STATE LAWMAKERS TO CONTINUE A STIPEND FOR TEACHERS. LAST YEAR THE STATE LEGISLATURE FUNDED A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR STIPEND FOR TEACHERS AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF. THE BOARD IS ALSO SUPPORTING A SCHOOLFUNDING FORMULA FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR THAT WOULD ALLOCATE TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL BONUSES FOR TEACHERS IN HARD-TO-FILL ROLES. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY’S ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN SUPPORT FOR THE STIPENDS BUT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO DECIDE HOW TO DIVVY IT UP.
EUNICE POLICE ARRESTED A CARJACKING SUSPECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE CARJACKING HAPPENED IN THE GROCERY PICKUP AREA OF WALMART. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO FREEMAN OF EUNICE, FLED THE AREA ON FOOT BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED AND ATTEMPTED TO BREAK INTO A HOME IN A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. A SHORT WHILE LATEER, FREEMAN WAS CAPTURED BY PATROLLING OFFICERS. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CARJACKING AS WELL AS CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND ATTEMPTED HOME INVASION.
DREDGING OF THE VERMILLION RIVER WILL BEGIN THIS SUMMER AT ROTARY POINT IN LAFAYETTE. THE SITE OFF OF WEST BAYOU PARKWAY HAS ACCUMULATED SO MUCH SILT THAT IT HAS REDUCED THE WATER LEVEL TO ONE FOOT. THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT IS SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. LOCALS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR DREDGING OF THE RIVER EVER SINCE THE DEVASTATING FLOOD OF TWENTY-SIXTEEN.
KLFY TV’S DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS THE LATEST ON AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD NEW IBERIA GIRL, WHO’S ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
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A rare calf born with two faces is continuing to flourish eight days after its birth at a Vermillion Parish farm. Owners of Breaux Farms in Cossinade say the calf is named “Deux Face.” She was still thriving Thursday. Deux Face has four eyes, two mouths, two noses and two ears. Eric and Dawn Breaux said in a post on Facebook that the chance of this type of birth is 1 in 400 million.
