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Police are investigating a shooting that happened yesterday at Martin Luther King Park in Ville Platte. Chief Neal Lartigue said no one was injured.
WILLIAM KEVIN RIDEAU, 33 OF OPELOUSAS HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON TWO COUNTS OF SIMPLE ARSON AND TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINIAL TRESPASSING. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE RIDEAU BURNED DOWN MILLER’S ZYDECO HALL OF FAME IN ST. LANDRY PARISH AND THE CHARCOAL LOUNGE IN OPELOUSAS. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE MOTIVE FOR RIDEAU STARTING THE FIRES WAS TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION, RIDEAU OPERATES THE WINNER’S LOUNGE WHICH IS OWNED BY HIS FAMILY. OPELOUSAS POLICE AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S INVESTIGATOR ARRESTED RIDEAU AT HIS HOME.
KLFY news 10 reports that the Lafayette parish school board has decided to move on repairing and restoring Westside Elementary School in Scott. The cost of the repairs will mostly be covered by insurance and FEMA reimbursements. Construction will begin within the next few weeks. Westside elementary students will continue to take classes at a temporary location on the campus of Scott middle school. Superintendent Donald Aguillard is hoping to get students and faculty back into Westside elementary as early as spring 2018.
After 63 years, St. Peter School in Gueydan will be closing its doors at the end of this school year. Faculty members are sad to see the place that they know and love closing. School Pastor, Father Corey Campeaux said they want to spend their final days celebrating the school’s accomplishments. The community is what has kept the school alive for 63 years. Some of the students will be attending the local public schools and some will transfer to the Catholic schools in nearby areas. The school’s last day will be the 26th of this month.
AP – Lawmakers have once again struck down a proposal to allow Louisiana residents to carry a concealed gun without a permit. A House panel voted 8-5 yesterday against Rep. Barry Ivey’s “constitutional carry” measure. State law allows people to openly carry a gun without a permit. In order to conceal a handgun, though, residents must be trained, undergo a background check and have their fingerprints taken. Supporters of Ivey’s bill said the permit requirements, which include fees, are costly and prevent law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right. Opponents said the permitting process keeps concealed guns in the hands of responsible people. This was the third attempt from Ivey, a Baton Rouge Republican, to have Louisiana join a dozen other states that don’t require permits.
A HENDERSON POLICE OFFICER PASSED OUT WHILE DRIVING. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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