5-13-25
GAS AT A LAFAYETTE APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS BEEN SHUT OFF DUE TO A LEAK. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR RAYNE POLICE LIEUTENANT ALLEN NOOCHIE CREDEUR WAS HELD YESTERDAY AT THE RAYNE CIVIC CENTER. HE WAS REMEMBERED FOR HIS SELFLESS CHARACTER AND FOR BEING A VOLUNTEER COACH, FIRE CHIEF, AND DARE INSTRUCTOR BESIDES BEING A POLICE OFFICER. POLICE CHIEF CARROLL STELLY SPOKE AT THE SERVICE. HE SAID CREDEUR SHOWED WHAT LOYALTY LOOKED LIKE, BRAVERY REALLY MEANT AND WHAT IT IS TO PUT OTHERS BEFORE YOURSELF.
PRE-K TO TWELFTH GRADE EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA HAS MOVED UP IN THE
U-S NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS BEST STATES RANKINGS. LOUISIANA IS THIRTY-SEVENTH, UP THREE SPOTS FROM LAST YEAR AND IT’S THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR THE RANKING HAS IMPROVED. STATE EDUCATION SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR CADE BRUMLEY SAYS LOUISIANA IS THE MOST RAPIDLY IMPROVING STATE IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION. HE SAYS IT’S THE RESULT OF INTENTIONAL STRATEGY, FOCUSED INSTRUCTION, AND THE HARD WORK OF EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
A JENNINGS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR COMPUTER-AIDED SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. THE JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT RAN AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION AFTER RECEIVING A TIP THAT FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DAVID BRUCE REINHARDT ALLEGEDLY HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A JUVENILE ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM LAST THURSDAY. DETECTIVES POSING AS A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL MADE CONTACT WITH REINHARDT WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO GET INVOLVED IN AN INAPPROPRIATE CONVERSATION AND HE SENT PHOTOS OF HIMISELF EXPOSED. HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A JUVENILE GIRL AND THE DETECTIVES ARRESTED HIM THERE.
A VIDEO HAS GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING A TEACHER AT EDGAR MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE SLAPPING A STUDENT. OFFICIALS WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SAY THE VIDEO IS FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT IT WAS JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. TWO EMPLOYEESS SHOWN IN THE VIDEO RESIGNED YESTERDAY. SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET SAYS THERE WILL BE A PROMPT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND ANY NECESSARY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BASED ON THE EVIDENCE.
THE NEW IBERIA CITY COUNCIL IS ANNEXING PROPERTY FROM THE PARISH TO EXPAND THE CITY LIMITS. THE NEW ORDINANCE WILL TAKE FIVE PIECES OF PROPERTY ALONG HIGHWAY NINETY, KNOWN AS THE HEBERT PROPERTY AND WHICH INCLUDES BUSINESSES AND HOMES. THE CITY’S LEGAL COUNSEL, JEFF SIMON, SAYS NOBODY’S BEING FORCED INTO THE CITY LIMITS AS THEY HAVE EVERYBODY’S SIGNATURE ON THEIR PETITION. MAYOR FREDDIE DECOURT SAYS THE PARISH HAS TO VOTE ON THE ANNEXATION BEFORE IT BECOMES OFFICIAL.
THE STATE SENATE WILL HOLD A HEARING TODAY ON THE SURVIVOR JUSTICE ACT, A BILL SPONSORED BY REPUBLICAN SENATOR BETH MIZELL. IF IT BECOMES LAW, JUDGES WILL BE ABLE TO CONSIDER PAST EVIDENCE OF ABUSE OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING WHEN REVIEWING CONVICTIONS OR SENTENCES OF SURVIVORS. BACKERS OF THE BILL SAY THIS GIVES JUDGES THE POWER TO CORRECT PAST AND FUTURE INJUSTICES. LOUISIANA RANKS FIFTH IN THE NUMBER OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES PER CAPITA AND HAS ONE OF THE WORST RATES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING SATURDAY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON EAST SOUTH STREET. ONE PERSON WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND HE’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS KENDRELL HICKS. HE TOLD THEM HE WAS APPROACHED BY TWO MEN BEFORE THE SHOOTING BEGAN. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND POLICE ARE REVIEWING POTENTIAL DIGITAL EVIDENCE, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES.
