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THE TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE EDUCATION SCORECARD HIGHLIGHTED LAFAYETTE PARISH AS A DISTRICT OUTPERFORMING EXPECTATIONS IN BOTH ACHIEVEMENT AND ACADEMIC GROWTH. THE NATIONAL REPORT SAYS LAFAYETTE PARISH OUTPERFORMED TWO-THIRDS OF DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN BOTH ACADEMIC GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO READING. THE DISTRICT STUDENTS OUTPERFORMED SIXTY-FOUR PERCENT OF DISTRICTS IN MATH ACHIEVEMENT AND SIXTY-ONE PERCENT WHEN IT COMES TO MATH PERFORMANCE. LAFAYETTE STUDENTS HAVE SURPASSED PRE-PANDEMIC PERFORMANCE LEVELS IN BOTH MATH AND READING.
THE CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE HAS BEEN PUT UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY AFTER A SCREEN WAS FOUND MISSING AND ANOTHER WAS DISCOVERED DAMAGED ON A WATER TOWER. OFFICIALS SAY THE SCREENS WILL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED TODAY OR TOMORROW. MEANWHILE IN SAINT MARTINVILLE, A HYDRANT WAS HIT ON BERARD STREET LEADING TO WATER BEING SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY TO AREAS SOUTH OF PORT STREET, EXTENDING TO THE CASH SAVER GROCERY STORE. THOSE AREAS ARE NOW UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY.
A STATEWIDE PETITION TO RECALL GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HAS STARTED. THE RECALL EFFORT REQUIRES A TOTAL OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND SIGNATURES ACROSS LOUISIANA TO LEAD TO A RECALL VOTE. THE PETITION MUST BE CONCLUDED AND SUBMITTED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-DAYS FROM ITS INITIAL FILING. JACQUNETTE GUIDRY, WHO IS LEADING SIGNATURE COLLLECTION EFFORTS IN CROWLEY, TELLS KLFY TV SHE FELT OBLIGATED TO GET INVOLVED DUE TO THE PREVAILING POLITICAL CLIMATE IN THE STATE.
A PERSON FLEEING FROM MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE LED TO A SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER BEING ISSUED. THE CAMPUS POLICE, RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF THE SMELL OF CANABIS IN A UNIT INSIDE A RESIDENCE HALL, LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT STUDENTS. ONE OF THE SUBJECTS RAN OFF LEADING TO THE FOOT CHASE. UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON TANYA BREWSTER SAYS THAT, SINCE IT WAS NOT CLEAR IF THE FLEEING PERSON WAS ARMED, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, A SHELTER-IN-PLACE NOTIFICATION WAS ISSUED UNTIL MCNEESE POLICE HAD THE SITUATION FULLY UNDER CONTROL.
LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION TO A STABBING LAST WEEK ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A KAPLAN MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIALS. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD HUNTER BINGHAM WAS BOOKED INTO THE VERMILLION PARISH JAIL. HIS ARREST CAME FROM A TIP PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
AFTER A TEN HOUR SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING, A CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BILL ADVANCED THAT WOULD REMOVE ONE OF THE TWO MAJORITY-BLACK DISTRICTS. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD LIKELY ADD A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN. THE BILL GOES TO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE TODAY FOR A VOTE. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD GO NEXT TO A HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK.
A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION IN CROWLEY LED TO THE SEIZURE OF MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED GRAMS OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, INCLUDING MARIJUANA, COCAINE AND HEROIN. THEY WERE SEIZED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH AVENUE B AND WEST TENTH STREET. A SUSPECT, TRALON WASHINGTON, FLED ON FOOT AND POLICE WERE NOT ABLE TO CATCH HIM. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF WASHINGTON IS ASKED TO CALL THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT SEVEN-EIGHT-THREE-ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR.
