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5-15-15

A LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE ON MONDAY WILL DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.  BOARD MEMBER JEREMY HIDALGO, WHO IS ON THE FACILITIES AND FINANCE COMMITTEES, SAYS THEY WILL DISCUSS WHERE TO PUT A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, HOW BIG IT SHOULD BE AND HOW TO FUND IT.  HE SAYS THEY’LL ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NOT TO INCLUDE SINCE THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR AN ALL-OUT HIGH SCHOOL.  THE NEW SCHOOL WOULD LIKELY BE LOCATED IN YOUNGSVILLE OR BROUSSARD, SINCE THERE IS NO HIGH SCHOOL IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THAT’S WHERE MOST OF THE POPULATION GROWTH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS OCCURRED.

OVERALL CRIME IN LAKE CHARLES ROSE TWO-POINT-6 PERCENT LAST YEAR COMPARED TO 2013, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY, BUT MOST VIOLENT CRIME STATISTICS DECREASED.  THE AMOUNT OF ASSAULT CASES WERE UP EIGHT PERCENT, AUTO THEFTS INCREASED BY SIX PERCENT, WHILE MURDERS, ROBBERIES, BURGLARIES, THEFTS AND ARSONS WERE ALL DOWN.  POLICE CHIEF DON DIXON SAYS 55-POINT-6 PERCENT OF ALL CRIMINAL CASES INVESTIGATED WERE SOLVED, WHICH HE SAYS IS OUTSTANDING.  MAYOR RANDY ROACH SAYS THAT RATE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND EVERY YEAR THE DEPARTMENT SCORES WELL IN THAT CATEGORY.

 

THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE IS HOPING TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE BETWEEN PARENTS, ALUMNI AND ADMINISTRATORS AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL IN VIILLE PLATTE.  JULIE DARCE HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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The Louisiana House has agreed to prohibit abortions based on gender, despite questions about whether provisions in the bill that allow for lawsuits and damage claims go too far.  Rep. Lenar Whitney, a Houma Republican, described her bill Thursday as protecting “baby girls” from discrimination.  Rep. Walt Leger, a New Orleans Democrat, raised several concerns about language that would allow lawsuits and injunction requests against doctors who perform an abortion if gender discrimination is alleged.  Despite his concerns, Leger was among 81 members of the House who voted to send the measure to the Senate for consideration.

 

CHARGES WILL NOT BE FILED AGAINST A LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BEATING OF A PRISON INMATE IN APRIL.  29-YEAR-OLD ADRIAN THERIOT WAS ACCUSED OF MALFEASANCE AND SECOND DEGREE BATTERY FOR ALLEGEDLY WATCHING TWO DEPUTIES BEAT 41-YEAR-OLD JASON BRUNGARDT, AND NOT PREVENTING IT OR REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO HIS SUPERIORS.  THE TWO DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN CHARGED.  DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEITH STUTES SAYS THEY ARE CONSIDERING CHARGES AGAINST A FOURTH PERSON IN THE CASE.

 

THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROJECT TO HELP PROTECT TEN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS FROM DAMAGING WINDS.  THEY AWARDED A 590 THOUSAND DOLLAR BID TO PHOENIX ARCHITECTURE TO RETROFIT WINDOWS AND DOORS ON THOSE BUILDINGS.  THEY INCLUDE THE TOWN HALLS IN LAKE ARTHUR, WELCH, ELTON AND FENTON, THE PARISH COURTHOUSE AND MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, THE JENNINGS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE ELTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL IN JENNINGS AND THE POLICE JURY OFFICES.  THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY A ONE MILLION DOLLAR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.

 

ANOTHER ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH AN APRIL 25TH SHOOTING AT THE KATHY APARTMENT COMPLEX.  TWO MEN ENTERED THE APARTMENT SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHOT A MAN IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD, WOUNDING HIM IN THE FACE, ARM AND BACK.  BATON ROUGE POLICE ARRESTED 29-YEAR-OLD GEVIN LOUIS VARISE OF PLAQUEMINE, AND HE IS AWAITING EXTRADITION TO ACADIA PARISH TO FACE SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY.  ARREST WARRANTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR 20-YEAR-OLD KENDALL DEVON THOMAS OF LAFAYETTE AND 19-YEAR-OLD DILLAN GREEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING.

 

A proposal to give all workers in Louisiana paid sick days was rejected by a Senate labor committee amid opposition from business.  Bill sponsor Sen. Karen Peterson, a New Orleans Democrat, said 700,000 workers in Louisiana lose pay — and sometimes their jobs — when they call in sick.  Her bill would have allowed workers to earn one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked. Sick time would have been capped at 52 hours a year.