5-20-25
AN IBERIA PARISH SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A JUVENILE. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD HAILEY GROS WORKS AT DASPIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NEW IBERIA. THE VICTIM IS A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY. GROS WAS BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL FOR INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE AND SIMPLE KIDNAPPING. MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED.
THE PRE-K FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAM AT MYRTLE PLACE ELEMENTARY IN LAFAYETTE IS MAKING A COMEBACK FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY THAT THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM WAS GOING TO BE CUT BUT ABOUT EIGHTY PEOPLE ADVOCATED TO SAVE THE PROGRAM. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RODDY BERGERON (BARE zher awn) TELLS KLFY TV THAT OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE THE PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS. THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM. ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT ENROLL LAFAYETTE-DOT-COM.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING IN THE CENTRAL PARKWAY AREA NEAR OVERHILL DRIVE. POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AREA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEY CAME UPON AN OBVIOUS HOMOCIDE. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN THE EARLY STAGES SO NO DETAILS HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED. THEY ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE HOMOCIDE TO CALL THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE STATE HOUSE VOTED FIFTY-NINE TO TWENTY-FIVE IN FAVOR OF THE VICTIMS OF ABORTION DRUG DEALERS ACT, WHICH NOW MOVES TO THE SENATE. THE BILL GIVES THE MOTHER OF AN UNBORN CHILD AS WELL AS THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER AND GRANDPARENTS LEGAL STANDING TO SUE ANYONE WHO HELPS PROVIDE DRUGS MEANT TO INDUCE AN ABORTION. THE BILL’S SPONSOR, REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN VENTRELLA, SAYS THIS WILL ALLOW FAMILY MEMBERS TO PURSUE ACTION AGAINST A MEDICAL PROVIDER WHO PRESCRIBES ABORTION DRUGS IN VIOLATION OF LOUISIANA LAW. SHE SAYS THIS BILL IS NEEDED BECAUSE THERE’S A LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW THAT ALLOWS OUT OF STATE DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE ABORTION DRUGS TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN LOUISIANA.
THE STATE SENATE IS CONSIDERING A BILL THAT WOULD REORGANIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. STATE SENATOR BOB HENSGENS OF ABBEVILLE, THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, SAYS THEY WOULD GET RID OF ALL ASSISTANT SECRETARIES TO MAKE A MORE EFFICIENT FLOWING SYSTEM, THROUGH A DEPUTY SECRETARY, AN UNDER SECRETARY TO THE SECRETARY. HE SAYS THE BILL IS DESIGNED TO GET PERMITS APPROVED QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY WITH ADDED TRANSPARENCY. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES REGULATES OIL AND GAS, ABANDONED WELL AND DEEP INJECTION WELLS.
A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT AND SHOOTING ON I-TEN. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE TOWN OF DUSON HAS LAUNCHED A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE WATER SUPPLY. MAYOR JOHNNY THIBODEAUX SAYS THE CURRENT WATER SUPPLY IS SUFFICIENT BUT MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED HOMES ARE BEING ADDED TO THE TOWN. THIBODEAUX CONSIDERS THE PROJECT TO BE FORWARD THINKING. HE SAYS IT’S EXPENSIVE BUT IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE IF THEY WAIT, SO THERE’S NO BETTER TIME TO GET STARTED THAN NOW.
THE TODDLER WHO WAS WOUNDED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN FRANKLIN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FOUR-YEAR-OLD MALEAH RUFFIN. HER GRANDMOTHER TELLS KADN TV THAT MALEAH WAS PLAYING ON A TRAMPOLINE WITH TWO OTHER CHILDREN WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT AND MALEAH WAS GRAZED BY A BULLET. MALEAH WAS AIRLIFTED TO A BATON ROUGE HOSPITAL AND THERE’S BEEN NO UPDATE ANNOUNCED ON HER CONDITION. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD SHACOBY JOHNSON OF NEW IBERIA HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING AND HE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
