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THE LAWSUIT OVER THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE CONTINUES. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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AN ELDERLY RAYNE WOMAN, WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING, HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE. THE FAMILY OF SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD LOUANNA BARRY WERE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE HAS DEMENTIA. SHE HAD LEFT HER HOME IN RAYNE, LEAVING BEHIND HER MEDICATION AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS. THE AUTHORITIES DID NOT SAY WHERE SHE WAS FOUND.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT HAS ORDERED THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THEIR JUDGEMENT IN THE CALLAIS VERSUS LOUISIANA CASE. ON APRIL TWENTY-NINTH, THE COURT RULED THAT LOUISIANA’S CONGRESSIONAL MAP WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE OF RACIAL GERRYMANDERING. TYPICALLY, THE COURT HAS A THIRTY-TWO-DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR RELEASING THEIR JUDGEMENT BUT THEY EXPIDITED THE PROCESS TO GIVE STATES TIME TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SUSPENDED THE PRIMARY ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION JUST SIX MONTHS AWAY.
SOWELA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS OPENED AN UPGRADED PETROCHEMICAL TRAINING LAB, REPLACING EQUIPMENT THAT HAD BEEN IN USE FOR TWENTY-THREE YEARS. INSTRUMENTATION AND ELECTRICAL INSTRUCTOR JOHN VAUSSINE SAYS THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE THAT IS EXPECTED TO LAST NO LESS THAN THIRTY YEARS. THE NEW LAB INCLUDES A CONTROL ROOM WITH CYBERSECURITY CAPABILITIES AND AN UPGRADED L-N-G AUTOMATION SYSTEM. VAUSSINE SAYS THEY HAVE A FULL ARRAY OF NEW INSTRUMENTS ALLOWING THEM TO EXPAND WHERE THEY’RE ABLE TO TRAIN.
AN APARTMENT FIRE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF DUSON THAT KILLED A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY SET. TWO ADULTS WERE ALSO INJURED IN THE FIRE, INCLUDING THE GIRL’S MOTHER. DETECTIVES WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT WHO WAS ARRESTD FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JULIAN JACOB WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE SHOOTINGS OVER THE WEEKEND IN OPELOUSAS, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE ARRESTS AND AT LEAST ONE INJURY. POLICE CHIEF GRAIG LEBLANC SAYS OPELOUSAS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CAUSE HARM. HE SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO USE ALL THEIR RESOURCES TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE TO JUSTICE. LEBLANC SAYS THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNICATING TO HIMSELF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM RESOLVE A LOT OF THE SITUATIONS.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY RESTORED BROAD ACCESS TO THE ABORTION PILL MIFEPRISTONE. JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO SIGNED THE ORDER ALLOWING PURCHASE OF THE PILL BY MAIL OR AT PHARMACIES WITHOUT AN IN-PERSON DOCTOR’S VISIT. THE ORDER IS IN EFFECT FOR A WEEK AS THE COURT CONSIDERS THE ISSUE. LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL SAYS THE STAY IS TEMPORARY AND SHE’S CONFIDENT LIFE AND LAW WILL WIN IN THE END.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING IN VILLE PLATTE. KADN TV IS REPORTING THAT A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED. WITNESSES SAY IT HAPPENED ON DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES, THE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ON HIS WAY TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE.
