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A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OVER THE CLOSURE OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN DISMISSED BY THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. THEY DETERMINED THE SCHOOL BOARD ADDRESSED THE PRIMARY CONCERNS OF THE PLAINTIFFS WHEN THEY VOTED TO RESCIND THE INITIAL MARCH TWELFTH VOTE. THE RULING MEANS THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN AGAIN PURSUE CLOSURE OF COMEAUX AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW PROPER LEGAL PROCEDURES AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THE DISTRICT WAS ORDERED TO REIMBURSE THE PLAINTIFF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ATTORNEY FEES.
OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM HAS INTRODUCED NEW ADVANCED WOUND CARE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY LAFAYETTE-BASED TIDES MEDICAL. THE APLICOR THREE-D TISSUE REGENERATION SYSTEM USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THREE-D PRINTING AND A PATIENT’S OWN FAT TISSSUE TO CREATE A PERSONALIZED GRAFT USED TO HELP HEAL CHRONIC WOUNDS. OFFICIALS SAY THIS USES A PATIENT’S OWN BIOLOGY TO SUPPPORT HEALING AND IT MAKES ADVANCED BIOENGINEER TREATMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO LOCAL WOUND CARE CLINICS. THE APLICOR SYSTEM IS FIRST-IN-THE-STATE TECHNOLOGY.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT DENIED A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER ITS RULING ON LOUISIANA’S STATE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE RETURNED A YOUNG GIRL TO HER PARENTS, WHO DID NOT REALIZE SHE HAD WANDERED AWAY FROM HOME. A MAN WHO WAS CUTTING GRASS MONDAY MORNING NOTICED THE GIRL IN THE AREA OF EAST LAGRANGE AND PATRICK STREETS WANDERING TOWARD RYAN STREET, SO HE CALLED POLICE. THEY MANAGED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE FATHER. THE GIRL GOT ONLY FIVE HUNDRED FEET FROM HER HOME AND POLICE DID NOT MAKE ANY ARRESTS OR ISSUE CITATIONS.
AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND HER TWO DOGS DIED IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE IN THE SEVENTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF ERASTE LANDRY ROAD IN LAFAYETTE. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE FIRE JUST AFTER ELEVEN-THIRTY TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY FOUND THE BODY OF SEVENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD HELEN MELANCON IN HER BEDROOM, WHERE THE FIRE WAS CENTERED. A FIRE OFFICIAL SAY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS MOST LIKELY RELATED TO A CIGARETTTE.
RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING ABOUT A POSSIBLE MAJOR LAND ACQUISITION IN VERMILLION PARISH. THE SPECULATION HAS CENTERED ON SPACE X PURCHASING MARSHLAND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY EIGHTY-TWO IN PECAN ISLAND. THE RUMORED FOOTPRINT IS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND ACRES. RESIDENTS TELL KLFY TV THAT IF A LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD, IT COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT HUNTING, FISHING, CRABBING AND SHRIMPING IN THAT AREA.
THE LOUISIANA SENATE UNANIMOUSSLY PASSED A BILL EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. THE BILL BROADENS THE DEFINITION OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TO INCLUDE KILLINGS CARRIED OUT IN PUBLIC PLACES WHERE AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF GREAT HARM. THE BILL COMES AFTER A MASS SHOOTING LAST MONTH AT THE MALL OF LOUISIANA THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ASCENSION EPISCOPAL STUDENT MARTHA ODOM OF LAFAYETTE. THE BILL NOW MOVES ON TO THE STATE HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN EUNICE IN CONNECTION WITH MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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