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TONIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONSIDER A REQUEST BY SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD TO REOPEN LAFAYETTE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. THE REQUEST CAME DURING A SPECIAL MEETING YESTERDAY WHILE THE BOARD HEARD PRESENTATIONS FROM TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO OPEN CHARTER SCHOOLS IN LAFAYETTE. TONIGHT THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THEIR REQUESTS AS WELL. THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER FOUNDATION ACADEMY IS SEEKING TO OPEN AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR OVERAGE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT, WHILE ATHLOS ACADEMY IS HOPING TO START A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL IN NORTH LAFAYETTE.
A FORMER LONG TIME PRESIDENT OF MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY DIED MONDAY WHILE VACATIONING IN ITALY. THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT ROBERT HEBERT DIED FROM A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE AT THE AGE OF 77. HEBERT, WHO WAS A NATIVE OF ABBEVILLE, CAME TO MCNEESE STATE AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN 1969 AND EVENTUALLY BECAME ITS FIFTH PRESIDENT IN 1987. AFTER 23 YEARS, HE RETIRED IN 2010.
ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ROBBED A HENDERSON CONVENIENCE STORE WITHA KNIFE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE MAN WHO ROBBED MYER’S QUICK STOP ON GRAND POINTE HIGHWAY HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BLACK, SIX-ONE, AND AROUND 200 POUNDS. THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE ROBBER WORE A TURQUOISE AND WHITE DRESS, A BLACK LONG SLEEVE SHIRT WITH WHITE LETTERING, AND HAD ON A BLACK HEAD WRAP. THE MAN FLED FROM THE SCENE ON FOOT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THEM.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a ban on the second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation, making Louisiana the sixth state to prohibit the commonly used method. The procedure, known as D&E, will only be allowed if necessary to prevent “serious health risk” to the mother when the ban takes effect Aug. 1. Edwards’ office announced Tuesday that the Democratic governor had signed the prohibition, sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Bossier City. State courts have blocked similar laws in Kansas and Oklahoma.
Louisiana’s lawmakers want more say over a governor’s ability to dole out last-minute pay raises. A bill by Republican Sen. Gerald Long requires the joint House and Senate budget committee to approve executive branch salary increases during the last 90 days of a governor’s term. The measure would only affect political appointees known as unclassified workers. It wouldn’t affect rank-and-file employees, known as classified employees, who are governed by civil service guidelines.
U-L LAFAYETTE’S NEW STUDENT UNION WILL BE GETTING SOME UPGRADES. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SHOT AND WOUNDED A MAN WHO POINTED A GUN AT THEM. SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS THE DEPUTIES WERE RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A MAN STANDING IN THE ROADWAY IN OBERLIN WITH A RIFLE. HE SAYS AFTER THE MAN, 36-YEAR-OLD PATRICK NOEL, WAS WOUNDED BY THE DEPUTIES, HE RAN TO HIS HOME. HE WAS ARRESTED THERE BY SWAT TEAM MEMBERS FROM ALLEN AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES.
THE TRIAL OF IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL, WHICH WAS TO BEGIN MONDAY, HAS BEEN POSTPONED. ACKAL, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INMATE ABUSE, TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE U-S ATTORNEY HAS POSTPONED THE CASE UNTIL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. ACKAL EXPRESSED AGGRAVATION ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION AND SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM ARE UNSUBSTANTIATED. NINE IBERIA PARISH DEPUTIES HAVE PLEADED GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE BEATINGS OF INMATES.
