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A COMMUNITY COALITION IN LAFAYETTE PLANS ON MAKING A PUSH FOR A NEW LOCAL LAW THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IN A BAR. THE PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THE KNOWLEDGE EFFECT COALITION RACHEL GODEAUX SAYS THEY HAVE GATHERED DATA THAT WILL BOLSTER THEIR EFFORTS IN GETTING THE NEW LAW PASSED. THE GROUP FOUND THAT 27 PERCENT OF ALL OFFENSES IN AND AROUND LAFAYETTE BARS BETWEEN 2011 AND 2014 WERE COMMITTED BY PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 20. THEY ALSO FOUND THAT BETWEEN 2006 AND 2013, 13 PERCENT OF THOSE ARRESTED FOR D-W-I WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 21.
A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A JENNINGS HOTEL ROOM AND POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO LOCAL PEOPLE. 25-YEAR-OLD HAROLD TREY HARGRAVE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER, WHILE 27-YEAR-OLD KRISTIN BONIN FACES A CHARGE OF PRINCIPAL TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER. POLICE CHIEF TODD D’ALBOR SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE A FIGHT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND A SUSPECT DURING WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN A ROBBERY ATTEMPT. THE NAME OF THE VICTIM WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL TODAY. THIS IS THE FIRST HOMOCIDE IN JENNINGS SINCE 2013.
WITH THE HELP OF A 55 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE UNITED WAY, STEPHENSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL HAVE A TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM ON CAMPUS. THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS THREE HEALTH CENTERS IN THE PARISH WHICH SERVES ALL THE SCHOOLS, BUT STEPHENSVILLE IS MORE THAN AN HOUR’S DRIVE FROM THE NEAREST ONE. WITH THE HELP OF BLUETOOTH-ENABLED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE AND WEB CAMERAS, STUDENTS AT STEPHENSVILLE ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE TIMELY ACCESS TO A NURSE PRACTITIONER DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. THE UNITED WAY, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE LAFAYETTE GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ARE WORKING TO GET A FEDERAL GRANT TO EXPAND TELEMEDICINE SERVICES TO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ST. MARTIN PARISH.
Gulf Coast claims centers that were established to assist people in filing claims under a settlement for property and economic damages from the 2010 BP oil spill are officially closing. Friday’s closure comes nearly two weeks after the June 8 deadline for filing claims. Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau said his office’s efforts are now transitioning to reviewing and processing claims. Juneau has not yet released a tally of how many claims have been filed.
A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN LAFAYETTE SENT TWO TEENAGERS TO THE HOSPITAL. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE CHIEF DON DIXON SAYS THEY ARE VERY PREPARED FOR INCIDENTS LIKE THE ONE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHEN A GUNMAN KILLED NINE PEOPLE AT A CHURCH THERE. DIXON SAYS EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT TAKES PART IN TRAINING SESSIONS EACH YEAR TO LEARN HOW TO COMBAT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. SOME CHURCHES IN LAKE CHARLES HAVE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO BE PREPARED. PASTOR SHANE KASTLER OF HERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY HAVE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CHURCH AND SECURITY CAMERAS.
AN ACADIANA EDUCATOR HAS BEEN NAMED THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE LOUISIANA A-PLUS NETWORK. KATHLEEN O’SHAUGHNESSY WAS MOST RECENTLY THE PRINCIPAL AT EPIPHANY DAY SCHOOL IN NEW IBERIA. THE A-PLUS NETWORK, WHICH IS A PART OF THE GEORGE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS, HELPS SEVERAL SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE INCORPORATE ART INTO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND HELPS SUPPORT ART EDUCATION. O’SHAUGHNESSY SAYS SHE HAS SEEN THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM AT EPIPHANY DAY SCHOOL AND IS EXCITED TO HELP PROMOTE IT.
Beginning Saturday, black bass regulations on the Atchafalaya River Basin will be consistent with statewide regulations — no length limit with a 10 fish daily creel.
Impacted waterbodies include the Atchafalaya River Basin, Lake Verret, the Lake Palourde Complex and the Lake Fausse Point/Lake Dauterive Complex. In June 2013, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved the removal of the 14-inch minimum length, and as a temporary transition measure, reduced the daily creel limit from 10 to seven bass for a two-year period. That restriction has now expired.
