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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS REJECTED APPLICATIONS FOR NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS SUBMITTED BY TWO ORGANIZATIONS. HOWEVER, THE BOARD DID GIVE SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD THE GO AHEAD TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A TYPE FOUR CHARTER SCHOOL TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. ALSO, LAST NIGHT, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A 492 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. BECAUSE OF DECLINING REVENUES, THE NEW BUDGET INCLUDES SALARIES AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THIS PAST YEAR, AND THEY CUT DOZENS OF POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE 1998 MURDER OF ROSE BORN, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH AT PARADISE DONUTS, THE SHOP SHE OWNED. POLICE CHIEF DON DIXON, AT A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, SAYS DNA EVIDENCE FOUND IN HER FINGERNAIL FROM DEFENSIVE SCRATCH MARKS LED THEM TO 35-YEAR-OLD DENNIS JEROME BARTIE, WHO WAS IN THE ALLEN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR THE STABBING OF ANOTHER WOMAN IN BATON ROUGE. DIXON SAYS BARTIE HAS CONFESSED TO THE MURDER OF BORN. DIXON SAYS BARTIE WAS PLANNING TO ROB HER AND KILLED HER BECAUSE HE NEEDED A RIDE HOME. BORN’S VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCENE BUT WAS FOUND FOUR MILES AWAY.
THE LOUISIANA CRUELTY INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE SEIZED FIVE HORSES NEAR JEANERETTE AND PUT DOWN ANOTHER HORSE. LEAD INVESTIGATOR TONEY WADE TELLS KATC THAT THEY RECEIVED A TIP ABOUT A DYING HORSE. THEY FOUND THE HORSES IN A STABLE WITH NO FOOD OR WATER AND WITH EXPOSED NAILS IN THE FLOOR BOARDS. SHE SAYS THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR THE OWNER AND PLAN ON PRESSSING CRUELTY CHARGES AGAINST HIM OR HER.
New Medicaid-financed centers aimed at helping “medically fragile” children won’t be created in Louisiana for one year. Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law a measure placing a one-year moratorium on pediatric day health care centers, not allowing any new ones into the state-funded program until July 2017. Supporters say the temporary halt to new licenses will give the health department time to improve oversight for a four-year-old Medicaid program whose cost has grown to $30 million this year. Opponents say the moratorium will deny specialized health services to disabled children.
he Louisiana Senate has overwhelmingly backed a $26 billion budget proposal for next year that would levy cuts across most state government programs. Senators voted 37-2 Wednesday for the spending plan after only an hour of discussion. The House, by comparison, spent two days combing through the measure. Widespread cuts would hit the TOPS college tuition program, the safety net hospitals for the poor, K-12 education and public colleges.
A BILL TO RENAME THE GROUNDS SURROUNDING THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER AND CAJUN FIELD AFTER SONNY MOUTON HAS PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE LOWEST BID OF ONE-POINT-5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NEW LIFT STATION THAT WILL BE PUT IN AT FIFTH AVENUE. THE LIFT STATION WILL TAKE WASTEWATER FROM BANCROFT STREET SOUTH TO CONTRABAND BAYOU. COUNCILMAN DANA JACKSON TELLS KPLC TV THAT, ONCE THE PROJECT IS STARTED, IT SHOULD TAKE BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE. HE SAYS A LOT MORE LIFT STATIONS WILL NEED TO BE INSTALLED IN LAKE CHARLES BECAUSE OF INCREASED HOUSING.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY AT WALMART. 26-YEAR-OLD RONALD BABINEAUX IS WANTED ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. HE IS BLACK, FIVE-8, 160 POUNDS WITH SHORT BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON BABINEAUX’S WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 789-TIPS.
