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NEW IBERIA DETECTIVES WERE ON THE SCENE WHERE A BODY WAS FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BODY OF WILL LATULAS WAS FOUND IN A CAR IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF AUDREY STREET IN FRONT OF AN ABANDONED HOUSING AUTHORITY COMPLEX. POLICE CAPTAIN LELAND LASETER SAYS LATULAS, WHO WAS IN HIS LATE TEENS, HAD BEEN DEAD FOR AWHILE BUT IT’S TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED. HE SAYS UNTIL THE MANNER OF DEATH IS DETERMINED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL REMAIN OPEN.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BODY OF A MAN WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY HIS STEPSON. THE STEPSON, FORTY-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN LEE WEBBER, TOLD MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES THAT HE HAD KILLED HIS STEPFATHER, SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD RANDALL DUPLECHAIN, AT DUPLECHAIN’S HOME ON LEONIE STREET IN LAFAYETTE. CORPORAL KEN HANDY WITH LAFAYETTE POLICE SAYS OFFICERS WENT TO THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND EVIDENCE THAT DUPLECHAIN WAS KILLED BUT THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE BODY. POLICE BELIEVE AN ARGUMENT LED TO WEBER KILLING HIS FATHER LAST THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR AFTER A CYBER ATTACK EXPOSED THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF LOUISIANA RESIDENTS. THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, CASEY TINGLE, SAYS THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES WERE AFFECTED BY THE DATA BREACH. HE ALSO SAYS THEY’VE SEEN NOTHING THAT INDICATES DATA HAS BEEN USED, SOLD, SHARED OR RELEASED SINCE THE CYBER ATTACK. RESIDENTS CAN GO ONLINE TO NEXT STEPS-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROTECT PERSONAL DATA AND WHAT TO DO IF FRAUD IS SUSPECTED.
A RECALL PETITION HAS BEEN FILED TO REMOVE THE MAYOR OF ELTON, KESIA SKINNER-LEMOINE. IN EARLY MAY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED VOTER FRAUD. ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE RECALL, RODERICK WILLIAMS, TELLS KLFY TV THAT HE’S HEARD OF ALLEGATIONS GOING BACK TO NOVEMBER OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ELTON REGISTERD TO VOTE IN THE TOWN’S ELECTIONS. FORTY PERCENT OF THE TOWN’S REGISTERED VOTERS MUST SIGN THE PETITION WITHIN NINETY DAYS BEFORE IT CAN GO INTO EFFECT.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING AT A MCDONALD’S RESTAURANT. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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THE U-L BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS EXPECTED TO APPROVE AN ACCELERATED NURSING PROGRAM AT U-L LAFAYETTE. THE UNIVERSITY AND OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL ISSUED AN ANNOUNCEMENT LAST MONTH ABOUT THE PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO GRADUATE SEVENTY NURSES WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN A FIFTEEN MONTH TIME PERIOD. IF APPROVED, THE PROGRAM WOULD LAUNCH NEXT MAY WITH ITS FIRST STUDENTS AND WOULD ENROLL STUDENTS WITH BACHELOR’S DEGREES OUTSIDE OF NURSING. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE EXPECTED DEMAND FOR MORE REGISTERED NURSES AT OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL.
LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY HAS A SIZEABLE LEAD IN THE GOVERNOR’S RACE, ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY FROM THE KITCHENS GROUP AND VANTAGE DATA HOUSE. LANDRY LEADS WITH THIRTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE PROJECTED VOTE WITH THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN THE RACE, SHAWN WILSON, AT SECOND WITH TWENTY-ONE PERCENT. THREE OTHER REPUBLICANS REGISTERED SIX PERCENT OR LESS…TREASURER JOHN SCHROEDER, LOBBYIST STEPHEN WAGUESPACK AND STATE SENATOR SHARON HEWITT…WHILE POLITICAL INDEPENDENT HUNTER LUNDY POLLED AT FOUR PERCENT. TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY HAVE NOT DECIDED.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS LOST ITS HEAD START GRANT DUE TO TWO INCIDENTS OF CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED. IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN, A THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS LEFT ON A SCHOOL BUS PARKED AT THE OPELOUSAS HEAD START CENTER. IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY-NINETEEN, A CHILD WAS LEFT IN A CLASSROOM AT THE GRAND COTEAU HEAD START CENTER WHILE TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES WENT TO RECESS. THE GROUP, SAVE THE CHILDREN, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE HEAD START GRANT FOR SAINT LANDRY PARISH.
