6-27-23
IRMA TROSCLAIR HAS RESIGNED FROM HER POSITION AS SUPERINTENDENT OF LAFAYETTE SCHOOLS. IN A LETTER TO PARENTS, TROSCLAIR CITED FAMILY ISSUES AS THE REASON FOR HER DECISION. TROSCLAIR WAS NAMED INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT IN TWENTY-NINETEEN AND THE NEXT YEAR THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTED HER TO THE POSITION FULL TIME. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH.
SEVERAL PEOPLE GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY MORNING TO PROTEST THE ACTIONS OF A FEMALE POLICE OFFICER. THE OFFICER WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A FIGHT WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE AT THE M-L-K COMMUNITY CENTER ON SUNDAY, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE. THOSE PROTESTING CLAIMED THE OFFICER DID NOTHING TO TRY TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION. POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND HE WILL RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT AFTER ALL THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN REVIEWED.
The Supreme Court lifted its hold on a Louisiana case that could force the state to redraw congressional districts to boost Black voting power. Monday’s order follows the court’s rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama and unfreezes the Louisiana case, which had been on hold pending the Alabama decision. In both states, Black voters are a majority in just one congressional district. The justices put the Louisiana case on hold and allowed the state’s challenged map to be used in last year’s elections after agreeing to hear the Alabama case.
A ROAD CLOSURE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR JEFF DAVIS PARISH. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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ANOTHER RESTAURANT IS CLOSING IN LAFAYETTE. B-J’S PIZZA ON WEST CONGRESS ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY’RE CLOSING ON THURSDAY. B-J’S PIZZA HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF LAFAYETTE FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS. THEY ANNOUNCED ON THEIR LAST DAYS OF BUSINESS TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY, THEY WILL BE OPEN FROM ELEVEN TO THREE-THIRTY EACH DAY.
SAINT LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD ANNOUNCED A TEN PERCENT DECREASE IN THE PARISH BUDGET. BELLARD SAYS SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS PUSHED FOR THE BUDGET CUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNNECESSARY. BELLARD TELLS KLFY TV THAT, RATHER THAN CUTTING SALARIES OR FIRING EMPLOYEES, HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE OUT GRANT FUNDING TO GET THE TEN PERCENT DECREASE WITHOUT AFFECTING JOBS OR SALARIES. THE NEW BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL TODAY.
LOUISIANA WILL BE RECEIVING ONE-POINT-THREE BILLION DOLLARS TO EXPAND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. CURRENTLY NEARLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMES AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE STATE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO SAYS GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAS BEEN WORKING TO BRING HIGH SPEED INTERNET TO RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND FAR TOO LONG. SHE THANKED THE PRESIDENT’S INVESTING IN AMERICA AGENDA FOR THE INVESTMENT TO HELP CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND DELIVER QUALITY, AFFORDABLE INTERNET FOR ALL LOUISIANANS.
A MAN, WHO WAS A VICTIM IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT, WAS ARRESTED BY ABBEVILLE POLICE ON AN ACTIVE WARRANT. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAYON STAGG WAS SHOT IN THE ARM WHILE TRAVELING IN A BLACK S-U-V DOWN WABASH STREET. WHEN OFFICERS WENT TO INTERVIEW STAGG AT THE HOSPITAL, THEY DISCOVERED HE WAS WANTED FOR ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS OR DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES. AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, STAGG WAS TAKEN TO THE VERMILLION PARISH JAIL.
