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6-29-15

ON WEDNESDAY, THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR REPLACING LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL.  THE BOARD WILL ALSO CONSIDER A BUDGET OF 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ARCHITECT.  SCHOOL SYSTEM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER KYLE BORDELON SAYS THE ARCHITECT WOULD CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE THE COST OF REPLACING THE SCHOOL.  LAFAYETTE HIGH WAS BUILT FOR A CAPACITY OF 1,480 STUDENTS, BUT MORE THAN 24-HUNDRED STUDENTS ATTEND THE SCHOOL.

 

Lake Arthur police say nine people have now been arrested in the death of a 73-year-old man whose body was found in his home after his burning car was located in a remote area near Gueydan.  The American Press reports that Sierra White was booked Friday as a principal to both second-degree murder and armed robbery.

White was held without bond in the Jefferson Davis Parish jail. It was not clear whether she has an attorney who could comment.

 

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY FOR FORMER U-L BASKETBALL PLAYER BIANCA DAVIS, WHO, AT THE TIME, WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BREAUX BRIDGE  YOUTH SPORTS CAMP.  DAVIS WAS HIT BY A STRAY BULLET AS SHE TRIED TO LEAVE THE CASINO LOUNGE IN ST. MARTINVILLE ON JUNE 14TH.  18-YEAR-OLD JAMIR SOPHUS OF NEW IBERIA WAS ARRESTED FOR THE DEATH OF DAVIS, AND HIS TWIN BROTHER, JAKIL, ALSO WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING AND WOUNDING ANOTHER PERSON.  AFTER THE FUNERAL, THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF DAVIS HELD A “PUT DOWN YOUR GUNS” MARCH IN HER HOMETOWN OF CECILIA.

 

GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL SAYS HE WILL LIKELY SIGN A MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL INTO LAW.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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A YOUNGSVILLE FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME SATURDAY NIGHT TO A FIRE THAT WAS STARTED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE.  THE LIGHTING STRUCK AN EAVE ON THE HOME THAT IGNITED A FIRE IN THE ATTIC, AND QUICKLY SPREAD.  IT TOOK FOUR-AND-A-HALF HOURS FOR FIRE FIGHTERS TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE.  ROXEANNE THOMAS TELLS KATC TV THAT A FAMILY BIBLE, THAT WAS PRINTED IN 1726, ESCAPED UNDAMAGED, AS WELL AS SEVERAL CROSSES THAT SHE HUNG IN HER HOUSE.

 

A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR AUTISM SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA’S NEWEST HOME.  THE PROGRAM NOW HAS FOUR HOMES IN THE LAKE CHARLES AREA THAT ARE DEDICATED TO AUTISTIC ADULTS.  THE PROGRAM HELPS AUTISTIC ADULTS MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND INTO A MORE INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE.  GERRI LANDRY, THE PRESIDENT OF AUTISTIC SERVICES, SAYS THEIR CLIENTS USUALLY HAVE NO PROBLEMS MOVING INTO THEIR HOMES, BUT THE PARENTS HAVE A HARD TIME LETTING GO.

 

ERATH CITY COUNCILMAN ROBERT VINCENT WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ACADIAN MUSEUM’S ORDER OF LIVING LEGENDS YESTERDAY.  VINCENT WAS THE YOUNGEST ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR ERATH IN 1998, WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL AT THE AGE OF 19.  HE ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR FOUR YEARS.  VINCENT HAS ALSO SERVED AS HEAD OF THE ERATH FOURTH OF JULY ASSOCIATION FOR 13 YEARS, RAISING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS.

 

Louisiana’s attorney general says it is not necessary for court officials to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples even though the U.S. Supreme Court upheld gay marriage nationwide Friday.  Gays and lesbians have been arriving in Louisiana courts seeking marriage licenses.  In a statement, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says he saw nothing in the court’s ruling making the order effective immediately.  Caldwell joined other Louisiana politicians in condemning the ruling as, in his own words, “an intrusion into what should be a state issue.”