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AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE TWO ARRESTS IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING IN OPELOUSAS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HELD A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL. NO DECISIONS WERE MADE DURING THE HEARING WHICH LASTED NEARLY FIVE HOURS. THEY’LL TAKE UP THE MATTER AGAIN AT THEIR JUNE ELEVENTH MEETING. SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET SAYS IF THEY DO CLOSE THE SCHOOL, THE NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED STUDENTS WOULD BE REZONED TO LAFAYETTE, SOUTHSIDE AND ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOLS.
A FEDERAL COURT HAS ORDERED A HEARING TO REVIEW LOUISIANA’S NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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MORE THAN THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND CHILDREN IN CALCASIEU PARISH ARE EXPECTED TO BENEFIT FROM THE PARISH’S SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM. FREE MEALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN EIGHTEEN AND UNDER AT FIFTEEN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PARISH. EIGHTY-PERCENT OF THE COST WILL BE COVERED BY THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY COVERING THE REMAINING AMOUNT. CHILDREN WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO WEEKEND FOOD BAGS DONATED BY THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO LED AUTHORITIES ON SEPARATE HIGH SPEED CHASES AND AN HOURS LONG MANHUNT. THE MAN, THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BROCK ROBIN OF BREAUX BRIDGE, SWAM ACROSS A POND AND A BAYOU TWICE BEFORE HE WAS FOUND HIDING IN A TREE. ROBIN IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE ONE, TWO AND FOUR NARCOTICS WITH OTHER CHARGES PENDING. THE WOMAN, THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CORIE BEGNAUD OF SAINT MARTINVILLE, IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER.
A SCOTT FIREFIGHTER SUFFERED MINOR BURNS WHILE WORKING A SHED FIRE OFF OF FIELDSPAN ROAD IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE FIRE AT AROUND THREE A-M TUESDAY, THE SHED WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND IT HAD SPREAD TO THE HOME. FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS THE SHED, WHERE IT IS BELIEVED THE FIRE STARTED, WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE HOME HAD MODERATE FIRE AND HEAT DAMAGE WHILE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE HOME HAD SMOKE DAMAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO FIND FUNDING FOR PERMANENT TEACHER PAY RAISES. THE ORDER DIRECTS THEM TO IDENTIFY AND REDIRECT ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES. LANDRY SAYS THAT THERE IS NOT A REVENUE PROBLEM; THEY HAVE A PRIORITIES PROBLEM. ANY TEACHER PAY RAISE PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED TWO SUSPECTS IN THE THEFT OF A CATERPILLAR SKID STEER. THE OWNER OF A LOCAL BUSINESS REPORTED THE THEFT OF THE SKID STEER, WHICH WAS LATER LOCATED AND RETURNED TO THE OWNER. THE SUSPECTS, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD STEVEN RICHARD AND FIFTY-YEAR-OLD GLEN TRAHAN, WERE EMPLOYED BY THE OWNER. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE LOCATION OF EITHER SUSPECT IS ASKED TO CALL THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
