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STATE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN ON A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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A NEW HIRE BY THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS DEFENDING HIS PAST. ACCORDING TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION, DR. MARCUS JACKSON, WHO WAS HIRED TO HELP TURN AROUND FAILING SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MARRIED WOMAN WHILE WORKING FOR ATLANTA, GEORGIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LATER RESIGNED OVER WHAT HE CALLED FAMILY REASONS. THE LAKE CHARLES CHAPTER OF THE NAACP HAS COME OUT AGAINST JACKSON. HOWEVER, CALCASIEU PARISH SUPERINTENDENT KARL BRUCHAUS HAS DEFENDED THE HIRING, SAYING THEY HAVE CONFIRMED HIS EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPING AND ATTEMPTING TO STRANGLE A WOMAN ONE WEEK AGO. IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARK AVENUE AND FERN STREET. THE VICTIM CLAIMED THAT MARCUS WALKER BATTERED HER AND THEN TOOK CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE WITH HER INSIDE IT. WALKER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIMPLE KIDNAPPING, DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY BY STRANGULATION AND AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
Louisiana has agreed to move people with serious mental illnesses out of state nursing homes and into community-based settings following an investigation by the federal government. The Louisiana Department of Health on Thursday announced the agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. In a lawsuit , federal officials had alleged that the state is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by segregating the seriously mentally ill in nursing homes instead of placing them in more community-based settings. The suit has since been dismissed.
A SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A STANDOFF WITH LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. THE DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF GAZETTE ROAD IN SCOTT AROUND NOON YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED. A SUSPECT WENT INTO HIS HOME AND WOULDN’T COME OUT BUT, WITH THE HELP OF A SWAT TEAM, THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES EVENTUALLY ARRESTED THE SUSPECT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. TWO OTHER PEOPLE FLED THE SCENE.
A COURT HEARING WAS HELD YESTERDAY INTO THE LEGITIMACY OF THE ELECTION OF PASTOR MICHAEL HARRIS TO THE DERIDDER CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF DERIDDER HAS CHALLENGED HARRIS’ ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AT-LARGE SEAT BECAUSE THEY SAY HE DOES NOT MEET THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. A LARGE CROWD WAS ON HAND TO SUPPORT HARRIS, WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN SWORN IN TO THE SEAT, WHICH HE WAS ELECTED TO ON APRIL 28TH. THE JUDGE TOLD ATTORNEYS ON BOTH SIDES HE NEEDS MORE INFORMATION BEFORE HE CAN MAKE A RULING.
THE ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A CHASE THAT ENDED IN A CRASH. THE SUSPECTS WERE ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION THAT HAPPENED IN JEANERETTE WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED. A FRANKLIN POLICE OFFICER SPOTTED THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL IT OVER BUT THEY FLED DOWN L-A 317, REACHING SPEEDS OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR. AFTER CRASHING, THEY FLED ON FOOT INTO A MARSH AREA, BUT THREE OF THE SUSPECTS HAVE SINCE BEEN CAPTURED.
Federal scientists are predicting an average dead zone this summer in the Gulf of Mexico. But they note that this would still be three times greater than the long-term goal for reducing the size of the area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that this year’s dead zone will cover about 5,780 square miles or about the size of Connecticut. The 33-year average is about 5,460 square miles.
