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FRONTIER AIRLINES ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE OFFERING FLIGHTS OUT OF LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT BEGINNING IN OCTOBER. THE COMPANY WILL BE FLYING TO ORLANDO AND DENVER ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS THROUGH NEXT SPRING. SCOTT FISHER OF FRONTIER AIRLINES TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SERVICES TO THOSE AREAS EVENTUALLY EXPANDED. THEY WILL BEGIN WITH INTRODUCTORY ONE WAY FARES OF 49 DOLLARS TO DENVER AND 39 DOLLARS TO ORLANDO BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 24TH.
THE CONFESSION OF DENNIS BARTIE OF LAKE CHARLES TO THE 1998 MURDER OF ROSE BORN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN HIS TRIAL. THE THIRD CIRCUIT TOSSED HIS CONFESSION BECAUSE THEY SAID POLICE DID NOT HONOR HIS RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS REFUSED TO HEAR THE PROSECUTION’S APPEAL. BARTIE IS ACCUSED OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF ROSE BORN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN HER LAKE CHARLES DONUT SHOP. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN DEROSIER SAYS THEY HAVE OTHER EVIDENCE BESIDES THE CONFESSION TO USE IN THE TRIAL.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ACADIA PARISH IS INVESTIGATING A HOME INVASION AND SEVERAL BURGLARIES. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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The state Department of Education says the percentage of Louisiana students demonstrating “mastery” of English language arts and math held steady in tests given this year. And, there was a 2 percent increase in social studies mastery.
But officials said traditionally disadvantaged students — those from low income homes, black students and students with disabilities — continued to lag. The department on Tuesday released the 2018 results from Louisiana Education Assessment Program testing.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED COUNCIL TOOK THE FIRST STEP LAST NIGHT TOWARDS SPLITTING UP INTO TWO SEPARATE BODIES. IN A 5-TO-3 VOTE, THE COUNCIL INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER THAT WOULD SPLIT THE CURRENT NINE MEMBER COUNCIL INTO FIVE MEMBER COUNCILS FOR THE CITY AND THE PARISH. ALSO THE TERM LIMITED COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO RUN FOR ELECTION TO THE NEW COUNCILS. THE CONSOLIDATED COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE IN TWO WEEKS AND, IF APPROVED, IT WOULD GO BEFORE LAFAYETTE PARISH VOTERS ON DECEMBER EIGHTH.
SULPHUR PARKS AND RECREATION HELD A CEREMONIAL RIBBON CUTTING FOR A NEW PARK. MAPLEWOOD COMMONS IS COMPLETE WITH FOUNTAINS, WALKING PATHS, BENCHES AND A MINIATURE LIBRARY. SPAR PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TEN YEARS AGO WITH PLANS TO UPGRADE IT. THE EFFORT IS PART OF SPAR’S PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MORE QUIET NATURAL SPACES FOR RESIDENTS.
ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS ARE OUTRAGED AFTER AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS NOT GIVEN ANY JAIL TIME IN THE CASE OF AN ABUSED CHAMPION RACE HORSE. JERMAINE DWAYNE DOUCET PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF FELONY CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND JUDGE ALONZO HARRIS GAVE HIM A ONE YEAR SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND ONE YEAR OF SUPERVISED PROBATION. IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, THE HORSE, DR. DRIP, WAS EUTHANIZED AFTER HE WAS FOUND SEVERELY MALNOURISHED WITH SADDLE SORES AND A RAMPANT MAGGOT INFESTATION. FLEUR DAWES OF THE GROUP IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND D-A’S ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF CATCHING THE CRIMINALS BUT JUDGES ARE LETTING DOWN THE PUBLIC BY NOT BRINGING THE CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE.
THE CROWLEY CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PAY RAISE FOR FIREFIGHTERS. THE BASE PAY WILL INCREASE TO 21-HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. FIREFIGHTERS HAD HOPED TO SEE IT INCREASE TO 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH, BUT OFFICIALS WERE STILL HAPPY. FIRE CHIEF JODY VIATOR SAYS USUALLY THEY GET THE MANDATORY TWO PERCENT PAY INCREASE BUT THIS RAISES IT BY 12 PERCENT.
