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TWO LAFAYETTE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE NEW PRINCIPALS. SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THAT ALLISON EL KOUBI WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL AT LAFAYETTE MIDDLE WHILE STEPHEN JUDICE WILL TAKE OVER AS PRINCIPAL AT PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE SCHOOL. EL KOUBI, WHO HAS SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT SCHOOLS IN JACKSON AND CLINTON, REPLACES DONALD THORNTON, WHO IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL. JUDICE WAS PROMOTED FROM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PAUL BREAUX MIDDLE TO REPLACE LORETTA CALDWELL, WHO RETIRED THIS SUMMER.
A MILITARY VETERAN FROM SULPHUR HAS TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO GUARD THE ARMED FORCES CAREER CENTER ON RYAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES. BRENT SPELL WAS MOTIVATED BY THE SHOOTINGS LAST WEEK OF FIVE SERVICEMEN AT MILITARY SITES IN CHATTANOOGA. SPELL TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE FELT IT WAS HIS DUTY TO PROTECT HIS MILITARY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHO CAN’T BE ARMED THEMSELVES, AND WILL CONTINUE TO GUARD THE FACILITY UNTIL PROPER SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE. THE BIG FLAG ON THE LAKEFRONT FLEW AT HALF STAFF YESTERDAY IN HONOR OF THE SLAIN SERVICEMEN.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR STABBING TO DEATH HIS WIFE’S EX-HUSBAND. 66-YEAR-OLD DIMMICK GUIDRY JUNIOR WAS BOOKED INTO THE OPELOUSAS JAIL ON ONE COUNT OF MANSLAUGHTER. POLICE SPOKESMAN COREY LEGER SAYS THE STABBING HAPPENED AT GUIDRY’S HOME ON MINGO CIRCLE WHEN, ACCORDING TO GUIDRY, THE EX-HUSBAND LUNGED AT HIM WITH A CHAIR IN HIS HAND. THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED BECAUSE HIS NEXT OF KIN HAD NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared a natural disaster involving 35 Louisiana parishes and eight counties in three neighboring states because of floods and storms from April 27 through June 26. Farmers and ranchers can apply for low-interest loans to help them recover from severe damage. The USDA said Wednesday that 12 parishes are primary disaster areas, and the rest are adjacent.
The adjacent parishes include Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vernon.
AUTHORITIES IN MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE CHARGED A DUSON MAN IN A CAR CRASH THAT KILLED TWO YOUNG GIRLS. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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A MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED IN THE TRIAL OF A SULPHUR MAN, WHO WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A GIRL IN 2011, WHO WAS 15-YEARS-OLD AT THE TIME. JUDGE DAVID RITCHIE DECLARED THE MISTRIAL IN ORDER TO GIVE THE DEFENSE FOR CHRISTOPHER MACE TIME TO PREPARE FOR NEW EVIDENCE THAT MACE HAD TOLD CO-WORKERS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP. MACE’S NEW TRIAL HAS BEEN SET FOR OCTOBER 19TH. MEMBERS OF THE GROUP BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE WERE AT THE TRIAL TO SUPPORT THE GIRL AND HER FAMILY, AND THEY SAY THEY PLAN ON RETURNING FOR THE NEW TRIAL.
A SELF GUIDED DRIVING TRAIL IN THE ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT SPRING. THE PROJECT, FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE VISITORS ON HOW THE LAND, WATER AND PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED, ACCORDING TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEBRA CREDEUR. EACH SITE SELECTED ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA WATER HERITAGE TRAIL WAS SELECTED FOR ITS HISTORICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA COVERS 14 PARISHES INCLUDING ST. MARTIN, ST. MARY, IBERIA, ST. LANDRY AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES.
The Welsh Police Department has created a narcotics position to help the town continue to fight drug crimes. Police Chief Marcus Crochet tells the American Press Lane Clement has been appointed as a narcotics investigator and will focus on all things narcotics related. Crochet says the narcotics investigator position will help free up the police department’s detectives and other officers to work other cases. Crochet has wanted to create the narcotics position for two years, but said the town’s financial position made it unfeasible.
