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A HEARING WAS HELD AFTER THE LAFAYETTE PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FILED A PETITION TO DISQUALIFY FORMER YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKY BOUDREAUX FROM RUNNING IN THIS YEAR’S SPECIAL ELECTION. GEORGE FAUST TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE HELD YESTERDAY AND AGAIN TODAY IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH FOR SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO EXPLAIN THE NEW SCHOOL ZONE CHANGES. THE REZONING WAS MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL COURT BECAUSE OF THE PARISH’S DECADES-OLD DESEGREGATION CASE. MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY STUDENTS IN ALL GRADES WILL BE GOING TO NEW SCHOOLS WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. THE CHANGES IMPACT STUDENTS AT SEVEN SCHOOLS INCLUDING SAINT MARTINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE COMING TO THE TOWN OF LACASSINE. BYRON RACCA OF MEYER AND ASSOCIATES TELLS KPLC TV THAT FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE AFTER THE TOWN ENTERED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY AND THE STATE. THE WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION BOARD LAST NIGHT VOTED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT WILL TAKE BETWEEN TWELVE AND EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
Newly released standardized test results for Louisiana students show small gains but overall scores remain below 2019 levels, despite gains in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Results for the Louisiana LEAP test released Wednesday put overall mastery of subject matter, including English, math and science for students in grades 3-8, at 34%. That is the same as last year and a point below the 2019 level. An analysis of Wednesday’s statistics by The Advocate showed eighth graders slipped in every subject on this year’s tests, reflecting a nationwide study showing middle schoolers were hit especially hard by pandemic learning loss.
THE SUSPECTS IN THE MURDER OF TWENTY-YEAR-OLD O’SHAY BREAUX OF CARENCRO, WHO WERE JUVENILES AT THE TIME, WILL BE TRIED AS ADULTS. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JADEN GARLOW WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER WHILE EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAKYRI AGGISON AND SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD KOBY GLAUDE WERE ARRESTED FOR PRINCIPAL TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER SUSPECT, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW CHARLES. BREAUX’S MOTHER, MICHELLE BREAUX, TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE SUSPECTS CAME INTO HER YARD AND KILLED HER SON AND SHE DOES NOT WANT REDUCED SENTENCES THROUGH PLEA BARGAINS.
A NEW SIGN HAS BEEN INSTALLED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JESSE RISHARD ROAD AND L-A-SEVEN-FIFTY-FOUR EAST OF CHURCH POINT WARNING DRIVERS OF A STOP SIGN JUST AHEAD. IT’S HOPED THIS WILL HELP REDUCE ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION WHERE SIX FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TELL KLFY TV THAT THREE TO FOUR ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST MONTH INCLUDING ONE WHERE A PERSON HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL. SAINT LANDRY PARISH COUNCILMAN TIMMY LEJEUNE SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE STATE TO GET MORE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT INTERSECTION INCLUDING INCREASED LIGHTING.
THE DRIVER OF A STOLEN CAR FROM PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS LED CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON A BRIEF CHASE IN SULPHUR EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, WHICH ENDED AT THE END OF A DEAD-END STREET. THE THREE IN THE VEHICLE, ALL FROM TEXAS, THEN FLED ON FOOT INTO A WOODED AREA. TWO WERE CAPTURED WHILE THE THIRD TURNED HIMSELF IN LATER IN THE MORNING. TWO STOLEN GUNS WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS PROPERTY FROM MULTIPLE VEHICLE BURGLARIES THAT HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE MORNING.
OPELOUSAS POLICE DETECTIVE MIKE HIDALGO TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA YESTERDAY TO URGE THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD WITH ANY INFORMATION THEY HAD ON THE MURDER OF A FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CHANTERRIA MACKY ALBERT WAS SHOT AND KILLED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, APRIL TWENTY-THIRD, ON PARK AVENUE. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THEY HEARD ABOUT THIRTY SHOTS COMING FROM THAT AREA. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
