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THE LAFAYETTE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED INTO ALLEGATIONS OF FALSIFIED ATHLETIC RECRUITING EXPENSES AT U-L. FORMER ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TROY WINGERTER TOLD KADN TV LAST WEEK THAT HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS. HE SAYS THE RECRUITING EXPENSES WERE LEGAL AND PROPER BUT WERE IMPROPERLY MISCODED AND INVOICED. WINGERTER SAYS NO ONE PERSONALLY BENEFITTED FROM THE TRANSACTIONS.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS CLIMBED TO SIXTH IN THE LATEST STATEWIDE LEAP PERFORMANCE RANKINGS. SUPERINTENDENT TOMMY BYLER SAYS THEY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN MULTIPLE SUBJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN MATH AND CIVICS. HE SAYS EVERY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT SAW ITS OVERALL TESTING PERFORMANCE INCREASE WITH SOME SCHOOLS SEEING SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDING KAPLAN ELEMENTARY AND ERATH MIDDLE. BYLER CREDITS THE DISTRICT’S CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT.
A WALLETHUB STUDY RANKS LOUISIANA AMONG THE STATES WITH THE LOWEST AVERAGE INCOME. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT ACROSS SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH REACHED SPEEDS OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED FORTY MILES AN HOUR. A JENNINGS POLICE OFFICER NOTICED A VEHICLE ON I-TEN RECKLESSLY WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER. THE CHASE ENDED ON L-A ONE-OH-TWO NORTH OF JENNINGS WHEN TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JAMARI MALLERY OF LAFAYETTE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR AGGRAVATED FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER, RECKLESS OPERATION OF A VEHICLE AND NO DRIVER’S LICENSE. MALLERY REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE HE THOUGHT THEY WOULDN’T CONTINUE THE PURSUIT ONCE HE REACHED SUCH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
AT LAST NIGHT’S LAFAYETTE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING, L-C-G NAMED THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY AS THE NORMAN C. FRANCIS LIBRARY. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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ONE OF THE LAST LIVING WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS IN ACADIANA DIED FRIDAY. PRIGEON FONTENOT SENIOR OF RAYNE WAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD. FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN RAYNE TO REMEMBER FONTENOT FOR HIS MILITARY SERVICE AND THE KINDNESS HE SHOWED THROUGH HIS LIFE. HE SERVED IN THE U-S ARMY AND USED HIS CAJUN FRENCH LANGUAGE SKILLS TO COMMUNICATE WITH FRENCH CIVILIANS AND ALLIED FORCES WHILE SERVING IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND GERMANY.
A DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE ON PINHOOK NEAR KALISTE SALOOM IN LAFAYETTE AND CRASHED INTO ANDRE G’S BARBERSHOP, LEAVING A VISIBLE HOLE IN THE BUILDING. NO ONE IN THE BARBERSHOP WAS HURT. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MODERATE INJURIES. HE WILL NOT BE CITED BECAUSE HE HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CRASH.
FEMA ANNOUNCED THAT HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS IN FOUR LOUISIANA PARISHES AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. THE STORM CAUSED DAMAGE IN SAINT LANDRY, AVOYELLES, SAINT TAMMANY AND TERREBONNE PARISHES. THOSE WITH FLOOD INSURANCE ARE ENCOURAGED TO FILE A CLAIM WITH THEIR INSURANCE CARRIER FIRST THEN APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. THOSE WITHOUT FLOOD INSURANCE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
