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A STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED TO DETERMINE WAYS TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOLS. SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD MADE THE REQUEST OF SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT TOMMY ANGELLE, WHO AGREED ON WEDNESDAY. AGUILLARD SAYS THE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT WAYS TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY TO 21ST CENTURY STANDARDS, GET A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO OF DEVICES TO STUDENTS, AND FIND WAYS OF PAYING FOR IT. AGUILLARD SAYS THAT ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE SHOULD CONTACT HIS OFFICE.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley says a DeQuincy man has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for making $100 counterfeit bills at a casino hotel. Finley, in a news release, said U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi sentenced 22-year-old Deldrick Fowler on one count of counterfeiting obligations to the United States. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According to evidence presented at the April 30 guilty plea, the U.S. Secret Service used surveillance equipment to observe Fowler on Aug. 12, 2014 at the Isle of Capri Casino in Lake Charles producing the fake money in a hotel room.
AFTER A 14 HOUR MANHUNT, DEPUTIES WITH THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAVE AN ESCAPED INMATE BACK IN CUSTODY. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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MOST LOUISIANA CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK. SCHOOL BEGINS WEDNESDAY IN ACADIA, JEFF DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS MOST CAMERON PARISH SCHOOLS AND THE FIVE DAY SCHOOLS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. FOUR DAY SCHOOLS IN BEAUREGARD PARISH BEGIN TODAY. ON THURSDAY, SCHOOL BEGINS IN LAFAYETTE, EVANGELINE, ST. LANDRY AND VERMILLION PARISHES.
By the end of August, six Wal-Mart Supercenters in Louisiana will drop six hours each from their 24/7 operating schedule. The Advertiser reports one store each in New Iberia and Opelousas will begin closing at midnight as will at least two in Lafayette. Although Wal-Mart did not issue a companywide announcement, signs at the stores began to inform customers this week that the store will be open from 6 a.m. to midnight starting later this month. Company spokesman Brian Nick says
the reduced hours will allow staff to get stores in good shape for customers the following day.
A TEENAGER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A PARTY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL IN JENNINGS. POLICE RECEIVED A CALL AT AROUND 12:30 SATURDAY MORNING ABOUT A FIGHT AT THE PARTY. 17-YEAR-OLD JAWON LENNETTE WAS SHOT AND LATER DIED AT THE JENNINGS AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL. POLICE ARRESTED 17-YEAR-OLD KYVONTE EAGLIN OF WELSH, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
WASHINGTON POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED A PLAISANCE MAN FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS OF TWO WOMEN. THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED AT THE HOME OF THE TWO WOMEN BETWEEEN MIDNIGHT AND SEVEN A-M SATURDAY, ACCORDING TO KATC TV. 33-YEAR-OLD RICKY RIDEAUX WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY, TWO COUNTS OF TRESPASSING AND ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE BURGLARY.
Financing for an incentive fund touted by Gov. Bobby Jindal as key to helping solve Louisiana’s worker shortages has dropped to 60 percent of its original goal a year after its creation. And the hurricane recovery dollars set aside for it have so many limitations that spending plans haven’t been drawn up for this year’s use of the money. Colleges still are working through paperwork for last year’s spending.
The $40 million Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy Fund was widely praised when it was created in 2014.
