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ONE MAN IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS HURT IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH SATURDAY NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF ACADIAN HILLS LANE AT AROUND 10-40 THAT NIGHT. 27-YEAR-OLD MARCUS FONTENOT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE DIED ON SUNDAY. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN ANOTHER VEHICLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES AND THEN RELEASED.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE RELEASED VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A HOME INVASION SATURDAY ON L’ACADIE DRIVE. SERGEANT JEFF KEENUM SAYS THE VICTIM OPENED THE DOOR BELIEVING THE SUSPECT WAS IN TROUBLE. THE SUSPECT THEN FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE HOME AND ASSAULTED THE VICTIM, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE ATTACK. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT OR THE CASE IS URGED TO CALL LT. LECIA MCCULLOUGH AT 491-13-11.
THE BODY OF A MISSING FISHERMAN FROM NEW IBERIA HAS BEEN RECOVERED. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED WHEN 58-YEAR-OLD LEONARD NORBERT JUNIOR FAILED TO CHECK BACK IN A FISHING TOURNAMENT. SATURDAY NIGHT, HIS BOAT WAS FOUND IN THE MUD COVE AREA OF THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. THE IBERIA PARISH CORONER WILL DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
More than 7,300 Louisiana public high school students earned college credit through the latest round of Advanced Placement tests. The state education department announced Thursday that the number rose 12 percent for the class of 2017 over the prior year. The Advocate reports it’s a nearly 167 percent increase since 2012. Despite the gains, Louisiana finished next-to-last among states for students who scored well enough on the Advanced Placement tests to get college course credit.
SOME LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A REVISED POLICY FOR CHEATING STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO RETAKE THE TEST. THE POLICY DOES PUNISH CHEATERS WITH ONE TO THREE DAYS OF IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, WITH THE PUNISHMENT LEVELS INCREASING WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE INCLUDING POSSIBLE EXPULSION AFTER FOUR OFFENSES. AT WEDNESDAY’S MEETING, BOARD PRESIDENT ERIC KNEZEK SAID HE WAS CONFLICTED ABOUT THE POLICY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT GIVES THE CHEATING STUDENT MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE TEST. BOARD MEMBER MARY MORRISON SUGGESTED TAKING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OFF THE SCORE ON THE RE-TEST.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMOCIDE IN TOPSY LAST FRIDAY. THE WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 28-YEAR-OLD DAVID WADE CLARK, WHO’S WANTED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF DEVIN MARC SANDERS. CHIEF DEPUTY CHRIS IVEY SAYS CLARK IS BELIEVED TO BE TRAVELING IN A BROWN OR TAN 2006 FORD F-150 WITH LOUISIANA LICENSE PLATE C116876. ANYONE WHO SPOTS THE VEHICLE OR KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OF CLARK ARE ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 821-21-HUNDRED.
MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN WHO BURGLARIZED MULTIPLE VEHICLES IN BREAUX BRIDGE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE BURGLARIES HAPPENED ON EARLINE DRIVE, ANDES TAUZIN ROAD AND THE BONNIE LANE AREA. THE TWO MEN, WHO HAVE BEEN SEEN IN SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS, PUT T-SHIRTS OR TOWELS OVER THIER MOUTHS AND NOSES TO HIDE THEIR IDENTITIES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECTS IS ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE OR ST. MARTIN CRIMESTOPPERS.
Three candidates vying to be Louisiana’s next secretary of state have poured thousands of their own dollars into the effort. Rep. Julie Stokes, a Kenner Republican, has the most cash on hand in the latest campaign finance reports, with $441,000 in the bank. But that’s because she loaned the effort $250,000.
Turkey Creek Mayor Heather Cloud, a Republican, reported $102,000 in the bank, after a $101,000 personal loan. Rep. Rick Edmonds, a Baton Rouge Republican, raised the most from donors in the latest report, with $103,000 collected.
