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8-14-15

THE LAFAYETTE SCHOOL BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT ADDITIONAL TAX DOLLARS WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE A NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUNGSVILLE.  UNDER A PROPOSAL RELEASED THURSDAY NIGHT, 66 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS WOULD PAY FOR THE FIRST PHASE WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE 14-HUNDRED FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES BEGINNING IN AUGUST OF 2017.  THE SAME PROPOSAL INDICATES NEW TAX DOLLARS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH WOULD FINISH THE SCHOOL BY AUGUST OF 2019.  DISTRICT PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR SANDRA BILLEAUDEAU SAYS SHE’S OPTIMISTIC THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL, BUT IF NEW TAXES ARE NOT APPROVED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND SEE WHERE THEY CAN GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

 

LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE ASKING MOTORISTS TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WITH THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.  CORPORAL SCOTT DOUGHERTY URGES DRIVERS TO OBSERVE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS AND BE AWARE OF PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC BACKUPS.  HE TELLS THE AMERICAN PRESS THAT TRAFFIC MAY GET CONGESTED, ESPECIALLY ON MULTILANE ROADS, AND IT TAKES AWHILE FOR PARENTS AND KIDS TO GET ADJUSTED.  HE URGES PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL TO HAVE THEM PAY ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC, AND HE SAYS CHILDREN WHO WALK IN PAIRS OR GROUPS IS BETTER BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE EYES TO WATCH THE TRAFFIC.

 

STATE POLICE PULLED OVER A VEHICLE NEAR HENDERSON ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AROUND ONE A-M AND FOUND 344 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN THE VEHICLE.  WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE ACTED SUSPICIOUSLY, THEY CALLED IN A K-9 UNIT, WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE MARIJUANA.  THEY ALSO FOUND MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH.  36-YEAR-OLD HERBERT HARPER OF LAPLACE AND 22-YEAR-OLD TERRILL JAMES OF MOBILE, ALABAMA WERE BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH JAIL, AND WERE RELEASED ON BAIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

 

Federal health officials have warned Louisiana and Alabama they may be violating federal law by ending state Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood.  Kevin Griffis, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said Thursday that the federal Medicaid agency notified the states of the possible violation.  Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is running for president, announced on Aug. 3 his administration was ending provider agreements that reimbursed Planned Parenthood for providing health services to Medicaid patients.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley followed with a similar announcement three days later.

 

LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOLS OPENED YESTERDAY FOR THE NEW YEAR.  SCHOOL OFFICIALS DON’T YET HAVE AN OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT COUNT, BUT ESTIMATES ARE THAT IT WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR’S ENROLLMENT.  THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDED IN MAY WITH ABOUT 30 THOUSAND STUDENTS.  AT LEAST 93 STUDENTS TRANSFERRED BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS.

 

THE NEW CAMERON PARISH LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IS EXPECTED TO OPEN NEXT FRIDAY.  THE NEW FACILITY WILL HOUSE THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE NEW JAIL, 9-1-1 DISPATCHERS, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AS WELL AS THE TAX COLLECTOR, FILES AND RECORDS.  SHERIFF RON JOHNSON SAYS THE PROJECT COST 11-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS.  THE CAMERON PARISH POLICE JURY SECURED AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR THE PROJECT AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT WAS COVERED BY CHENIERE ENERGY’S PREPAID TAXES.

 

A PART TIME RAYNE POLICE TRANSPORTATION OFFICER HAS BEEN FIRED.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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Ten watersheds around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico — from Florida to Texas — are being looked at as sites for $140 million in proposed conservation projects under a plan to restore the Gulf from BP’s catastrophic 2010 oil spill.  This money comes from a settlement with Transocean Deepwater Inc., a drilling company BP hired for its ill-fated well off the coast of Louisiana that blew out, causing the nation’s largest offshore spill.  The projects range from plugging oil and gas wells along the coast in Texas to planting sea grasses in Tampa Bay to planning for a Mississippi River diversion.  Before money can be spent, the Gulf Coast Restoration Council will gather the public’s opinions on the projects at meetings between Aug. 20 and Sept. 16.

 

 

 

 

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