8-30-22
SCOTT FIRE CREWS PUT OUT A FIRE LAST NIGHT AT A BUTLER BUILDING ON THE ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE, WHICH BEGAN AT AROUND EIGHT P-M. NO STUDENTS OR STAFF WERE ON CAMPUS AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. CLASSES IN AND AROUND THE PORTABLE BUILDING WILL BE MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION, ACCORDING TO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARRESTED TWO MEN FOR MANUFACTURING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED THREE WEEKS AGO AFTER REPORTS OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY USED AT VARIOUS BUSINESSES IN OPELOUSAS. DETECTIVES DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY AND OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A HOME ON SOUTH COURT STREET, WHERE THEY FOUND COUNTERFEIT HUNDRED- AND TWENTY-DOLLAR BILLS. ACCORDING TO OPELOUSAS POLICE, GABRIEL BATES, THE OWNER OF THE HOME, ADMITTED TO MANUFACTURING THE FAKE MONEY WHILE DEL RICHARD, WHO WAS FOUND HIDING IN A FRONT ROOM, ADMITTED TO KNOWING ABOUT THE OPERATION.
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANA’S INCARCERATED CHILDREN, AND OTHER YOUTH JUSTICE ALLIES, WILL BE GATHERED AT THE CAPITAL IN BATON ROUGE TODAY TO DEMAND THAT GOVERNOR EDWARDS ABANDON PLANS TO MOVE YOUTH FROM BRIDGE CITY TO ANGOLA. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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The Beauregard Parish sheriff says search crews have found the body of a little boy who was swept away by the swift-flowing Sabine River on Friday. Sheriff Mark Herford says the men who drowned trying to save him were Troy M. McCollough of the Junction community, Kelly Bailey of Hornbeck, and Austin Scott of DeRidder. He says Bailey was engaged to the boy’s mother, Scott was his best friend and McCollough just happened to be there. Herford says the child was playing in shallows by a sandbar and was swept away by the river.
TONIGHT, THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO DRAINAGE CONTRACTS AWARDED TO RIGID CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT SOLICITING BIDS. IT INCLUDED THE REMOVAL OF A SPOIL BANK IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH AT NIGHT, WHICH SAINT MARTIN PARISH OFFICIALS CHALLENGED IN COURT. THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO SPEND UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE INVESTIGATION. COUNCIL CHAIR NANETTE COOK SAYS THEY WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AUDIT AND DO MORE INVESTIGATIVE WORK IF NEEDED.
A STUDENT AT DELCAMBRE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR BRINGING A GUN ON CAMPUS. POLICE CHIEF JAMES BROUSSARD SAYS AN OFFICER BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION AFTER BEING FLAGGED DOWN BY PARENTS WHO MADE HIM AWARE OF RUMORS OF A GUN BEING BROUGHT ONTO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. IBERIA PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT HEATH HULIN SAYS THE PROHIBITED ITEMS WERE FOUND IN A VEHICLE IN THE STUDENT PARKING LOT. THE STUDENT WAS ARRESTED BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS.
LOUISIANA IS AMONG FIFTEEN STATES THAT HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR FAILING TO SUBMIT PLANS FOR AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A METAL DETECTOR WAS PLACED AT VILLE PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL TO ENSURE NO GUNS ARE BROUGHT ONTO THE CAMPUS. EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS THERE WILL BE NO HANDS-ON SEARCHES UNLESS THE DETECTOR SOUNDS AN ALERT. HE SAYS THE FIRST DAY OF ITS USE YESTERDAY WENT ORDERLY WITH NO CONTRABAND FOUND. MORE METAL DETECTORS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PLACE AT OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE PARISH AS PART OF AN INITIATIVE TO UPGRADE SCHOOL SAFETY.
