8-4-22
THE WALMART IN CARENCRO WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AND CLOSED. POLICE CHIEF DAVID ANDERSON SAYS MANAGEMENT WAS TESTING A NEW SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED AN ERROR AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMERS TO EXIT THE STORE. SOME CUSTOMERS TOLD KLFY TV IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY AND CHAOTIC AS CUSTOMERS WERE RUNNING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXITS. ANDERSON SAYS THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD TONIGHT WILL CONSIDER ENDING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. THE CURRENT POLICY ALLOWS REASONABLE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF UNRULY PUPILS BY PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND THE PRINCIPAL’S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER ADULT. IT SAYS IT SHALL BE ADMINISTERED WITH EXTREME CARE, TACT AND CAUTION. THE PROPOSED NEW POLICY WOULD NOT PERMIT THE USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON ANY STUDENT.
FIREFIGHTERS TRIED TO SPEAK AT LAST NIGHT’S LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THEY TELL KPLC TV THEY WEREN’T HEARD BECAUSE THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED EARLY. A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS THEY DON’T ALLOW ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA AT A REGULAR MEETING BUT IT WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE AGENDA MEETING ON TUESDAY. CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR TALKS WITH FIREFIGHTERS TODAY, WITH ANOTHER MEETING PLANNED.
Louisiana’s Education Department says a return to in-person learning is a factor in a rebound in standardized test scores. The percentage of students in grades 3-8 who achieved levels of mastery or proficient on overall subject matter reached 31%. That’s up 1 percentage point from the year before. However, a review of scores by The Advocate shows that it’s still down from 34% in 2019.
VERMILLION PARISH HAD THE HIGHEST SCORES ON THE LEAP TEST FOR ACADIANA DISTRICTS WITH FORTY-ONE PERCENT SCORING AT MASTERY OR ABOVE. NEXT WAS LAFAYETTE AT THIRTY-NINE PERCENT AND ACADIA AND IBERIA PARISHES WERE AT THIRTY-FOUR PERCENT, ALL ABOVE THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE OF THIRTY-ONE PERCENT. SAINT LANDRY PARISH HAD THE LOWEST SCORE IN ACADIANA WITH TWENTY-THREE PERCENT AND SAINT MARY, SAINT MARTIN AND EVANGELINE PARISHES ALL WERE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.
ON TUESDAY, LAFAYETTE’S CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS VOICED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY AND HIS ACCESS WHILE IN REHAB. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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FOUR MEN WERE ARRESTED BY DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AGENTS FOR BOATING WHILE IMPAIRED. FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JASON AUCOIN OF PIERRE PART WAS ARRESTED ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ON FRIDAY WHILE ALVIN BREAUX AND CHRISTIAN GUITRAU, ALSO OF PIERRE PART, WERE ARRESTED TOGETHER THE NEXT DAY ON THE BELLE RIVER. FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MYERS OF SAINT MARY WAS ARRESTED THAT SAME DAY ON BAYOU MAGAZILLE. ALL WERE BOOKED INTO THE LOWER SAINT MARTIN PARISH JAIL AND FACE THE SAME PENALTIES FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
THE STATE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES WANTS TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING REAL I-D DEADLINE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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