9-13-22
AFTER FIVE MONTHS, A FUGITIVE, WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AT AN EVANGELINE PARISH POLICE CHIEF, IS FINALLY BEHIND BARS. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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PHASE ONE OF THE WALKER STREET DRAINAGE PROJECT IN LAFAYETTE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH. CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT ENGINEER JESSICA CALDERA SAYS THERE WILL STILL BE FLOODING IN LARGE RAIN EVENTS BUT IT WILL HELP A LOT TO PREVENT FLOODING IN SMALL RAIN EVENTS. A SIX-FOOT VERTICAL WALL CHANNEL IS EXPECTED TO EASE WATER FLOW ON WALKER ROAD AND PREVENT EXCESS FLOODING ON HEBERT ROAD. THE FORTY MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED OVERALL BY FEBRUARY.
A WASHINGTON POST ANALYSIS FINDS THAT LOUISIANA RANKS SEVENTEENTH IN THE COUNTRY FOR COLLEGE GRADUATE RETENTION. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAYS THIS NEWS IS PROOF THAT LOUISIANA IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HE SAYS IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE SO MANY LOUISIANA COLLEGE GRADUATES STAYING HERE TO BEGIN THEIR CAREERS. EDWARDS SAYS THEY WILL KEEP WORKING UNTIL NO OTHER STATE KEEPS MORE OF THEIR COLLEGE GRADUATES HOME THAN LOUISIANA.
A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ED CHOI OF LAKE CHARLES TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE D-A’S OFFICE AND WAS ISSUED A MISDEMEANOR SUMMONS. SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO ANNOUNCED THE FIRING OF CHOI. HE SAYS DETECTIVES DID A THOROUGH AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION WHICH CORROBORATED THE ALLEGATIONS.
CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS A WOMAN, ARRESTED FOR STABBING AN EMPLOYEE AT SUPER ONE FOODS SUNDAY, HAD BEEN ARRESTED RECENTLY FOR A FATAL HIT AND RUN. BROUSSARD SAYS SUNDAY’S ATTACK APPEARED TO BE UNPROVOKED. HE SAYS, AFTER REVIEWING VIDEO, THERE APPEARED TO BE NOTHING SAID BEFORE WARE ALLEGEDLY STABBED THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. WARE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR THE STABBING AND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.
A COMMUTAIR FLIGHT, OPERATING AS UNITED EXPRESS, HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT SUNDAY. AIRPORT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVEN PICOU SAYS THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED BECAUSE OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. A SPOKESPERSON FOR COMMUTAIR SAYS THE PLANE WAS DIVERTED TO ADDRESS A MECHANICAL ISSUE. THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS TRAVELING FROM THE GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IN HOUSTON TO GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, LANDED SAFELY AND THE PASSENGERS DEPLAINED INTO THE TERMINAL.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE SAYS A WOMAN DIED LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN AN R-V FIRE IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST SIDE PARK LANE IN AMELIA. FIREFIGHTERS LOCATED THE BODY OF THE WOMAN IN THE KITCHENETTE AREA, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED. OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE BUT IT IS BELIEVED TO BE A FORTY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WHO WAS THE LONE RESIDENT OF THE R-V. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED BUT THERE APPARENTLY WERE NO WORKING FIRE ALARMS IN THE R-V.
SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERS IN LOUISIANA SAY A TROUBLED DATA SYSTEM AT THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS RESULTING IN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BEING DENIED IMPORTANT SERVICES. A LETTER LAST FRIDAY FROM THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS TO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPELLED OUT THIRTEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE DATA SYSTEM WHICH, THEY SAY, HAS RESULTED IN DELAYED ACCESS TO SUPPORTS AND SERVICES. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ASSESSMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ANALYTICS, THOMAS LAMBERT, SAID YESTERDAY THAT MOST OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE LETTER HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. HE SAYS STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE DENIED SERVICES BECAUSE OF ANY REMAINING PROBLEMS.
