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A LAFAYETTE MAN BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE HIS HOUSE AND REFUSED TO COME OUT WHEN POLICE ARRIVED TO SERVE AN ORDER OF PROTECTIVE CUSTODY AND SIX FELONY WARRANTS. 31-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA DORE LIVED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF RUE DE JARDIN ROAD. A NEIGHBOR, SETH COSTLY, TOLD KLFY TV THAT A NEGOTIATOR WITH POLICE TALKED TO THE SUSPECT FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS BEFORE HE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE AT AROUND 5:45 YESTERDAY EVENING. DORE WAS TAKEN TO U-H-C FOR MENTAL OBSERVATION AND, AFTER THAT, WILL BE BOOKED ON THE SIX WARRANTS.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY EVENING. IT HAPPENED IN THE 19-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WINTERHALTER STREET. ONE MAN WAS SHOT AND HOSPITALIZED WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THERE’S NO WORD ON THE REASON FOR THE SHOOTING OR IF POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER, POLICE SAY, HE WAS CAUGHT TAKING PICTURES OF A WOMAN IN A FITTING ROOM. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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For those who are not registered voters, Wednesday is the last day to register for the upcoming election in October which features contests for statewide and local offices, including the race for governor. Election day is set for Oct. 24 in elections for governor, parish president and the Louisiana Legislature. Residents may register to vote online through the secretary of state’s office or in person at the local registrar of voter’s office. There are several other places where in-person registration is possible, such as at Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles sites, social services offices and at Armed forces recruitment offices.
FORMER LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PAT COOPER’S WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUIT GOES TO TRIAL THIS AFTERNOON. LAST NOVEMBER THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 7-TO-2 TO FIRE COOPER FOR VIOLATING LOUISIANA LAW, BOARD POLICIES AND HIS CONTRACT. COOPER AND HIS ATTORNEY BELIEVE HIS ACTIONS WERE IN LINE WITH LOUISIANA LAW AND WANT JUDGE PATRICK MICHOT TO REINSTATE HIM TO HIS JOB OR FORCE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PAY HIM THE REMAINDER OF HIS CONTRACT. THIS MORNING, MICHOT WILL DECIDE IF COOPER’S ATTORNEY CAN CALL THREE STATE OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE STATE’S ACT ONE LAW.
TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF A BURGLARY ATTEMPT WERE CAPTURED BY CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AFTER A FOOT CHASE IN THE WOODS. THE TWO ALLEGEDLY STOLE A GENERATOR FROM M-B-M IN LAKE CHARLES AND ATTEMPTED TO HOOK UP TO A CAMPER WHEN THEY WERE DISCOVERED, ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS’ OWNER DAVID ANDERSON. HE TOLD KPLC TV NEWS THAT HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT HOME ASKING HIM IF ANYBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BACK OF HIS BUSINESS LOADING UP STUFF. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES QUICKLY CAPTURED ONE OF THE SUSPECTS BUT HAD TO BRING IN A K-9 UNIT TO FIND THE OTHER.
A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SHREVEPORT BOSSIER CITY AREA LEFT LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SPENDING THE WEEKEND CLEANING THE U-S-S ORLECK MUSEUM. THE RESERVISTS AND SEA CADETS REMOVED OLD PAINT AND REPAINTED THE GUN TURRET ON THE 70-YEAR-OLD SHIP. LIEUTENANT LONNIE LEGGET TOLD KPLC TV THAT IT’S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR RESERVISTS WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN ACTIVE DUTY.
To get into LSU, students have to score 22 or higher on the ACT, with at least an 18 in the English subsection and 19 in math, as well as receive a 3.0 GPA in high school. That is, unless they manage to get one of the university’s rare waivers that allow them to enroll without meeting the normal criteria. According to documents obtained by The Advocate through a public records request, the little-known granting of admissions waivers is on the rise at LSU. For this summer and fall, at least 65 have been granted, a few of them through the university’s “Tiger Bridge” program.
