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A DISTRICT JUDGE HAS UPHELD THE FIRING OF FORMER LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PAT COOPER BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. JUDGE PATRICK MICHOT RULED THAT COOPER EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY WHEN HE PUT FIVE PRINCIPALS ON 244 DAY WORKING SCHEDULE, MORE THAN WHAT IS USUALLY GIVEN AND, THEREBY, INCREASING THEIR PAY. HOWEVER, JUDGE MICHOT DID FIND THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT FOLLOW STATE LAW ON THREE OF THE FOUR CHARGES AGAINST COOPER, WHICH LED TO HIS TERMINATION. BECAUSE OF THAT, COOPER CONSIDERED IT A VICTORY, TELLING THE DAILY ADVERTISER IT’S A WIN FOR LOUISIANA CHILDREN AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
A jury unanimously convicted a Lake Charles man of second-degree murder in the 2011 death of his 22-year-old girlfriend. The American Press reports Timothy Dangerfield was found guilty of killing Sha’Crista Nicole Jones on Sept. 29, 2011.
Dangerfield pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in November 2011. Dangerfield faces a mandatory life prison sentence.
THE VILLAGE OF MORSE’S MAYOR, MICHAEL CHAISSON, PASSED AWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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Republican candidate for governor Jay Dardenne has announced a statewide tour in his campaign for the Oct. 24 election. The first six stops were announced Tuesday, with the tour set to begin Sept. 30 in Gonzales. Additional stops will be in Pineville, Sulphur, Crowley, Thibodaux and Mandeville. The three other major candidates are Republican Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle, Democratic state Rep. John Bel Edwards and Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter.
LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL REJECTED CHALLENGES TO PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS BY FOUR CORPORATIONS THAT OPERATE STORES IN THE PARISH. HOME DEPOT WAS SEEKING A TAX ASSESSMENT REDUCTION OF ONE-POINT-5 MILLION DOLLARS, WHILE AUTO ZONE, CHICK-FIL-A, AND JOURNEYS EACH SOUGHT SMALLER REDUCTIONS. LAFAYETTE ASSESSOR CONRAD COMEAUX CALLED THE CORPORATIONS CARPETBAGGERS AND SAID THIS IS GOING ON AROUND THE NATION. THREE OTHER BUSINESSES, TOYS R US, UNIVERSITY HOUSE AND RAMADA INN LAFAYETTE ALSO CHALLENGED THEIR ASSESSMENTS, BUT WITHDREW THEIR APPEAL BEFORE THE MEETING.
A 20-MONTH-OLD GIRL WAS FOUND WANDERING ON HOLLY BEACH YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND 10:16. CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND THE CHILD’S PARENTS ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER JOGGING ON THE BEACH WITHOUT THEIR CLOTHES ON. SHERIFF RON JOHNSON SAYS DRUG ABUSE IS SUSPECTED. THE PARENTS, CODY AND MONIQUE BOURGEOIS, WERE CHARGED WITH CHILD DESERTION AND OBSCENITY.
THREE MEN, WHO HELPED SAVE A COUPLE FROM THEIR BURNING HOME IN OPELOUSAS, WERE HONORED AT AN AWARDS CEREMONY YESTERDAY MORNING AT ST. LANDRY PARISH FIRE DISTRICT THREE. NICK DEGUEYTER (DAY guh tair), TYLER QUICK AND 15-YEAR-OLD CONNOR MANUEL SPOTTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOME. NICK WENT AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER. HE SAYS THEY WENT IN AND WERE SHOCKED TO SEE TWO PEOPLE IN THERE, LESLIE AND CINDY BALTHAZAR, WHO WERE TAKING A NAP. CINDY CALLED THE MEN HER HEROES AND CREDITED GOD WITH SENDING THEM THERE TO SAVE THEM.
Time is running out for people to sign up to vote in Louisiana’s Oct. 24 election.
The deadline to register as a voter is Wednesday. That’s for citizens who have never registered to vote or who want to make changes to their voter registration.
The October ballot will have more than 600 races statewide, including competitions for governor, lieutenant governor and the other statewide elected positions.
