9-23-25
SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY MARTIN ISSUED A NEWS RELEASE YESTERDAY SAYING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD IRIS DAVIS IS NOT COMPLETE. MARTIN SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE THE TRAGIC MURDER OF DAVIS. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF DAVIS BUT MARTIN SAYS THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. HE URGES ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE CASE TO COME FORWARD.
THIS YEAR’S FRESHMAN CLASS AT U-L LAFAYETTE IS THE LARGEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY. U-L WELCOMED THREE THOUSAND, TWO-HUNDRED FOURTEEN FRESHMEN THIS FALL, A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. OVERALL ENROLLMENT INCREASED TO NEARLY TWENTY THOUSAND, ALMOST THREE PERCENT MORE WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, DE-WAYNE BOWIE, SAYS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING U-L BECAUSE OF A COMBINATION OF EXCELLENT ACADEMICS, A FUN, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND TOP-TIER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.
LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOLERS WILL HAVE TWO FEWER MANDATORY STATE TESTS BEGINNING IN TWENTY-TWENTY-EIGHT. CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO TESTS EACH FOR ENGLISH AND MATH. THAT WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE COMPREHENSIVE TEST FOR EACH SUBJECT. STUDENTS WILL TAKE BOTH COMPREHENSIVE TESTS IN THE TENTH GRADE. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CADE BRUMLEY SAYS THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME STUDENTS ARE TAKING STANDARDIZED TESTS, PROVIDING MORE TIME FOR INSTRUCTION.
FOUR PEOPLE WERE HURT IN A FIRE AT THE CITGO LAKE CHARLES REFINERY ON L-A ONE-OH-EIGHT IN SULPHUR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE FOUR SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE INJURIES, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE SERGEANT ROSS BRENNAN. HE SAYS THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. CITGO ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IT WAS A SMALL FLASH FIRE THAT INJURED THE WORKERS CONTRACTED WITH TURNER INDUSTRIES, WHO WERE PERFORMING WORK AT THE REFINERY.
A RUNAWAY JUVENILE IN IBERIA PARISH HAS BEEN FOUND. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD AVA GUILBERT WAS LOCATED YESTERDAY EVENING. SHE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE LATE SUNDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY OTHER DETAILS.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION HAS ANNOUNCED THE NEXT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY. IT WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY-SECOND FROM EIGHT TO NOON AT CAJUN FIELD. IT’S OPEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE AND FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH. FOR A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AND WHAT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, GO TO LAFAYETTE L-A-DOT-COM.
ONE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER’S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WAS USED TO DISTRIBUTE INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. A POST ON NUNGESSER’S CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT ON THE PLATFORM X WAS FLAGGED FOR ADULT CONTENT. A SPOKESPERSON FOR NUNGESSER SAYS THE ACCOUNT WAS HACKED. IT HAS SINCE BEEN SECURED AND THE INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT REMOVED.
A CHURCH POINT MAN HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF VARIOUS SEX CRIMES. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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