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THE MAN KILLED IN A SHOOTING AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL MARKET IN KAPLAN WAS LESHAWN PAUL MEAUX. KLFY TV REPORTS HIS NICKNAME WAS MEAUX THUG AND HE WAS A D-J AND RAPPER FROM ABBEVILLE. KAPLAN POLICE TOOK INTO CUSTODY KENDRICK RASHAD SOLOMON, WHO FLED THE SCENE BUT WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME, OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. SOLOMON WAS BOOKED INTO THE KAPLAN CITY JAIL ON CHARGES OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
A RIBBON CUTTING WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE RECENTLY COMPLETED BLUEBIRD DRIVE EXTENSION NEAR COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE. IT GIVES DRIVERS AND BICYCLISTS AN ALTERNATE ROUTE BETWEEN CAMELIA BOULEVARD AND AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PARKWAY. OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL PROVIDE SAFER ACCESS BETWEEN THE COMEAUX REC CENTER AND BEAULLIEU PARK. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS THE ONE-POINT-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE NANCY LANDRY HAS EMBARKED ON A TOUR OF THE STATE TO MEET WITH LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS. SHE SAYS THAT, DESPITE WHAT SOME HAVE HEARD, THEIR ELECTION EQUIPMENT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET AND IS KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY WHEN NOT IN USE. LOUISIANA RANKS IN THE TOP TEN IN ELECTION INTEGRITY WHICH LANDRY ATTRIBUTES TO PEOPLE, POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT. SHE EXPECTS TURNOUT FOR THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO BE BETWEEN SIXTY-EIGHT AND SEVENTY-ONE PERCENT.
DERIDDER POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A CLEVELAND, TEXAS TEENAGER FOR SHOOTING A JUVENILE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. IT HAPPENED ON THE DERIDDER HIGH SCHOOL BAND PRACTICE FIELD ON O’NEAL STREET. THE JUVENILE, WHO WAS SHOT, WAS TREATED AT A HOSPITAL AND RELEASED THE SAME NIGHT. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY GOLDMAN WAS AT THE FIELD AND HAD ALLEGEDLY FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS AT THE JUVENILE USING A GUN THAT HAD THE SERIAL NUMBER REMOVED.
MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION DISASTER RELIEF ORGANIZATION ARE IN SAINT MARY PARISH TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE FRANCINE. THEY ARE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM DIFFERENT STATES WHO HELP PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AFTER A NATURAL DISASTER. THE GROUP LEADER, JOHN PARSONS OF OKLAHOMA, SAYS THEY HAVE CHAINSAW CREWS, FEEDING CREWS AND LAUNDRY CREWS. HE SAYS THEIR GOAL IS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AND TO SHARE JESUS CHRIST WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
THE PRINCIPAL AT MILTON ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS TAKING ON AN EXTRA ROLE THIS YEAR. AMANDA GUILLORY TOOK BUS DRIVING TRAINING THIS SUMMER AND IS SERVING AS A SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVER. SHE SAYS IT’S HARD TO GET SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO MILTON, WHICH LEAVES PARENTS TO DRIVE THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, OFTEN CAUSING THEM TO BE LATE. GUILLORY SAYS THE STUDENTS ARE SURPRISED TO SEE HER BEHIND THE WHEEL AND SHE TELLS THEM THEY’VE GOT TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL.
WITH A STATE SALES TAX SUNSETTING NEXT YEAR, LOUISIANA HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR A TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL. THEY TOLD THE BOARD OF REGENTS THIS YEAR THAT FUNDING CUTS COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS. THEY SAID IT COULD LEAD TO SLASHED PROGRAMS, LESS FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS, AND LAYOFFS. THE GOVERNOR’S COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION, TAYLOR BARRAS, SAYS THERE WILL LIKELY BE A TAX POLICY SPECIAL SESSION LATER THIS YEAR FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO DISCUSS INCOME TAX AND OTHER POLICIES.
WITH HOMECOMING SEASON BEGINNING, THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A REMINDER FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS. HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS.
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