9-28-18
LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPES TRIAL CONCLUDED ITS FOURTH DAY ON THURSDAY. HERE’S JEFF HORCHAK WITH WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
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A GRAND REOPENING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT FOR A HISTORIC BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES THAT HAD SAT EMPTY FOR DECADES. IN 2014, JEROME KARAM PURCHASED THE DETERIORATING BUILDING BECAUSE HE SAID HE SAW POTENTIAL IN IT. FOUR YEARS LATER IT IS NOW THE KARAM LOFTS WITH ELEVEN LOFTS FOR LEASE, ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE BEEN SIGNED ALREADY. KARAM TELLS KPLC TV THAT IT TOOK LONGER THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE DELAYS, BUT HE FEELS IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON L-A 14 WEST OF NEW IBERIA. 23-YEAR-OLD JOEL SAENZ HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE HEAD LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESMAN WENDELL RABORN SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THERE HAD BEEN AN ON GOING DISPUTE BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND SAENZ. THE VICTIM IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL.
Superintendent of Education John White says annual letter grades for Louisiana’s public schools will be released Nov. 8. The grades, along with accompanying school performance scores, spell out how students fared on key tests, graduation rates and other measurements. This year, students and their parents will see changes in the rating system that make it harder for schools and districts to land an A. The changes are aimed at making students more competitive with their counterparts nationally.
THE DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME PLANNED FOR NEXT SATURDAY, OCTOBER SIXTH, HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S MAIN BRANCH TO THE SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS. LIBRARY DIRECTOR TERESA ELBERSON SAYS THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OVERFLOW CROWDS AND THE ACCOMPANYING SAFETY CONCERNS. THE EVENT WILL TAKE NOW PLACE AT S-L-C-C’S HEALTH AND SCIENCES AUDITORIUM. THE BOOKS TO BE READ WERE SELECTED BY LIBRARIANS.
A 42-YEAR-OLD JENNINGS MAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR VIOLATING A PROTECTIVE ORDER. DEPUTIES FOUND BARRY PAUL COLE INSIDE THE VICTIM’S HOUSE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS ON THE BED WITH A SMOKING PIPE AND A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE IN A BAG SUSPECTED TO BE MARIJUANA. HE IS BEING HELD WITH NO BOND.
THE KAPLAN CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOR A FIVE PERCENT PAY INCREASE FOR ALL PART TIME FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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Louisiana’s top higher education board will audit university admissions across the state, to make sure campuses are following the required minimum standards. Wednesday’s announcement from the Board of Regents comes after Louisiana State University reworked its admissions approach. The state’s flagship university has lessened its reliance on standardized test scores and grade point averages.
Regents expect to start its audit process in January and issue a report in the spring.
