9-3-19
A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM LAFAYETTE REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER SHE WAS SHOT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOUTH JUNE DRIVE. POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. SOME RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA HAVE TOLD KATC TV THEY THOUGHT THAT AREA WAS SAFE, BUT NOW THEY ARE WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE.
A MAN SUSPECTED OF A HOMOCIDE IN FRANKLIN LED AUTHORITIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT ENDED ON I-TEN NEAR LACASSINE AND WELSH. THE SUSPECT, 36-YEAR-OLD TRINITY DAQWAN COLEMAN OF FRANKLIN, SURRENDERED TO POLICE AFTER A STANDOFF ON I-TEN. AUTHORITIES CLOSED THE INTERSTATE DURING THE STANDOFF. COLEMAN IS A SUSPECT IN A HOMOCIDE IN FRANKLIN IN WHICH 37-YEAR-OLD CHIQUITA LUMPKIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
A 70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN OPELOUSAS WAS ARRESTED AFTER SHE SHOT HER HUSBAND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE TWO AND, AFTERWARDS, THE WOMAN, HAZEL EDWARDS, CALLED POLICE TO TELL THEM SHE SHOT HER HUSBAND. THE HUSBAND’S INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE-THREATENING. EDWARDS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
The University of Louisiana System has launched a new program with the goal of getting Louisianians back to school to finish their bachelor’s degree. The Acadiana Advocate reports System President and CEO Jim Henderson discussed the details of the Compete LA program at a luncheon last week for One Acadiana members.
The program is designed to re-engage approximately 653,000 people in Louisiana with some college credits who dropped out before completing a degree. Henderson says the program is an opportunity to improve the state’s second-to-last ranking on adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher, but also a chance to work toward One Acadiana’s goal of having 55% of Acadiana’s population achieve a secondary education degree or certification by 2025.
A LAFAYETTE WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER THE FATHER OF HER CHILD IN BREAUX BRIDGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF ROLLIE CANTU. HE SAYS THAT THE WOMAN’S ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS IN THE CAR UNRESTRAINED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE WOMAN, 21-YEAR-OLD MAGGEN DUNBAR, WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE ST. MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will close the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge this week to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest. State officials say the refuge will close Sept. 4-11 until noon each day to harvest the reptiles. After noon each day, the public will be allowed to enter the refuge and use its recreational areas until official sunset. The delayed openings will be in effect each day or until alligator trappers have used their tags for this controlled harvest.
THE TOWN OF IOTA IS PUTTING TOGETHER A FALL FESTIVAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR ITS FIRST TOWN PARK. THE PARK, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A CENTRAL PLAYGROUND, A WALKING TRAIL, A MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELD, AND A SPLASH PAD, WILL COST MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE FESTIVAL, WHICH TAKES PLACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH BEGINNING AT TWO, WILL CHARGE A TEN DOLLAR ADMISSION FEE FOR THOSE 13 AND OLDER. MAYOR LUKE DUPRE, WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE PARK EFFORT, MADE GETTING A TOWN PARK A CENTRAL THEME OF HIS CAMPAIGN.
Louisiana’s public colleges are receiving standardized forms to report hazing allegations, as the state’s top higher education board works to comply with toughened anti-hazing laws. The Board of Regents developed specific forms for both colleges and organizations to provide hazing allegations to law enforcement. The forms include sections to explain actions taken to respond to the claims. The board adopted the forms at its meeting last week, along with a policy requiring any school or organization that receives “sufficiently credible” hazing allegations to publish that information on its website.
