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Friday, July 10, 2009
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SUBURBAN AND STATE
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LAKE CHARLES — Authorities said a man arrested earlier this week on a charge of second-degree murder has been arrested on a charge of possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
An exhibit of Charles Fryling Jr.’s photographs of the Atchafalaya Basin is on display through July at the Zachary branch library, 1900 Church St. THIBODAUX — Louisiana State Police insurance fraud investigators arrested a Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office correctional officer today on criminal counts of theft, insurance fraud and malfeasance in office, troopers reported. After more than two years of work, the hospital and parish government have opened the St. Elizabeth Community Clinic, a health clinic inside the parish health unit building in Gonzales, parish and hospital officials said. BAKER — The Baker School Board voted Tuesday to stop holding its regular meetings twice a month. Starting in August, the board will meet only on the first Tuesday of each month. SLAUGHTER — East Feliciana Parish School Superintendent Douglas Beauchamp said a Slaughter citizens’ group submitted an application to operate a charter school shortly before the School Board convened its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. A Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy acted appropriately in the case where a Walker man in his custody died shortly after a traffic stop, Chief Criminal Deputy Jason Ard said Tuesday. Bad news for the economy became good news for Ascension Parish schools when bids on their most recent project, a new primary school for Orange Grove subdivision in Sorrento, came back, a school system official said Tuesday. PLAQUEMINE — North Iberville Concerned Citizens Inc., a group opposed to the closing of North Iberville High School, has filed a recall petition seeking to have Iberville Parish School Board member David Daigle removed from office, said the Rev. Reginald Pitcher, a member of the group. WALKER — A 50-year-old Walker man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly forcing a child to perform oral sex on him, police said in a news release. Federal agents arrested a Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputy Tuesday for allegedly selling crack cocaine to inmates in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten of New Orleans said in a news release. GRAND COTEAU — There were demands for recalls and resignations Tuesday night after 35 Grand Coteau residents filed into Town Hall to discuss crime and ineffective policing only to find that their mayor and elected police chief were absent from the proceedings. LAFAYETTE — Representatives of nonprofit groups spoke out Tuesday against a move to end city-parish government funding for organizations. LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Parish school system is still developing a plan on how it will spend more than $7.4 million in Title I stimulus funds over the next two years. LAFAYETTE — A new nonprofit group aligned with city-parish government is working to redevelop the hundreds of abandoned properties in Lafayette. Pointe Coupee Central High School in Morganza is hosting “The Competitive Edge,” job skills workshop from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the school’s gym. LAFAYETTE — Law enforcement in communities across south Louisiana have enlisted the help of a program that can blanket an area with automated alerts when a person is reported missing. LAFAYETTE — Police issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old Lafayette man wanted on four counts of attempted se cond-degree murder in a July 4 shooting incident. LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s continuing education department has the following professional development courses scheduled this month... DONALDSONVILLE — The Ascension Parish School Board opted Monday to take no action on a list of proposed projects to be funded from the proceeds of a bond initiative that may be slated for the Oct. 17 ballot. CLINTON — The East Feliciana Police Parish Jury approved a $209,000 bid Monday for an addition to its administration building on Marston Street. STARHILL — An Angola prison chase team and West Feliciana Parish sheriff’s deputies searched for almost three hours Monday before capturing a man accused of stealing a vehicle in Baker and abandoning it when Sheriff J. Austin Daniel confronted him two hours later. WALKER — A man stopped by deputies early Sunday morning for erratic driving died at a Hammond hospital the same day, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office reported. HAMMOND — During a four-day investigation with undercover officers posing online as children, four men were arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from minors over the Internet, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office reported Monday. LAFAYETTE — SLEMCO customers may see utility bills rise an average of $2.68 a month for two years to help pay for repair of hurricane damage last year and to elevate power substations in low-lying flood-prone areas. LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Parish School Board will meet twice this week to hear pitches from vendors vying to implement a new student information software system for the district. CROWLEY — The Acadia Parish School Board, on a unanimous vote Monday, added about $995,000 worth of school building improvements after approving a general fund budget that projects a deficit. The 2009 Drum Corps International Tour will make a stop at Cajun Field in Lafayette on July 20. LAFAYETTE — Police are searching for a man who allegedly shoved and bit his girlfriend on Saturday. NEW ROADS — A top administrator with the East Baton Rouge Parish public school system, two Louisiana Department of Education officials and a former St. Helena Parish superintendent are all vying to become Pointe Coupee Parish’s new superintendent. MONROE — A 28-year-old Monroe mother is facing a child desertion charge for allegedly leaving her 2-year-old son locked in a vehicle while she shopped. JARREAU “Show me your 401(k)” was the theme of the 27th annual False River Fourth of July Boat Parade on Saturday, and did they ever. Hundreds of boats of all sizes and shapes crowded the 22- mile-long oxbow lake as thousands of swimsuit-clad riders celebrated the nation’s birthday despite temperatures that nearly reached 100 degrees. DERIDDER — Bonds of $90,000 apiece were set for four men accused of planting bombs in two churches in the DeRidder area. Cut Off alligator farmer Gerald Savoie sold 50,000 hides last year. This year, Savoie has not sold one hide. “Things are bad,” Savoie said. “I’ve lost a lot of money. More than you can imagine.” There are 59 licensed alligator farms in Louisiana, according to the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. There are plenty of ways to celebrate Independence Day, including these events today. LAFAYETTE — The long to-do list of campus improvements at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is getting shorter, but the momentum may stall in a budget shortfall. CARENCRO — A 41-year-old man found shot to death in Carencro Thursday morning had a long history of run-ins with authorities, an official said Friday. Wanted: 25 million cubic yards of dirt. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking landowners who will allow the federal agency to dig a massive hole on their property for the dirt needed to build up 140miles of levees along the Atchafalaya Basin. |
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