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211 Assistance available to help with self-reporting damage survey following winter weather event

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:55am

BATON ROUGE – The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness continues to request information from anyone who received damage due to the winter weather event last week. It is important to all of the agencies responsible for recovery to gather this information as quickly as possible.
The self-reporting survey, which can be found at damage.la.gov, will help local and state emergency managers collect data to move forward with the recovery process.

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Here is an early rendering drawing of what the new Williams Scholar Academy may look like. An architectural firm in Baton Rouge drew the new cultural center, school, gym and cafeteria/conference center on the four acres that the old Herod High School once occupied.

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Tiffany Williams-Spraggins

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Dozens attended Monday’s meeting at the Rec Center in Abbeville.

Historical school happening:

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:36am

Close to 75 people attended the first of many public meetings to talk about the first-ever charter school in Vermilion Parish.
Representatives from Williams Scholar Academy (WSA) were on hand to answer citizens’ questions about the school.
Until a new school is built, Williams Scholar Academy will have modular buildings on the old Lighthouse School campus in Abbeville. The school is expected to open its doors this August.

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Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard

CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF INDICTED

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 2:19pm

CROWLEY — An Acadia Parish Grand Jury on Wednesday returned true bills charging Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard with malfeasance in office, obstruction of justice and attempted first-degree injuring of public records.
After hearing testimony Tuesday morning, the grand jury indicted Chief Broussard on three counts of malfeasance in office, two counts of obstruction of justice and a single count of first-degree injuring public records.

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Yazeid A. Shalabi

ALABAMA MAN STOPPED IN LAWTELL FOR LICENSE PLATE LIGHT VIOLATION ENDS UP WITH 25 CHARGES

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:34pm

A 39-year-old Mobile, Alabama, man stopped on U.S. 190 in the Lawtell area for a license plate not working ended up facing 25 counts on 12 charges, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
Yazeid A. Shalabi, 39, of the 1700 block of 1710 Prince Street, Mobile, Alabama, was stopped in a dark-colored SUV on Feb. 18, Guidroz stated in a news release.
The deputy stopped Shalabi’s vehicle because of the license plate light not working, Guidroz stated.
But the deputy smelled an illegal substance coming from the vehicle, he said.

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