A six-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in Lafayette over the weekend. Lafayette Police Detective Ken Handy says fortunately, the girl will survive.
Cut 3 (05) “…condition has stabilized.”
Two suspects are under arrest. Daylon Andrus was initially arrested and was booked on a charge of attempted second-degree murder. This morning, Ja Andrea Kentrell Willis was arrested in Beaumont, Texas.
State Police are looking for the driver who hit and killed a woman walking along an I-10 frontage road in Jefferson Davis Parish. Trooper Peggy Bourque says the incident at around one yesterday afternoon claimed the life of 53-year-old Bonnie Fontenot of Jennings, who had previously been reported missing.
Bourque says at this time, the exact circumstances of the crash are still unclear.
Back in August of 2005, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was a private citizen who rode out Hurricane Katrina at his home in Plaquemines Parish. Nungesser says what he experienced that day are things he will never forget.
The Louisiana Department of Education is investing five million dollars into the Steve Carter Tutoring program, which will result in more students receiving high dosage tutoring. Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Dr. Jenna Chiasson says it offers digital vouchers to eligible families who have students in need of high-quality tutoring.
Now in its third year, the program has a waitlist of eight-thousand students.