Gunfire was reported at another Mardi Gras parade over the weekend. Jeanerette Police chief Terrence Moore says no one was injured by the gunshots at the parade Saturday afternoon. Authorities immediately arrested a man who was reportedly firing randomly into the air. A child did sustain minor injuries when an officer riding an ATV, responding to the shots fired call was unable to avoid hitting the child who had stepped into the street to retrieve Mardi Gras throws. That incident is under investigation. On January 31st, gunfire at a Clinton parade put several people in the hospital some with probable life-altering injuries.
As of this month, all public and charter school special education classrooms in Louisiana are required to have cameras inside them. Act 479, signed into law last year, is designed to help parents get involved when incidents occur, says bill author, Representative Shane Mack, and he says nearly all cameras have been installed.
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The bill also called for crisis intervention training to help faculty and school staff.
When all the Mardi Gras parades are over, horses are be put up for adoption. Humane Society of Louisiana Executive Director Jeff Dorson says since they launched the program in 2017, every horse that it has taken in has been adopted into permanent homes.
Some horses have already been adopted; Dorson says he hopes to have all of this year’s horses adopted by March 4th.
A new travel series beginning tonight on LPB will feature the uniqueness of each of Louisiana’s 64 parishes. Lt Gov. Billy Nungesser says every parish has a story worth telling. The first episode features Vermilion Parish and the show has already set new records on LPB’s YouTube Channel. He says L-A 64 will air new episodes over five seasons to cover all 64 parishes…