Authorities have made an arrest in last week’s UL-Lafayette bomb scare that caused the campus to shut down for a day. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A lawsuit was filed today seeking clarity over whether Governor Jindal has the legal authority to stop the implementation of the Common Core education standards. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office says they’ve arrested a Golden Meadow Police officer in connection with a methamphetamine investigation. Spokesman Brennan Matherne says they began conducting this investigation in April 2014…:
CUT 3 (11) “for personal use”
Matherne says they learned 37-year-old Officer Ashley Pollard and his brother, 33-year-old Courtney Pollard were allegedly making meth for personal use. He says they also learned the cop’s girlfriend, Anna King, was buying products for the meth lab. Matherne says they brought in Officer Pollard for questioning Monday…:
CUT 4 (05) “stress disorder”
Matherene says investigators found the meth lab at Officer Pollard’s and King’s home during a search of the residence. He says Golden Medow Police Chief Reggie Pitre issued a statement indicating Pollard resigned from the department upon his arrest…:
CUT 5 (04) “in Pollard’s actions”
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An LSU freshman football player is recovering in a hospital today after severely cutting his arm during an incident in the school’s weight room. Assistant editor of Tiger Rag magazine, Robert Stewart, says based on what they’ve been able to gather defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao (Lay-ah-lah-ee-mahta-fow), punched a window at the LSU football facility…
The San Antonio native tweeted a picture of himself in a hospital bed with his left arm in a large cast. He also commented on twitter that this has been a learning experience and he’s thankful to be alive. Stewart says LSU has not said what led up this incident….
CUT 7 (10) “this window”
Initial reports said Trey may need to have his arm amputated. LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette says that’s not the case, but Stewart says it appears the six-foot, 300-pound defensive tackle has a long road of recovery ahead of him…
CUT 8 (07) “gonna have”
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Officials say an arrest has been made in the case of the bomb threat last week at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette that closed the campus down an entire day. Louisiana State Police Troop I spokesman Brooks David says a multiple agency investigation lead to the arrest of 30-year-old Devin Haywood of Lafayette…:
Haywood is charged federally through the FBI with planting a hoax device and attempted armed robbery according to David…:
David says they believe Haywood called KATC last Wednesday morning saying there was a bomb in a trash can at a park near the UL-Lafayette campus, then minutes later he went to try and rob the MidSouth bank…:
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A group of parents and teachers who support the Common Core education standards filed a lawsuit today against Governor Jindal. They claim the governor violated his legal authority by using executive orders and contract suspensions to keep schools from using Common Core. New Orleans Representative Walt Leger supports this legal action
This pro Common Core lawsuit comes one day after a separate suit, which challenged whether BESE followed state law when it adopted the controversial education standards. Leger is hopeful the courts can make a ruling quickly on today’s lawsuit, so teachers can plan accordingly for the upcoming school year
Navis (Novice) Hill is a parent of a public school student and one of the plantiffs in the lawsuit filed today. Hill says Jindal is playing political games and because of that her fourth grader is preparing for a school year, not knowing what standardized test he’ll take