An organization is pushing the Lafayette Parish-City Council to take an official position on the potentially upcoming Drag Queen Story time event at the city’s public library. The “Citizens for a New Louisiana” petition states “the use of taxpayer funds to promote sexual deviancy to three-year-olds was is shocking.” Executive Director Michael Lunsford says there’s a lot of opposition to the reading.
DCFS is offering a second chance to delinquent dads and moms who’ve had their driver’s license revoked for not paying child support. The “Back on the Road” program allows you to pay a smaller portion of your back owed debts so you can get behind the wheel again. Child Support Enforcement Director Lydia Scales says first, they’ll need to make a solid contribution to their child’s well-being.
A Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office dispatcher was murdered outside her Deridder home early Monday morning as he children slept just inside. 24-year-old Marquita Wright was shot on her porch just before 5AM, after wrapping up her shift at 430AM. No arrests have been made, and no suspects have been named as of yet, but Deridder Police Chief John Gott is asking anyone with information about the murder to please come forward.
With a total of 284,000 vet in Louisiana, Google now has a new tool to help those vets land employment. When the term “Jobs for Veterans” is searched on Google, the website will then showcase potential gigs via the vet’s military occupational specialty code. Google Project Leader, Joy Xi says the tool reinforces that vets have gained valuable skills in the military.
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