An organization is pushing the Lafayette Parish-City Council to take an official position on the 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 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 if they can get parents road eligible, they’re more likely to pay their debts.
Cut 3 (09) “…extra funding
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. Deridder Police Chief John Gott says seeing a member of the law enforcement family go down is always a difficult moment.
Every year, 250,000 members of the military transition out of service and into civilian work. Now, Google has a new tool to help those vets on the job hunt. Google Project Leader, Joy Xi, (She) says when the term “Jobs for Veterans” is searched on Google, the search engine will then match vets with potential employers via the vet’s military occupational specialty code.
Cut 9 (07) “…well qualified for.”
(There are 284,000 veterans in Louisiana.)