A forgotten gas can appears to be the link that led investigators to the alleged St. Landry Church arsonist. Court documents show the can was left behind at one of the arsons, and was eventually traced by to an Opelousas Walmart, where it was sold to a 21-year-old Holden Matthews, the son of a St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputy, just hours before the first fire. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says a motive has not been determined yet, but…
Cut 8 (10) “…church burnings.”
The first church to burn down was the St. Mary Bapstist Church in Port Barre on March 26. Two more churches were torched in early April in Opelousas.
LSU football has received a verbal pledge from four-star cornerback Lorando Johnson from Lancaster High School in Texas. 24-7 sports reports Johnson is rated as the nation’s 11th best corner in the country.
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The Revenue Estimating Conference’s updated revenue forecast gives lawmakers 119 million dollars more for the next fiscal year, roughly enough to pay for a sought after 1,000 dollar teacher pay raise. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says there wouldn’t be much cash left over after the pay hike.
Cut 11 (10) “…today.”
73 percent of Louisianans support Governor Edwards’ Medicaid expansion according to the fourth installment of the 2019 Louisiana Survey, but 55 percent of respondents said they were “unsure” whether the state had expanded Medicaid, with only 35 percent correctly saying that it had. Manship School Dean Martin Johnson.
Cut 14 (07) “…we do”
The expansion’s popularity has risen four percent in the three years since the survey began tracking it’s approval rating.