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Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:38am
By David Jacobs | The Center Square
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Here is an early rendering drawing of what the new Williams Scholar Academy may look like. An architectural firm in Baton Rouge drew the new cultural center, school, gym and cafeteria/conference center on the four acres that the old Herod High School once occupied.
Tiffany Williams-Spraggins
Dozens attended Monday’s meeting at the Rec Center in Abbeville.
Historical school happening:
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:36am
Close to 75 people attended the first of many public meetings to talk about the first-ever charter school in Vermilion Parish.
Representatives from Williams Scholar Academy (WSA) were on hand to answer citizens’ questions about the school.
Until a new school is built, Williams Scholar Academy will have modular buildings on the old Lighthouse School campus in Abbeville. The school is expected to open its doors this August.
Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard
CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF INDICTED
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 2:19pm
CROWLEY — An Acadia Parish Grand Jury on Wednesday returned true bills charging Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard with malfeasance in office, obstruction of justice and attempted first-degree injuring of public records.
After hearing testimony Tuesday morning, the grand jury indicted Chief Broussard on three counts of malfeasance in office, two counts of obstruction of justice and a single count of first-degree injuring public records.
Yazeid A. Shalabi
ALABAMA MAN STOPPED IN LAWTELL FOR LICENSE PLATE LIGHT VIOLATION ENDS UP WITH 25 CHARGES
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:34pm
A 39-year-old Mobile, Alabama, man stopped on U.S. 190 in the Lawtell area for a license plate not working ended up facing 25 counts on 12 charges, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
Yazeid A. Shalabi, 39, of the 1700 block of 1710 Prince Street, Mobile, Alabama, was stopped in a dark-colored SUV on Feb. 18, Guidroz stated in a news release.
The deputy stopped Shalabi’s vehicle because of the license plate light not working, Guidroz stated.
But the deputy smelled an illegal substance coming from the vehicle, he said.
Debris from one of the wings of the old Herod School is in a pile
Tuesday afternoon.
Old Herod High being torn down
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:28pm
An old era is coming to an end to make room for a new era to begin.
On Monday, Vermilion Shell and Limestone Company began tearing down the old Herod High School to make room for the new Williams Scholar Academy built on the same grounds.
The project is scheduled to take at least three weeks. When Vermilion Shell is 100 percent complete, there will be only dirt on the location. The cement driveway and foundation will also be removed.
The debris is being hauled to a landfill in Coteau.