Posted
2012-09-17 05:19:00
by
Dave Graichen
NEWS FOR MONDAY 091712
BY DAVE GRAICHEN
A BOSSIER CITY WOMAN TRYING TO AVOID MILITARY SERVICE CONVINCED HER HUSBAND TO SHOOT HER ON PURPOSE THEN TOLD POLICE IT WAS AN INTRUDER. SPOKESPERSON MARK NATALE SAYS BOTH 25-YEAR-OLD JUDY GROOMES AND HER HUSBAND 26-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER GROOMES NOW FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. NATALE SAYS THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE BOTH ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AIRFORCE AND PLANNED THE SHOOTING TO STOP THE WOMAN FROM BEING DEPLOYED.
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM PRESIDENT RANDY MOFFETT HAS RESIGNED AFTER HIS 41 YEAR CAREER IN HIGHER EDUCATION. OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED FRIDAY THAT LONG TIME EDUCATOR TOM LAYZELL WOULD SERVE AS INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE NINE-UNIVERSITY UL SYSTEM.
A SHREVEPORT LAWMAKER CALLS A TOWN HALL MEETING TONIGHT, TO ADDRESS PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET CUTS FOR LSU'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN SHREVEPORT, ALEXANDRIA AND MONROE. REP. ROY BURRELL SAYS HIS CONSTITUENTS WORRY ABOUT POSSIBLE FACILITY CLOSURES, AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO CUT THE BUDGET FOR HEALTH CARE. FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, LSU'S SHREVEPORT HOSPITAL FACES A $46-
MILLION DEFICIT. BURRELL IS AMONG THOSE THAT FEEL CLOSURE OF ONE OR MORE
STATE-RUN HOSPITALS IN THE REGION IS COMING.
GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL ANNOUNCED FRIDAY THAT HE'S SUPPORTING THE IDEA OF CONSOLIDATING THE LSU SYSTEM PRESIDENT'S POST WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S JOB AT THE BATON ROUGE CAMPUS. JINDAL SAYS COMBINING THE TWO JOBS INTO ONE WOULD SAVE LSU MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN WITHOUT A SYSTEM PRESIDENT SINCE LATE APRIL WHEN JOHN LOMBARDI WAS DISMISSED. MICHAEL MARTIN LEFT HIS POSITION AS CHANCELLOR IN AUGUST.
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SAYS 39 NEW HUMAN CASES OF WEST NILE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LOUISIANA BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES TO 215. 10 WEST NILE DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR IN 2012. DHH OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE LOUISIANIANS TO BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF WEST NILE AND TO FIGHT THE BITE.
HURRICANE ISAAC DEVASTATED THE CITRUS CROP IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH. CITRUS FARMER BEN BECNEL SAYS BETWEEN 90 AND 95 PERCENT OF HIS TREES WERE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT FROM THE STORMS FLOODWATERS. HE SAYS THERE IS FRUIT ALL OVER THE WET GROUND, AND WHAT IS LEFT ON THE TREES PROBABLY WON'T MAKE IT TO MARKET. LSU AG CENTER COUNTY AGENT ALLEN VAUGHN SAYS THE STORM'S DAMAGE WILL MOST CERTAINLY EXTEND INTO NEXT YEAR.
NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH JONATHAN VILMA TODAY TO DISCUSS THE SAINTS LINEBACKER'S SUSPENSION THAT WAS TEMPORARILY LIFTED EARLIER THIS MONTH. IT’S EXPECTED VILMA WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT ANY NEW EVIDENCE HE MAY HAVE IN THE SAINTS' BOUNTY SCANDAL. THE OTHER PLAYERS INVOLVED, SAINTS DEFENSIVE END WILL SMITH, BROWNS LINEBACKER SCOTT FUJITA AND FREE AGENT ANTHONY HARGROVE ARE EXPECTED TO MEET WITH GOODELL TOMORROW.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS NEARLY 5-THOUSAND STUDENTS HAVE ENROLLED IN THE NEW STATEWIDE PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION VOUCHERS PROGRAM. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE OVER 6-THOUSAND SPOTS AVAILABLE, ONLY 4,944 ENROLLED. BOARD OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION PRESIDENT PENNY DASTUGUE SAYS THAT'S A GOOD START FOR THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM.
THE SECOND RANKED LSU FOOTBALLL TEAM PREPARED FOR SEC PLAY BY TROUNCING IDAHO 63 TO 14 ON SATURDAY NIGHT. COACH LES MILES SAYS IT WAS A GOOD PERFORMANCE BUT THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THE SEAN PAYTON-LESS SAINTS ARE OFF TO AN UNEXPECTED 0-AND-2 START FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007, AFTER LOSING TO CAROLINA 35 TO 27 IN CHARLOTTE YESTERDAY. QUARTERBACK DREW BREES HAS FAITH THINGS WILL TURN AROUND. THE SAINTS HOST THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS THIS SUNDAY. KANSAS CITY IS ALSO 0-AND-2. BREES SAYS IT'S TIME TO START A WINNING STREAK.
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