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  • Questionable Hire Has Past Ties to LPSS Play Video

    March 6, 2013 7:36 PM

    KATC was the first to uncover, Thad Welch was on the payroll before officially being hired as the Superintendent's Special Assistant. In a KATC investigation, we uncovered before Thad Welch got the job as Special Assistant to Superintendent Pat Cooper, without a high school diploma, he worked for the... more »
  • Superintendents Gain Control to Hire and Fire Play Video

    August 6, 2012 11:15 PM

    Governor Bobby Jindal's education reform is giving new power to superintendents across the state when it comes to hiring and firing faculty and staff. But school board members are voicing their concerns. St. Landry Parish Interim Superintendent Joseph Cassimere appointed a new principal last week at Eunice Elementary, without... more »
  • Alexandria to hire 10 student summer workers

    June 18, 2012 9:27 AM

    ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - Ten high school and college students will work for the city of Alexandria this summer. The Town Talk reports that an ordinance passed last week will let it hire the student workers through the Rapides Business and Career Solutions Center. Assistant City Attorney Alaina Mire says... more »
  • Parish may hire PI for workers' comp claims

    March 7, 2012 10:45 AM

    JEFFERSON, La. (AP) - The Jefferson Parish council is considering hiring a private investigator to see if all those employees filing workers' comp claims are legit. The Jefferson Parish Council could approve the search for a private investigator to look into suspicious injury claims. The seven-member panel is expected to... more »
  • Man Gets Life in Prison for Murder-for-Hire Plot

    June 4, 2011 10:54 AM

    SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to participating in a murder-for-hire plot has been sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-nine-year-old Erick Dewayne Crain pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the death of Ernest Luttrell. The Times reports that state District Judge John Mosely sentenced Crain to... more »
  • Friend: ND murder-for-hire suspect discussed plan

    December 6, 2010 9:52 PM

    FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A woman who hired an Oklahoma City handyman for remodeling projects and became his friend told a North Dakota jury Monday that the man told her about a plan to beat a Fargo dentist with a hammer, but she didn't think he was serious. Michael Nakvinda... more »
  • Lafayette looks to hire planning firm

    October 19, 2010 10:21 AM

    LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Lafayette Consolidated Government is looking for a planning consultant or firm to help officials create a comprehensive plan for Lafayette Parish. A Request for Qualifications went out Monday, and responses are due by Nov. 5. Officials are hoping to receive responses from consultants around the country.... more »
  • 71-year-old woman indicted in murder-for-hire case

    October 7, 2010 9:39 PM

    SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A Caddo Parish grand jury on Thursday indicted a 71-year-old woman accused of paying someone $1,000 to kill her husband so she could sell his land. Bobbie Loretta Luttrell faces one count of first-degree murder in the July 25 death of her husband, Ernest Luttrell, 73.... more »
  • Woman Gets House Arrest in Murder for Hire Case

    August 19, 2010 9:16 AM

    OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - A 46-year-old Eunice woman has been sentenced to three years' house arrest after agreeing to plead no contest to charges of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend. State District Judge Alonzo Harris, in handing down the sentence... more »
  • Lawmakers Could Slow Down Plans to Hire Outside Contractors

    May 20, 2010 4:59 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State lawmakers could slow down Gov. Bobby Jindal's plans to hire outside contractors to run some of Louisiana's inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities - if the Senate agrees to a proposal that has won House backing. The House voted 64-27 Thursday for a bill that would... more »
  • Eunice Murder for Hire

    October 30, 2009 12:01 PM

    On October 28, 2009, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department received information concerning a possible murder for hire. The information stemmed from an ongoing divorce battle involving a Eunice couple. According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, Detectives received information that a Eunice woman wanted to hire a hit man... more »

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