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Baby will require surgery following abuse

WELSH - A man is facing cruelty charges after an 8-month-old was discovered to have two broken bones and several bruises.

Welsh Police Chief Marcus Crochet said the department responded to a 911 call Monday on N. Kennedy Street regarding an injured baby. The child was immediately transported to an area hospital. Officers at the scene were given conflicting stores about who was with the baby when the injuries occurred.

School officials allow for peaceful protests

Thousands of students across the country walked out of classrooms Wednesday morning for a planned demonstration on the one month anniversary of a school shooting that killed 17 in Florida. The Jeff Davis Parish School Board found a way for its students to engage in the protest without leaving the classroom.

The 17-minute protests were scheduled to take place between 10-10:17 a.m. at schools across the country as a way for students to express their First Amendment rights and apply pressure to Congress to approve gun control legislation.

Elton seeking second Cleanest City title

ELTON - 2018 could be the second year in a row the town here wins the statewide Cleanest City Contest.

After winning last year’s town division of the contest, Elton Mayor Roger Laughlin said he is confident he can rally his town’s residents and get everything tidy by Wednesday, April 4.

Laughlin said Elton won last year because an amazing transformation took place.

Refuge: Laws strictly enforced during fishing season

The fishing season at the Lacassine and Sabine Wildlife Refuges opened Wednesday.

With the opening of the season, which goes on through October 15, state officials want fishermen to know the importance of adhering to local and state laws.

Chuck Talbert, a federal wildlife officer for the Southwest Louisiana Refuge Complex, said following the laws is important for both residents and the environment. He said he and other Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries officers will be in the areas on patrol.

Four arrested for attempted burglary

Four people wanted by the Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office in connection with an attempted burglary of an Iowa home Tuesday morning have been arrested in Acadia Parish for an attempted burglary there.

Ashley DeJean, 32, of Breaux Bridge, Kerwin Morris, 50, of Crowley, Curley Hines, 25, of Lafayette and Darius Bellard, 24, of Carencro were arrested by the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office Tuesday afternoon. The four are accused of various charges including felony possession of stolen things, aggravated burglary and resisting an officer.

Charter school financing upheld by LA. Supreme Court

BATON ROUGE (AP) — More than 30 charter schools created by Louisiana’s education board can continue to receive financing through the state’s public school funding formula, after the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a union that argued the payment method was unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 decision, the high court overturned a lower court ruling that threatened to upend payments for the 35 schools and their 18,000 students.

Superintendent of Education John White, a charter school supporter, praised the ruling, saying: “Justice was done today.”

Trial begins anew for feces-smearing suspect

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jury selection begins anew Wednesday for a man who smuggled excrement into a New Orleans courtroom and smeared it on his face and head — short-circuiting his trial in the death of a New Orleans police officer.

Travis Boys has since been judged mentally competent to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge in the 2015 shooting of officer Daryl Holloway.

Family that found 7 baseball cards worth millions finds 8th

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What could be better than becoming a millionaire after finding seven vintage baseball cards while cleaning out your late great-grandfather’s house? How about finding an eighth? The family that two years ago made one of the greatest finds in sports collectibles history when they found seven Ty Cobb baseball cards printed between 1909 and 1911 have now found one more in the matching set. “It falls under the category of ‘you can’t make this stuff up,’” said Joe Orlando, president of Professional Sports Authenticator of Newport Beach, California.

US charges Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos with fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford dropout once called the “next Steve Jobs” is being charged with “massive fraud” by U.S. regulators for her actions while leading the blood testing startup Theranos.

Theranos and Holmes agreed Wednesday to settle the case and pay a $500,000 fine. She is barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 10 years. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it will take its case against the president of the company, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, to federal court.

Students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence

Young people in the U.S. walked out of school to demand action on gun violence Wednesday in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged since the massacre in Florida.

More than 3,000 walkouts were planned across the country and around the world, organizers said. Students were urged to leave class at 10 a.m. local time for 17 minutes — one minute for each of the dead in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.