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LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY WILL BE ENDING FREE VALET PARKING AND CLOSING A FITNESS GYM AS THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO CUT COSTS. LAST MONTH LAFAYETTE GENERAL HEALTH ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GOING TO ELIMINATE SEVENTY JOBS . C-E-O PATRICK GANDY SAYS CANCELING THE VALET CONTRACT WILL SAVE UP TO TWO MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WHICH THEY WILL REALLOCATE TO PATIENT CARE AREAS. THE VALET PARKING WILL END ON NOVEMBER 18TH, AND THE PUBLIC FITNESS GYM AT LAFAYETTE GENERAL WELLNESS AT THE TOWNHOUSE WILL CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 30TH.
THE ORANGE, TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES A LACASSINE WOMAN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH, HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A CAR. THE BODY OF 29-YEAR-OLD GRETTA DANYELL FRANKS WAS FOUND BY ORANGE POLICE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 10:58. POLICE BELIEVE SHE WAS WALKING ALONG SOUTH LUTCHER DRIVE EITHER SATURDAY MORNING OR FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE STRUCK HER. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALS SHE WAS LIKELY STRUCK BY THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.
People in 11 parishes hard-hit by the August flooding are eligible for another round of federal food stamp aid. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services announced Monday the second month of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as D-SNAP. Eligible parishes include Acadia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion. Households approved for D-SNAP in August will have the money automatically loaded to the debit-like cards they received.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A TEENAGER WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS. NAKIA SOLOMON WAS LAST SEEN ON SEPTEMBER 26TH WHEN HE LEFT HIS LAFAYETTE HOME WITHOUT PERMISSION. SOLOMON, WHO IS BLACK, 5 FEET TWO INCHES, AND ABOUT 145 POUNDS, COULD BE IN THE LAFAYETTE OR BREAUX BRIDGE AREAS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS LOCATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON KILLED IN A BOATING INCIDENT SUNDAY AS 57-YEAR-OLD CLINT GUILLIOT OF YOUNGSVILLE. LT. BEAU ROBERTSON SAYS GUILLIOT FELL OUT OF THE BOAT AND DROWNED NEAR WEST PASS IN LOWER CAMERON PARISH. HE WAS NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET AT THE TIME. THE DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.
ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS IN ST. LANDRY PARISH ARE BEING INVITED TO THE POST-SECONDARY CAROUSEL TOMORROW NIGHT. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS TO LEARN THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM AFTER GRADUATION. REPRESENTATIVES FROM MORE THAN THIRTY UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, MILITARY INSTITUTIONS AND MORE WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, PLUS THEY’LL BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE EVENT TAKES PLACE TOMORROW NIGHT FROM FIVE TO SEVEN AT OPELOUSAS HIGH SCHOOL.
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ top budget architect spent the weekend in the hospital after suffering a heart attack. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne was discharged Monday, according to spokesman Cody Wells. In a statement, Dardenne said he woke up Saturday morning “feeling pressure in my chest,” and went to the hospital. He said an exam “revealed some blockages” for which he was treated.
