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10-7-15

D-O-T-D REPRESENTATIVES WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE I-49 LAFAYETTE CONNECTOR PROJECT DURING A PUBLIC MEETING TUESDAY AT THE ROSA PARKS TRANSPORTATION CENTER.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

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OBERLIN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL WERE CLOSED YESTERDAY AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN.  A MAINTENANCE WORKER DISCOVERED THE BODY AT AROUND 5:30 A-M NEAR THE CANOPY AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL AND IT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS A 48-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM OBERLIN.  ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS THEY HAVE RULED THE MAN’S DEATH A SUICIDE AND NO FOUL PLAY WAS SUSPECTED.  A NOTE WAS FOUND ON THE WINDSHIELD OF THE MAN’S VEHICLE, WHICH WAS PARKED AT THE SCHOOL.

 

THIS SATURDAY, PROTESTS ARE PLANNED AT OVER 300 PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTERS ACROSS THE NATION.  PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS THE LARGEST ABORTION PROVIDER AND THEY RECEIVE MORE THAN 500 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.  THE GROUP, HASHTAG PROTEST P-P, IS CALLING FOR AN END TO THIS SUBSIDY, ESPECIALLY AFTER UNDERCOVER VIDEOS REVEALED THE ORGANIZATION’S PRACTICE OF HARVESTINGA AND SELLING THE BODY PARTS OF ABORTED BABIES.  IN LOUISIANA, A PROTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM NINE TO ELEVEN AT THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY IN BATON ROUGE.

 

LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL VOTED 6-TO-3 TO PROHIBIT APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE LOUISIANA AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT NEAR I-TEN.  COUNCILMAN KENNETH BOUDREAUX URGED THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.  HE SAYS KEEPING THAT AREA EXCLUSIVELY FOR BUSINESSES WILL MEAN MORE JOBS WHILE POTENTIALLY BOOSTING THE MEDIAN INCOME IN THE AREA.  BOUDREAX SAYS THAT COULD MEAN MORE UPSCALE RETAIL BUSINESSES LOCATING THERE.

THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AGREED TO SPEND NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE CASINO FUNDS FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS AT AREA SCHOOLS.  THE BOARD APPROVED COVERED OUTDOOR PLAYCOURTS AT COMBRE-FONDEL, FAIRVIEW, KAUFMAN, ST. JOHN, T-H WATKINS AND RALPH WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COST ONE-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLARS.  THEY ALSO APPROVED PUTTING IN AIR CONDITIONING IN THE GYMS AT S-J WELCH AND W-W LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND LAGRANGE, SAM HOUSTON AND DEQUINCY HIGH SCHOOLS.  ONE BOARD MEMBER, BILLY BREAUX, WAS UPSET WITH THE DECISIONS BECAUSE NO MONEY WAS USED FOR THE CLASSROOMS.

 

IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER AND PROGRESSIVE ACUTE CARE OF MANDEVILLE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE DAUTERIVE HOSPITAL.  THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.  IBERIA MEDICAL PLANS ON CONTINUING TO OPERATE DAUTERIVE HOSPITAL AS AN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL FOR IBERIA PARISH.  I-M-C PRESIDENT AND C-E-O PARKER TEMPLETON SAYS THEIR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE THE PROSPERTIY OF BOTH HOSPITALS WHILE OFFERING NEW OPPORTUNITES FOR GROWTH.

 

U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley says a Mexican man could get up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to giving a false name and country when he applied for a passport.  She says in a news release that 28-year-old Federico Vargas Mares entered a conditional guilty plea Monday to one count of false statement on a passport application. He entered the plea before a magistrate; it will become final when a judge accepts it.  According to the guilty plea, Mares applied in New Iberia under a different name, listing Puerto Rico as his home of origin.