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The spring 2015 McNeese State University Career Fair will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday in the Recreational Complex on campus. McNeese students of all majors and classifications, as well as alumni, can participate. Over 100 employers have signed up for the career fair. For more information, call McNeese Career and Student Development Services at 475-56-12.
A SERIES OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS ARE PLANNED THIS MONTH TO OFFER AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR LAFAYETTE. THE U-D-C IS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE CITY’S ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO HELP IMPLEMENT A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO GUIDE LONG-TERM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE NEW CODE WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS FROM 18 TO 12, AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPERS, WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITY PARISH DEPARTMENTS. THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH PLANNING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ON MARCH 16TH, AND ITS SCHEDULED FOR FINAL ADOPTION BY THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL SOMETIME IN MAY.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS KILLED SUNDAY MORNING IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH ON L-A 35 IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN BROOKS DAVID SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT A CURVE ON THE HIGHWAY. HE SAYS 32-YEAR-OLD REGINALD JENKINS DROVE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A STORAGE BUILDING AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE VEHICLE ENDED UP ON ITS TOP IN A SHALLOW CANAL. JENKINS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS IMPAIRED.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling congressional Republican leaders “fearful” of acting to fully repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law. Speaking to reporters Saturday at the Club for Growth’s winter meeting in Florida, Jindal says Republicans in Washington are not acting on the key issue of the 2014 midterm elections. Jindal says he thinks GOP leadership in Congress and other lawmakers are fearful of being criticized “for putting anything out there that could be attacked.” Jindal is one of six Republican presidential prospects speaking to the anti-tax Club for Growth this week.
Representatives with Columbia Pipeline Group have presented the Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority with a $50,000 donation to help fund continued operations to protect the Southwest Louisiana coastline. The donation is the first the authority has received. The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in 2013 gave the authority $250,000 to help start operations. Earl Landry, the authority’s president, told The American Press Columbia will provide the authority with an additional $50,000 in 2016 and 2017.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette officials joined leaders from the Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Centla in Lafayette to sign an agreement for future collaboration. The Tabasco, Mexico-based school will collaborate with Louisiana-Lafayette in the areas of higher education and technology advancements. KATC-TV reports the agreement includes research and development projects along with student and faculty swaps. Mark Zappi, Louisiana-Lafayette’s College of Engineering dean, says initially the pact will focus on STEM areas — science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
LITTLE INFORMATION IS KNOWN ABOUT A FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IN THE CITY OF CROWLEY. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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The state labor department says first-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Feb. 21 decreased to 2,144 from the previous week’s total of 2,522. For the comparable week a year earlier, there were 1,964 initial claims, officials said Friday. Officials say a shorter work-week due to the Mardi Gras holiday contributed to the decrease. The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, decreased to 2,570, from the previous week’s average of 2,667.
