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REPUBLIC SERVICES WILL BE FINED 27,500 DOLLARS FOR MISSED GARBAGE COLLECTIONS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN LAFAYETTE. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MARK DUBROC SAYS THE MONEY WILL GO TO THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FUND. THE COMPANY APOLOGIZED TO THE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS FOR THE MIX UP WITH GARBAGE SERVICE DAYS LATE IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. REPUBLIC SERVICES MUNICIPAL MANAGER NICOLE HEBERT SAYS THEY WILL HAVE A NEW SYSTEM IN PLACE WITH IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN REPORT ON THE INTERNET IF THEIR GARBAGE PICKUP WAS MISSED.
SULPHUR CITY OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED NEW PLANS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ON MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, WHICH HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY SINCE WORK BEGAN ON THE I-TEN BRIDGE IN LAKE CHARLES. MEMBERS OF THE SULPHUR POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS WILL BE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF CITIES SERVICES HIGHWAY AND MAPLEWOOD. TRAFFIC THAT IS FLOWING NORTH BETWEEN FOUR AND EIGHT IN THE EVENING WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED ON MAPLEWOOD IF THEY HAVE A VALID REASON FOR BEING THERE. SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC DURING THOSE HOURS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT ON MAPLEWOOD DRIVE.
ON WEDNESDAY, CONGRESS GAVE ITS HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR TO A SPECIAL GROUP OF WORLD WAR TWO VETS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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The Louisiana House has agreed to require all government agencies across the state to enact anti-sexual harassment policies. The policies would have to include a process for handling complaints, a ban against retaliation when someone files a complaint and mandatory one-hour harassment prevention training each year. House lawmakers backed the bill Wednesday in an 87-0 vote, sending the measure by Rep. Barbara Carpenter, a Baton Rouge Democrat, to the Senate for debate. If approved there, it would take effect in 2019.
THIS WEEK, THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO MAKE THE MCCOMB VEAZEY NEIGHBORHOOD A CULTURAL DISTRICT. THAT WOULD MAKE IT THE FOURTH CULTURAL DISTRICT IN LAFAYETTE, IF IT’S APPROVED. THE DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW FOR HISTORIC TAX CREDITS FOR BUILDING RENOVATIONS AND SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART. TINA BINGHAM OF THE MCCOMB VEAZEY NEIGHBORHOOD COTERIE, WHICH HAS BEEN LOBBYING FOR THE DESIGNATION, TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BUILD WEALTH AND PROSPERITY IN THAT AREA.
CALCASIEU PARISH CORONER DR. TERRY WELKE WILL BE GIVEN A NATIONAL AWARD FOR ORGAN PROCUREMENT AT A CEREMONY LATER THIS YEAR. WELKE IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN PROCURING ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONS. WELKE TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE REALIZES PEOPLE THINK OF DEATH WHEN IT COMES TO CORONERS, BUT HE SAYS THEY TAKE CARE OF THE LIVING AS WELL. WELKE’S SAYING CONCERNING ORGAN DONATION IS “LIFE TRUMPS DEATH EVERY TIME.”
THE CROWLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SPONSORING A STATE OF THE COMMUNITY LUNCHEON TOMORROW AT THE CROWLEY TOWN CLUB. SPEAKERS INCLUDE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON, ACADIA PARISH SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOHN BOURQUE, AND ACADI PARISH POLICE JURY PRESIDENT DAVID SAVOY. AMY THIBODEAUX OF THE CROWLEY CHAMBER SAYS THE EVENT WILL INFORM LOCAL CITIZENS OF PROGRESS IN THE AREA AND WHAT IS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. IT TAKES PLACE TOMORROW BEGINNING AT 11-30, AND TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE CROWLEY CHAMBER OFFICES OR VISIT CROWLEY CHAMBER-DOT-COM.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he “would be inclined to sign” a proposal banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, if lawmakers pass it. Edwards, a Democrat who opposes abortion, announced his position Wednesday on his monthly radio show. The bill would have Louisiana become the second state in the nation with such a restrictive abortion law, following Mississippi. But Louisiana’s proposal, sponsored by Democratic Sen. John Milkovich, hasn’t yet received a hearing.
