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LAST WEEK, THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A ONE TIME STIPEND FOR CERTAIN TEACHERS AT FIVE STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH TEACHERS AT CARENCRO HIGH, NORTHSIDE HIGH, ACADIAN MIDDLE, LAFAYETTE MIDDLE AND THE LEROSEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT IRMA TROSCLAIR SAYS SHE’S HOPING THE STIPEND WILL HELP THEM KEEP AND RECRUIT TEACHERS TO THOSE FIVE SCHOOLS. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE STIPEND, THE TEACHER MUST REMAIN IN THE POSITION THROUGH THE LAST DAY OF THE QUALIFYING QUARTER AND TAKE THREE OR FEWER LEAVE DAYS PER SEMESTER.
TWO RADAR SPEED SIGNS WILL BE PLACED IN SCHOOL ZONES ON BEGLIS PARKWAY IN SULPHUR. THE SIGNS ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE SULPHUR COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM, WHICH RECEIVED A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM TELLURIAN INCORPORATED. FIVE STUDENTS AT SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL SELECTED THIS PROJECT AFTER MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF ABOUT ISSUES FACING THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WERE TASKED WITH FINDING A PROBLEM IN THE CITY AND A SOLUTION.
A CROWLEY MAN IS DEAD AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN HIS FRONT YARD JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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Scientists are predicting a near-record Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area where the water holds too little oxygen to sustain marine life. Widespread downpours around the Mississippi River Basin have led to record amounts of water, carrying large amounts of fertilizer and other nutrients downriver. The nutrients feed algae, which die and then decompose on the sea floor, using up oxygen. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting an area of about 7,800 square miles, roughly the size of Slovenia and all the land in Massachusetts.
LIL BUCK SENEGAL DIED YESTERDAY IN LAFAYETTE AT AGE 75 FROM HEALTH COMPLICATIONS. SENEGAL WAS A LEGENDARY BLUES AND ZYDECO MUSICIAN. HE WAS REMEMBERED YESTERDAY BY AREA MUSICIANS AT THE MONTHLY BLUE MONDAY JAM SESSION IN LAFAYETTE. ACCORDING TO KLFY TV, PEOPLE AT THE SESSION TALKED ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE TALENT AND PERSONALITY AS WELL AS HIS IMPACT ON YOUNGER MUSICIANS IN THE AREA.
IT WAS TRADITION AT ONE TIME FOR TELEVISION STATIONS TO SIGN OFF EACH DAY WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. GRAY TELEVISION STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL BE REVIVING THE TRADITION WITH THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER PLAYED DAILY. KPLC TV IN LAKE CHARLES IS ONE OF THOSE STATIONS. THE ANTHEM WILL BE SUNG BY NINE-YEAR-OLD REINA OZBAY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WHO HAS BEEN INSPIRING CROWDS WITH HER PERFORMANCES SINCE SHE WAS FOUR.
The Louisiana-based McIlhenny Co., which produces Tabasco sauce, has named the great-great-grandson of Tabasco creator Edmund McIlhenny as its new president and chief executive officer. News outlets report Monday that Harold Osborn will take over the company, popularly known for creating the Tabasco brand and distributing Tabasco Pepper Sauce. The Acadiana Advocate reports Osborn worked on Southern Louisiana’s Avery Island and in the Avery Island salt mine for the McIlhenny Co. when he was younger. Avery Island was the birthplace of Tabasco Pepper Sauce, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places last year.
ROUSE’S MARKETS HAS ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF SALES OF FAIRLIFE PRODUCTS. THE DECISION COMES AFTER THE REVELATION OF VIDEOS FROM AN ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP SHOWING CALVES BEING ABUSED BY WORKERS AT THE INDIANA DAIRY FARM. ROUSE’S PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING THE UNSETTLING INFORMATION LED THEM TO SUSPEND THE PURCHASE OF FAIRLIFE MILK AT THIS TIME. THE FOUNDER OF FAIR OAKS FARMS SAYS THE FOUR EMPLOYEES SEEN IN THE VIDEOS ABUSING THE CALVES HAVE BEEN FIRED AND ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PREVENT FURTHER ABUSE.
