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THE LAFAYETTE AIRPORT’S TERMINAL COMMITTEE AGREED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONER’S MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCESS OF CHOOSING AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO DESIGN A NEW TERMINAL. THE BOARD NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL DECIDE IF DIRECTOR STEVEN PICOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH DRAFTING A DOCUMENT THAT CALLS FOR A REQUEST FOR A QUOTE FROM QUALIFIED ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRMS. IF THE DRAFT IS APPROVED AT THEIR JULY OR AUGUST MEETINGS, A FIRM COULD BE CHOSEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. HOWEVER, EVEN IF A FIRM IS CHOSEN THIS YEAR, IT WILL STILL BE 2017 AT THE EARLIEST BEFORE CONSTRUCTION ON THE TERMINAL WOULD BEGIN.
THE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO HOLD THE STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SULPHUR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SULPHUR PARKS AND RECREATION PRESENTED THE ONLY BID TO THE ASSOCIATION. THE L-H-S-A-A ALSO AGREED TO HOLD THE TOP 28 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT BURTON COLISEUM IN LAKE CHARLES. IT WILL BE HELD THERE IN 2016 AND 2017.
NEW 96 GALLON GARBAGE BINS WILL BE DELIVERED TO HOMES IN EUNICE, SUNSET, GRAND COTEAU AND RURAL AREAS IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. PROGRESSIVE WASTE SOLUTIONS HAS ALREADY DELIVERED THE GARBAGE BINS TO CUSTOMERS IN OPELOUSAS AND SOME AREAS WEST OF THE CITY. ON MONDAY, ABOUT 65-HUNDRED CUSTOMERS IN EUNICE, THE MORROW AREA, AND ALONG L-A 31 IN THE OPELOUSAS AREA WILL RECEIVE THE BINS AT NO CHARGE. ANOTHER DELIVERY WILL LATER BE MADE TO 10,500 HOMES IN EUNICE AND SOME RURAL AREAS.
Despite opposition from Gov. Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana House has voted to put spending restrictions on the TOPS free college tuition program. The 61-33 vote Tuesday moved the proposal by Sen. Jack Donahue, a Mandeville Republican, one step from final passage. Under the bill, the TOPS tuition payment rate would be locked in at the 2015-16 level. Rather than automatic increases whenever tuition costs rise, increases to TOPS payments in the 2016-17 school year and beyond would have to get separate approval from lawmakers.
A SCHOOL ZONING MODIFICATION WILL BE INTRODUCED AT TONIGHT’S LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. JULIE DARCE HAS THE DETAILS.
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A TRUCK DRIVER WAS CITED BY STATE POLICE AFTER AN ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON ON INTERSTATE TEN AT THE HIGHWAY 165 OVERPASS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER WENT OFF THE ROAD, STRIKING TREES. ONE WESTBOUND LANE ON THE INTERSTATE WAS CLOSED TUESDAY MORNING TO REMOVE THE 18-WHEELER. THE DRIVER, WHO SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, WAS CITED FOR CARLESS OPERATION AND IMPROPER EQUIPMENT.
THREE ACADIANA SCHOOLS ARE HOSTING THE ADVANCING MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT CAMP THIS WEEK. PETER SHEPHARD AT U-L LAFAYETTE TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT THE CAMPS MATCH MASTER TEACHERS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE PERFORMED WELL IN MATHMATICS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ATTENDED LOWER PERFORMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. HE SAYS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE ALSO PARTICIPATING, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO APPRENTICE UNDER MASTER TEACHERS. HE SAYS 220 STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING THE CAMPS THIS WEEK AT SUGARLAND ELEMENTARY IN NEW IBERIA, ABBEVILLE HIGH, AND AT L-J ALLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE.
The common practice of billing rape victims for their medical exams should come to an end under changes to Louisiana law given final passage by state lawmakers.
The two bills by Rep. Helena Moreno, a New Orleans Democrat, now move to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal after unanimous votes Tuesday from the House. Jindal supports the legislation. The measures are part of a package of bills sponsored by Moreno and New Orleans Sen. J.P. Morrell aimed at improving the handling of sexual assault in Louisiana.
