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THE RECYCLING FOUNDATION HAS BEEN HANDLING CURBSIDE RECYCLING IN LAFAYETTE SINCE THE LATE 80’S, BUT THAT COULD COME TO AN END WHEN THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRES NEXT FEBRUARY. THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL WILL VOTE TUESDAY ON WHETHER TO GIVE FORMAL NOTICE THAT THE CONTRACT WILL NOT BE RENEWED UNDER THE EXISTING TERMS. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR KEVIN BLANCHARD SAYS THEY WANT TO PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR EXPANDED SERVICE, INCLUDING POSSIBLY CURBSIDE RECYCLING IN THE RURAL AREAS AND AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES. BLANCHARD SAYS THE RECYCLING FOUNDATION WILL BE INVITED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AS WELL.
AN OAKDALE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING, THEN BURNING AND BURYING THE BODY OF A PREGNANT WOMAN, WANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. A HEARING HAS BEEN SET FOR THURSDAY WHEN A 33RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WILL DETERMINE IF HE’LL ALLOW 32-YEAR-OLD PAMELA CAUSEY FREGIA TO CHANGE HER PLEA AND WHETHER TO REDUCE HER 780 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. 22-YEAR-OLD VICTORIA MARIE PEREZ WAS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WENT MISSING IN MARCH OF 2011, AND HER BODY WAS FOUND BURIED LAST FEBRUARY NEAR A RESIDENCE OWNED BY CAUSEY FREGIA’S FAMILY. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE CAUSEY-FREGIA INTENDED TO KILL PEREZ IN ORDER TO TAKE HER BABY AND RAISE IT AS HER OWN.
A JEANERETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR A WRONG WAY CRASH THAT KILLED A RECENT LOREAUVILLE GRADUATE. JEFF HORCHEK HAS MORE.
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As Planned Parenthood supporters rallied near the Louisiana governor’s mansion, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office played hidden-camera videos targeting the organization, piping the sound over large speakers. The screen erected by the mansion fence wasn’t visible from the protest site across the street. The sound was difficult to hear where the five dozen protesters stood. Planned Parenthood backers were objecting to Jindal’s decision to end Medicaid payments to the organization’s clinics.
EAGER JOB SEEKERS FLOODED THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION’S ACADIANA DIVERSITY JOB FAIR YESTERDAY MORNING IN LAFAYETTE. EMPLOYERS FROM LAKE CHARLES TO ACADIANA INTERVIEWED THOSE WHO CAME ARMED WITH RESUMES. RANDY BROUSSARD, THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TELLS US MORE.
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THE JOB FAIR IS AN ANNUAL EVENT OF THE LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
A JENNINGS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES FOUND TWO GIRLS LIVING IN A HOME OF EXTREME FILTH. WHEN THE DEPUTIES ENTERED THE HOME, LOCATED IN THE 51-HUNDRED BLOCK OF GRAND MARAIS ROAD, THEY FOUND A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH BRUISES AND BITE MARKS, AND A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IN A ROOM WITH DRUG-RELATED PARAPHERNALIA, PORNOGRAPHY, AND IT WAS VERY DIRTY. THE 17-YEAR-OLD TOLD THE AUTHORITIES SHE WAS HELD AGAINST HER WILL. 27-YEAR-OLD TERRY JOSEPH LANDRY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE, FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND CRIMINAL NEGLECT, AND HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.
MEMBERS OF ONE ACADIANA, SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, U-L LAFAYETTE, AND BUSINESS LEADERS GATHERED AT S-L-C-C’S NEW IBERIA CAMPUS YESTERDAY TO ANNOUNCE A FOCUS ON REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ONE ACADIANA’S PRESIDENT AND C-E-O JASON EL KOUBI ANNOUNCED TWO PROJECTS THEY ARE SUPPORTING IN ORDER TO ADVANCE HIGH JOB GROWTH SECTOR’S WHILE CULTIVATING A DIVERSE ECONOMY. ONE IS A PROPOSED NEW AVIATION TRAINING COMPLEX AT S-L-C-C’S NEW IBERIA CAMPUS, WHICH, HE SAYS, COULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL DRAW. OFFICIALS AT THE EVENT ALSO SAID THEY ENCOURAGE AN EXPANSION OF U-L LAFAYETTE’S ENGINEERING SCHOOL, WHERE IS AN AREA OFTHE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT IS IN HIGH DEMAND.
The state Department of Health and Hospitals says 20 people in Louisiana have been diagnosed with West Nile virus so far this summer. A news release Thursday says half had the most dangerous form, an infection of the brain or nervous system. Two others had flu-like West Nile fever, and eight did not have any symptoms and were diagnosed through blood tests. State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry says everyone more than 2 months old should wear mosquito repellent containing DEET when they go outdoors.
