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ABBEVILLE MAYOR ROSLYN WHITE’S VISION OF A MAYOR’S YOUTH COUNCIL IS BECOMING A REALITY. THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO GET TEENAGERS INVOLVED IN CITY GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. EIGHTH TO TENTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND ABBEVILLE HIGH, VERMILLION CATHOLIC, ACADIANA CHRISTIAN OR ARE REGISTERED IN AN ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, CAN APPLY FOR THE COUNCIL BY PICKING UP AN APPLICATION AT THEIR SCHOOL OR CITY HALL. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL MET YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS TEARING DOWN ABANDONED HOMES AND CLEANING UP THE STREETS. THE CITY AND PARISH COUNCILS ARE CONSIDERING SEVERAL ORDINANCES TO EITHER CONDEMN ABANDONED PROPERTIES OR DONATE THEM TO NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS OR NON-PROFITS. THERE ARE AROUND FOURTEEN HUNDRED ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES ON THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE’S BOOKS. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNETH BOUDREAUX TELLS KADN TV THEIR ULTIMATE DESIRE IS FOR THE ORIGINAL OWNER TO GET CURRENT WITH THEIR TAXES AND KEEP THEIR HOME.
TODAY AT&T EMPLOYEES WENT ON STRIKE FOR, WHAT THEY SAY, ARE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES RIGHT OUTSIDE THE COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE. (VOICER X :13)
AN EMACIATED HORSE IN ALLEN PARISH WAS RESCUED BY THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA AND BRITTANY WARE OF HAYDEN’S HOOFBEATS HAVEN AND EQUINE TRAINING. AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD TENNESSEE WALKER WAS FOUND TIED TO A SMALL TREE WITH NO ACCESS TO WATER, FOOD OR PROPER SHELTER AND ITS HIPS AND BONES WERE PROTRUDING. WARE SAYS THE HORSE THEY’VE NAMED KNOX IS ALREADY LOOKING BETTER AFTER A FEW DAYS OF REGULAR MEALS, EXERCISE AND SHADE. THE OWNER OF THE HORSE, TRINITY TERRELL, HAS BEEN CITED FOR CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
L-S-U-EUNICE HAS PLANS TO TRANSFORM ITS FIFTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SCIENCE BUILDING INTO A SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AGRICULTURE AND MATH INNOVATION CENTER. FACULTY AND STAFF WERE SHOWN RENDERINGS OF THE UPGRADES YESTERDAY. PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON ADDING SCIENCE LABS, LECTURE HALLS AND CLASSROOMS WITH RENOVATIONS OF LABS AND FACULTY OFFICES AS PART OF PHASE TWO. THE UNIVERSITY WILL SEEK TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT IN THE NEXT STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND LOOK TO BREAK GROUND ON THE INNOVATION CENTER A YEAR FROM NOW.
BROUSSARD MAYOR RAY BOURQUE ANNOUNCED MONDAY A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN WATER EXPANSION PROJECTS. HIS AIM IS TO BRING CONSISTENT WATER PRESSURE ACROSS THE CITY. BOURQE ANTICIPATES CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS SECTORS MEANING THERE WILL BE A GREATER NEED FOR WATER PRODUCTION. THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDES TWO WELLS AND THREE ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS, REPLACING AGING WATER LINES AND REHABILITATING THE TWO EXISTING WATER TOWERS.
YESTERDAY GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A NEW LAW IMPOSING NEW RULES ON ANKLE MONITORING COMPANIES. THESE PRIVATE FIRMS HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD LITTLE TO NO OVERSIGHT. THE NEW LAW REQUIRES THE COMPANIES TO NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IF AN OFFENDER TAMPERS WITH THEIR ANKLE MONITOR. IF POLICE ARE NOT INFORMED WITHIN THE TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE TRACKING COMPANIES COULD FACE FINES AND BE BANNED FROM OPERATING IN LOUISIANA.
AN OPELOUSAS CITY EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MISUSING PARISH GAS CARDS. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS. (VOICER W :18)
