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THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS ASKING THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TO PAUSE NEW BAR PERMITS. THE REQUEST COMES AS L-C-G IS CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW NIGHTCLUB THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE UP TO THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS. THE AUTHORITY’S C-E-O KEVIN BLANCHARD SAYS THE DOWNTOWN ECONOMY HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER BUT THAT’S NOT HAPPENING AT NIGHT. HE ALSO SAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT, THE PARKING GARAGES AND SIDEWALKS HAVE BECOME PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HANG OUT AND PARTY.
THIS IS HOMECOMING WEEK AT EUNICE HIGH SCHOOL AND POLICE CHIEF KYLE LEBOEUF IS URGING STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE RESPONSIBLY. THE EUNICE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMUNICATING WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO HELP MAINTAIN SAFETY. THIS COMES AFTER REPORTS ACROSS ACADIANA OF HOMECOMING PRANKS THAT HAVE CAUSED BODILY HARM AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. LEBOUEF SAYS A GOOD RULE OF THUMB FOR STUDENTS CONSIDERING A PRANK IS DON’T DO IT IF YOU WOULDN’T WANT IT DONE TO YOURSELF.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY CONTINUES TO TOUT MULTIPLE PROJECTS AS MAJOR ECONOMIC INVESTMENTS IN THE STATE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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MERCURY HAS BEEN FOUND IN LAKE ARTHUR AND THE MERMENTAU RIVER. THAT HAS LEAD STATE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS TO ADVISE FISHERMEN TO LIMIT THEIR FISH CONSUMPTION FROM THOSE WATERWAYS IN JEFF DAVIS, ACADIA, CAMERON AND VERMILLION PARISHES. THE ADVISORY SAYS THOSE MOST AT RISK ARE PREGNANT WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN. UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF MERCURY WERE FOUND IN BOWFIN, FLATHEAD CATFISH, FRESHWATER DRUM, LARGEMOUTH BASS AND WARMOUTH.
A JOINT ENFORCEMENT OPERATION FOCUSING ON PREVENTING UNDERAGE ALCOHOL SALES WAS CONDUCTED OVER THE WEEKEND.IN LAFAYETTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS HE ESTIMATES AROUND SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE THREE HUNDRED PLUS INMATES AT THE PARISH JAIL ARE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS. THAT’S WHY HE WANTS TO BUILD A COUNSELING CENTER TO HELP THOSE FACING SUBSTANCE ABUSE CHALLENGES. GUIDROZ PLANS ON USING DEDICATED OPIOID FUNDING TO BUY PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY. THE COUNSELING CENTER WOULD SERVE BOTH INMATES AND THE PUBLIC.
THERE WERE MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND TRAFFIC DEATHS IN LOUISIANA BETWEEN TWENTY-TWENTY AND TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE. THAT’S THE EIGHTH HIGHEST RATE IN THE NATION. ASHLEY MORAN OF THE ACADIANA PLANNING COMMISSION SAYS THE CONDITION OF ROADWAYS PLAYS A PART IN THE STATE’S DEATH TOLL. SHE SAYS MANY HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE NEED TO BE UPGRADED WITH PROOF AND SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES SUCH AS RUMBLE STRIPS.
SPACEX REPRESENTATIVES RECENTLY MET WITH VERMILLION PARISH RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE LAUNCH FACILITY THEY ARE DEVELOPING NEAR PECAN ISLAND. SOME LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOUND AND VIBRATIONS DURING ROCKET LIFTOFFS. A REPRESENTATIVE SAID THERE ARE ALWAYS VIBRATIONS IN THE HOME SUCH AS FROM A SLAMMING DOOR AND THE LAUNCH IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THAT. THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THEY HAVE FOUND IT WILL NOT CAUSE FOUNDATION OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
