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REPRESENTATIVES WITH SPACEX HELD PUBLIC MEETING IN ABBEVILLE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR PROPOSED STARBASE LOUISIANA FACILITY. THEY WERE ASKED ABOUT HOW THE FACILITY WILL AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF VIBRATIONS FROM THE LAUNCHES. A SPACEX REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE CLOSEST RESIDENCE TO THE FACILITY WOULD BE FOUR MILES AWAY. SHE SAYS THEY HAVE NOT FOUND WHERE IT IS GOING TO CAUSE FOUNDATION OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
PLANS FOR THE OVEY COMEAUX WORKFORCE INITIATIVE ACADEMY ARE MOVING CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVEN WATERWAYS IN LOUISIANA. THE ADVISORIES COME AFTER RECENT FISH TISSUE SAMPLING DETECTED HIGH LEVELS OF MERCURY. THE WATERWAYS INCLUDED THE MERMENTAU RIVER AND LAKE ARTHUR AS WELL AS THE VERMILLION RIVER AND BAYOU TORTUE. LOUISIANA HAS FIFTY-TWO OVERALL FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES FOR MERCURY IN FRESHWATER AREAS.
TWO PEOPLE FROM TEXAS WERE ARRESTED IN LAKE CHARLES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S SPECIAL VICTIM’S UNIT RECEIVED A TIP FROM THE F-B-I AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ABOUT A MISSING JUVENILE FROM TEXAS. THE TIP INDICATED THE JUVENILE WA POSSIBLY BEING EXPLOITED FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE LAKE CHARLES-AREA. THE JUVENILE WAS FOUND AND PLACED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY ANNOUNCED HANDBOOK BIBLES WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE JAIL FACILITY. THIS COMES AFTER ELEVEN INMATES WERE CHARGED FOR MAKING CHEMICAL-SOAKED CIGARETTES FROM PAGES IN A BIBLE. GUILLORY SAYS INSTEAD THEY’LL USE TABLETS WHEN DOING MINISTRY. HE SAYS AT THE END OF THE SERVICE THE TABLETS WOULD BE PICKED UP.
THE CHAMBER SINGERS AT U-L LAFAYETTE HAVE EARNED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. THEY ADVANCED AS SEMIFINALISTS IN THE TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX PETRICHOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION. THE CHAMBER SINGERS WERE SELECTED IN THE COMPETITION’S LARGE ENSEMBLE CATEGORY WHICH INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS, BANDS AND CHOIRS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE DIRECTOR OF CHORAL ACTIVITIES, WILLIAM PLUMMER, SAYS THIS RECOGNITION MEANS U-L LAFAYETTE HAS BECOME A LEADER IN PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR CHORAL STUDENTS.
DOLLY PARTON COULD SOON HAVE HER OWN LOUISIANA LICENSE PLATE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE BAYHAM SAYS HE PLANS ON INTRODUCING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE A SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATE HONORING PARTON. UNDER THE PROPOSAL, TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FROM EACH PLATE WOULD GO TO SUPPORT PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY IN LOUISIANA. THE CHARITY PROVIDES FREE BOOKS TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT IS MAKING SERVICE CUTS AS THEY FACE A ONE-POINT-SIX-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BOND PAYMENT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY ACTION’S REGULAR TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP GETTING TO APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION WILL CONTINUE FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD SAYS THEY’LL ALSO KEEP THE CASH FARE TRANSPORTATION OPTION FOR THOSE NOT ABLE TO APPLY FOR MEDICARE OR MEDICAID.
