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The Culture Corner: Design a Pelican on Parade Application Open and Arts Grants for Teachers Open Now
Rachel Adams, Marketing Manager for the Acadiana Center for the Arts, stops by News15 at Noon virtually to share the details on two application deadlines for local artists and teachers. Tags. Localnow. The Culture Corner: Design a Pelican on Parade Application Open and Arts Grants for Teachers Open Now. Rachel...
Another restaurant will locate near Top Golf. Here's what is coming in.
An Asian restaurant will be next business that will locate in Top Golf-anchored second phase two of the Ambassador Town Center in Lafayette. Co-owner Chris Zumbek and his business partner will open TK’s Asian Kitchen on Spring Farm Road on the property across from Top Golf. Construction is expected to start this fall and take about a year to complete.
Big Lots Set To Close Up To 40 Locations
Dozens of Big Lots® stores are preparing to close roughly a month after the company warned in a U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that between 35 and 40 locations could shutter this year. In the SEC filing, company leaders noted inflation and difficulties in competing, saying they...
Craigslist fraudster who fled to Romania returned to Lafayette, sentenced in federal court
A Romanian citizen who was living illegally in the Lafayette area has been sentenced in federal court in connection with a scheme that defrauded online buyers out of more than $700,000. Dorin Munteanu Racu, also known as Adrian Ciobanu, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Maurice Hicks Jr., Western...
Louisiana lawmakers won’t call special session, constitutional convention in August
Louisiana lawmakers won’t return to Baton Rouge in August to address tax and budget policy in a special session despite a last-minute push from Gov. Jeff Landry’s revenue secretary to do so, according to a handful of legislators interviewed this week. Legislative leadership is expected to make a formal statement saying as much Thursday, but […]
LUS Receives Dig-Smart Integration Award at ESRI User Conference
Submitted by Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) LAFAYETTE, LA (July 24, 2024) – One of only five award recipients, Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) has received the Integration Award from Dig-Smart, LLC at the 2024 ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California. Dig-Smart, LLC is an organization that has been providing one-call ticket management software solutions for over 20 years. The award highlights LUS’s ability to use these solutions in a way that goes beyond their original purpose, typically linking 3rd party applications and/or integrating with external contract-locating companies. LUS has processed approximately 19,000 Dig-Smart tickets, year-to-date – around 100 tickets per day.
Digging Deeper : Cool temperatures, clouds and showers hang around for a few more days, but changes are on the horizon
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Over the past week, there have been a few showers around the Mid-South, in which, a lot of cloud coverage has engulfed the region, too. The cloud coverage, few showers and cool temperatures that we have experienced lately is due to a stationary front that hasn’t moved a whole heck of a lot over the past week. This stationary front hasn’t even weakened all that much, and continues to dump some pretty heavy rain totals over parts of Texas and Louisiana. For the Mid-South, specifically, the stationary front did take a little bit of a jog to the south on Wednesday, which kept the shower activity slightly further south than I anticipate. Nonetheless, there have been a few showers around the Mid-South over the past few days, and until this stationary front completely clears out, the threat of showers will stay elevated.
Three area teens arrested for alleged theft, evading officers in Louisiana
Three Beaumont-area teens were arrested in Sulphur, Louisiana, after a car chase involving a vehicle allegedly stolen from Port Arthur. A post by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said officers were informed of a stolen vehicle from Port Arthur traveling in the Sulphur area at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Deputies attempted to stop the car […] The post Three area teens arrested for alleged theft, evading officers in Louisiana appeared first on Port Arthur News.
Clashes arise over the economic effects of Louisiana’s $3 billion-dollar coastal restoration project
Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana’s rapidly vanishing coastline released a study Tuesday touting the expected economic benefits of its construction, even as the project faces pushback and litigation from communities who fear the environment and their livelihoods will be severely affected. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project broke ground in August last […]
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