News + Notes – Page 4

June 12

Mouton Park detention pond paused for ‘reevaluation’

Construction was paused the day after it began.

June 12

May storms cause $2 Million in damage to LCG

Lafayette’s municipal golf course, the planning department’s building on Willow Street and a fire station were among the LCG properties affected by the storms.

Three men, one sitting in a wheelchair, one in a barstool and one standing.

June 12

Lafayette comics fight for accessibility

For people with disabilities, Lafayette is a hard place to navigate. A group of local comics fights for their right to perform.

Exterior of old Daily Advertiser building on Bertrand Drive

June 11

Changes to public notice law could spell end of Lafayette’s oldest news source

Amendments to decades-old laws that inform citizens about government activity could redefine local news around the state and have a big impact on Lafayette.

June 7

Seven apply for Lafayette library director

Six of the candidates have master’s degrees in library science, a requirement for the director position under current state law.

Community

June 6

Chris Stafford: A door between universes

Public mournings zeroed in on his career in Cajun music. To his family and friends, Chris was much bigger than that.

A police cruiser is parked in a parking lot.

June 6

LCG may restore park police

The Boulet administration may reinstate a dedicated police force to patrol Lafayette Consolidated Government three dozen parks.

June 5

Lafayette police may target more panhandlers under new state law

A year after settling a lawsuit over panhandling restrictions, Lafayette police may again target panhandlers under a new state law.

June 5

Richard Zuschlag, Acadian Companies founder, dead at 76

Zuschlag grew the upstart Acadian Ambulance, which he co-founded in 1971, into a titan emergency services enterprise with six divisions.

June 4

BRIEF: Land bought for Northside library

Progress on the new library has been halting as the library system lost tax revenues and navigated controversies.

June 3

BRIEF: Walter Guillory resigns Lafayette parks post

His 2019 appointment raised eyebrows, given his then recent release from federal prison on corruption charges.

June 3

Council Preview: Panhandling and spoil banks funds top City’s to-do list

Lafayette’s City Council will talk about local panhandling and consider giving up on $1.5 million from the state for the Vermilion River spoil banks removal.