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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
ACADIANA
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LAFAYETTE — Former School Board member and state Rep. Rickey Hardy’s request that the state take over three low-performing schools in Lafayette Parish is a bit premature and an overstep of the legislator’s authority, say board members who represent the targeted schools.
Authorities searched a southern Louisiana marsh by boat Monday for clues that might determine what caused a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore oil platform. LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Parish School Board will select its leadership for the coming year at its Wednesday meeting. For two years, members have elected Carl LaCombe as president. Greg Awbrey has served as vice president for one year. The year’s first ArtWalk will be Saturday in downtown Lafayette. Galleries, shops and museums will be open Saturday evening throughout downtown, with many establishments offering live music, food and drinks. ABBEVILLE — The Vermilion Parish Police Jury voted Monday to re-elect Gerald Butaud and Ronald Darby as its president and vice president, respectively, for a second consecutive year. LAFAYETTE -- Since its opening in 1998, more than 600 students have graduated from Lafayette Parish’s Charter High School. While the 10-year number is lower than the average annual graduation class of Lafayette Parish high schools, Charter High isn’t your average high school. That’s why most students choose it. LAFAYETTE — Traffic officials are returning to the Lafayette City-Parish Council next week in a second attempt to secure funds for a traffic-camera enforcement program that has come under scrutiny. LAFAYETTE — The list is hallowed and growing: Raccoon Records, Buncha Tapes and Records, Toys Alternative Music, The Music Machine in Eunice. That’s just a few of the recognizable record-store businesses that have closed in the past few years — some more recently than others — leaving the CD-, tape- and record-buying public to deal with “big-box” outlets that, for the most part, boast well-meaning but sometimes ambivalent sales clerks. Health services in Breaux Bridge and the surrounding area will grow in 2009 when Lafayette General prepares to take over operations of St. Martin Hospital in April. LAFAYETTE — One day after reaching an impasse during jury deliberations, jurors Tuesday evening found a Lafayette cardiologist guilty of 51 counts of health-care fraud. LAFAYETTE — In September, a windy and rainy Hurricane Gustav postponed “The Beatles: Classical Mystery Tour” performance with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra. But with the new year dawning, “Here Comes the Sun” Friday and Saturday. LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s request for state funding to pay for structural repairs to the Cajundome is pending approval next week from the Board of Regents. A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping and beating a woman in front of her 6-year-old son. LAFAYETTE — A jury Tuesday found a Lafayette cardiologist guilty of 51 counts of health-care fraud just one day after being deadlocked and possibly headed toward a mistrial. |
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