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Chief officer with Lafayette Fire Department on leave following complaint of sexual harassment KATC and last updated 2021-05-14 15:20:48-04 A member of the Lafayette Fire Department is currently on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into an alleged sexual harassment complaint. Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit says a chief officer has been placed on leave pending the outcome of that investigation. Chief Benoit has turned the complaint over to the Lafayette Police D...

Rockslide temporarily shuts down Owl’s Head development project 11 May 2021 Reading time: 1 min 30 s By Michael Boriero (Photo : Courtesy) The construction site for the Mont Owl’s Head residential development project has been temporarily shut down after a minor rockslide last week swept down into Lake Memphremagog, carrying a small fishing shed along with it. The incident occurred directly below the construction area between last Wednesday and Saturday. Howev...

Lake Memphremagog conservation group condemns Owl’s Head development project 6 May 2021 at 19 h 09 min Reading time: 30 s By Michael Boriero A residential development project on the east flank of Mont Owl’s Head is drawing the ire of the Memphremagog Conservation Inc. (MCI), as construction crews alter the natural landscape using dynamite and excessive backfilling. The construction involves creating a new, roughly one kilometre road that will lead to four residential ...

and last updated 2021-05-05 12:03:12-04 A bill that would approve a land swap between the city of Lafayette and UL has advanced in the legislature. Yesterday, HB 335 by state Rep. Jean-Paul Coussan was sent to the Senate Natural Resources committee after it was passed by the House on April 29. So far, the bill has met no resistance; the legislatures website says it passed the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment 13-0, and then passed the House 93-0. To keep up with the bill on ...

ROCHESTER — This is the design chosen by area artists to beautify the concrete barriers used for outdoor dining in the Lilac City. Volunteers are welcome to help paint the many barriers. And a brand new way to order food and support local restaurants is coming within the next few weeks, enhancing the citys efforts to keep dining vital and easy. By now, most people are familiar with the concrete barriers being used to help protect people taking advantage of dining in the streets, a tradition ...

A group of volunteers in Rochester have been partnering weekly with local restaurants to provide the homeless with warm meals. Every Wednesday, behind the United Methodist Church in Rochester, the community has been coming together to care for the homeless. From boots to groceries and a warm meal from a local restaurant, the initiative Manna Meals for the Hungry has been helping those less fortunate. Cheryl Huckins put together the initiative when the pandemic began. Each week she partners...

New fire station could be built near Blackham Coliseum if land swap approved KATC and last updated 2021-02-23 18:30:28-05 Lafayette and the UL Lafayette are working on a land swap that will provide space for a new fire station along Cajundome Boulevard. Fire Chief Robert Benoit says that the university is willing to make the swap. It is something the City of Lafayette and UL Lafayette have been working on for the past 4 years. "The university board has agreed that theyre willing to make that sw...

and last updated 2021-02-22 11:23:17-05 The Lafayette City and Parish councils meet in regular session on Tuesday, and among the topics set to be discussed are booze and ambulances. Both councils will consider an ordinance that would set out the structure that allows companies to deliver alcohol in the city and parish. Also on the agenda is the exclusive contract for Acadian Ambulance to provide ambulance services in the city and parish. On the City agenda are more appointments to the so-called...

Lafayette Fire Department receives the COVID-19 vaccine Alyssa Berry, Lafayette Daily Advertiser © Courtesy of Lafayette Consolidated Government Lafayette Fire Department Public Information Officer Alton Trahan receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The Lafayette Fire Department received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine through the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) on Tuesday.  Fire Chief Robert Benoit was the first to receive the vaccine. Benoit said it was important to ...

Lafayette firefighters receive COVID-19 vaccine Lafayette Consolidated Government and last updated 2020-12-30 13:32:41-05 On Tuesday, December 29, firefighters with the Lafayette Fire Department received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine administered through the Louisiana Department of Health. Fire Chief Robert Benoit was the first to receive the vaccine. Beniot said that it was important for him to lead by example and assure the men and women of the fire department the vaccine is safe. He and fir...