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Improvements are coming to three major intersections near the new Amazon facility in the Upper Lafayette/Carencro area. Earlier today, State representative Vincent Pierre and Chairman of the Transportation Committee and Senator Gerald Boudreaux held a public hearing at the Carencro Community Center. The stakeholder meeting was arranged to discuss traffic related to the massive new Amazon facility being constructed at the old Evangeline Downs property site. Construction on the Amazon facility isn't even complete and traffic is already pretty wild in the area, so this was definitely a welcome...

The Kill Pen Economy: Why Is The Slaughter Pipeline So Hard To Shut Off? Sponsored by: Those who pay attention to such things may have noticed a familiar bay mare with a distinctive star whose picture appeared on social media in December with a post imploring readers to rescue her from a grim fate. The mare was identified as Apt To Smile, a Louisiana-bred daughter of Parading who had completed an undistinguished racing career in May 2017, and she was offered for sale by a well-known kill pen in Bastrop, La. The terms for her rescue were the same as they are for many other horses tha...

Eighteen schooling races for 2-year-olds are scheduled for Friday.

The wait is nearly over as the restaurant is opening its drive-thru today. This is a bit of a surprise as new owner Tim Metcalf announced recently that the restaurant would not have its grand reopening until early February. Now, that's still true as that date is set for February 8 when the dining room will reopen. In the meantime, fans of the Acadiana landmark restaurant will be able to enjoy a limited menu through Prejean's new drive-thru window. You'll be able to enjoy boiled crawfish and shrimp, fried shrimp or catfish platters, gator wings, seafood poboys, crawfish enchiladas, and a few m...

Sponsored by: Trainer Todd Pletcher sending Fighting Force to Sam Houston to contest the $200,000 Texas Turf Mile Sam Houston Race Park will host its annual Houston Racing Festival on Sunday, January 31. A special post time of 1:45 pm (CT) has been set for the marquee day of the Houston, Texas, track's 2021 Thoroughbred meet with six featured stakes. Two graded stakes will be contested, the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic and the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf. Full and highly competitive fields have been drawn for the remaining four undercard stakes, with an enc...