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New light fixtures and poles await installation at Parc International.
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Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, arrive at the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner in Washington in 2023.
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Parc International improvements include painting, electrical and restrooms BY CLAIRE TAYLOR
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Improvements are underway at downtown Lafayette’s Parc International, which serves as a main venue for Festival International, the city’s largest festival that draws thousands every April. “Parc International brings together our community and visitors from around the world and our administration is proud to reinvest in such an important space at the heart of our city,” said Jamie Boudreaux, chief communications officer with Lafayette Consolidated “These Government. “These upgrades upgrades help help ensure the park remains ensure the a premier destination and a strong economic driver for park remains Lafayette for years to come.” a premier Some work was done just bedestination fore Festival, including presand a strong sure washing, repainting the Festival logo and painting the economic stage area, Boudreaux said. driver for Since then, additional work Lafayette has been undertaken. for years to The list of improvements at the park this year includes come.” painting and rewiring concesJAMIE sion pavilions; recoating all BOUDREAUX, fencing; painting all elements chief under the stage, which had communications not been done in 20 years; and repainting international flags officer with on the top of the stage, BouLafayette dreaux said. Consolidated Some stone pavers were Government pulled up so electrical lines could be passed underground, and the entire park received an electrical overhaul, she said. That included installing new panels at the main stage as well as connections for food trucks and new receptacles. Workers are also actively replacing light poles in the interior of the park, she said, with each having new receptacles. Finally, Boudreaux said, existing restrooms were renovated, and two private handicap restrooms were added near the breezeway at the Garfield Street entrance to the park. The renovations and upgrades are expected to cost $1.63 million and are expected to be completed in February.
Son of filmmaker, producer booked in deaths
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Workers wrap stage rafters in plastic at Parc International as the facility undergoes $1.63 million in renovations and upgrades, including new restrooms, improving greenroom areas and concession pavilions, painting, fencing, electrical work and stone work.
LSU restructuring angers lawmakers
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FBI: Terror plot nets Lafayette-area arrest BY JAMES FINN
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to title changes to “push the LSU system to new heights.” But, for institutions not in Baton Rouge or New Orleans, some fear it means a loss of independence and funding in an increasingly BY HALEY MILLER centralized system. Staff writer Shreveport Sens. Thomas Just how big of a change Pressly, a Republican, and is the restructuring at LSU? Sam Jenkins, a Democrat, System President Wade ä See LSU, page 7A Rousse has said it amounts
LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found fatally stabbed Sunday at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department on Monday arrested the Reiners’ 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, and booked him on suspicion of killing his parents. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said officers responded to the Reiner home about 3:40 p.m. Sunday. Detectives from the Robbery-Homicide Division “worked throughout the night” and took Nick Reiner into custody. Family friends told The Los Angeles Times that Rob and Nick Reiner got into an argument Saturday evening at a party at Conan O’Brien’s home and that many people noticed Nick acting strangely at the party. Nick Reiner, who had struggled with addiction for years, was living in a guesthouse on his parents’ property, family friends told the Times, and his mother had become increasingly concerned about his mental health in recent weeks. The family friends, who did not want to be identified because of the nature of the crime, said the Reiners’ daughter found her parents Sunday afternoon. Nick Reiner was taken into custody at 9:15 p.m. Sunday and booked at 5:04 a.m. Monday, jail records show. He is being held on $4 million bail. Rob Reiner had a five-decade-long film career and had become a leading political
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State Sen. Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, has condemned a recent reorganization at LSU that removed the position of chancellor from LSU Health Shreveport.
Federal authorities arrested a suspect over the weekend near Lafayette who they accuse of being in an extremist group and planning a New Year’s Eve attack, officials said Monday. The FBI director, Kash Patel, on social media said the Louisiana arrestee was part of a “radical subgroup”
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of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a pro-Palestinian “anti-government” organization, prosecutors said. Federal officials also announced Monday the arrests of four alleged members of the group in Los Angeles who are accused of hatching their own bombing plot on the West Coast. The Louisiana suspect
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