alcohol

Nobody spoke against the ordinance at the meeting.

The issue of teens and alcohol is facing the legislature in the State of Washington, but not in the way that you might think.  Instead of the idea of keeping teens from drinking, this legislation is actually encouraging it.  The bill in question would allow older teens (translated as 18 and 19 year old college students), to taste alcohol as part of a class at college, particularly those in culinar

We have heard about people getting picked up multiple times for DUI, but this latest story tops them all. A man in Ohio was stopped by police and found to be under the influence while behind the wheel.  This wasn't new to the man as he has been convicted of that 13 times previous to this...

Drink up.

"We got it totally wrong."

The officer was hit after an impaired driver ran a flashing red light.

A total of 13 businesses were checked, the majority of them in or near downtown Lafayette.

There were many more businesses that did not sell alcohol to minors than those that did.

A new study is making the claim that women tend to drink more when they are married than when they are divorced.  On the flip side, the study claims that men drink more when divorced than when they are married. Corinne Reczek was the study's author and said that men still drink more overall than women do, but that women are starting to catch up...

The underage alcohol check yields two results.

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Port Allen Councilman Irvrie Johnson has proposed that the city's nightclubs and bars may be permitted to stay open just a little longer. But the extended hours won't be used to sell alcoholic beverages; instead the extra time will be used by employees to clean up the establishments...

Arrests for impaired driving in Lafayette Parish has gone up over five times what it was in 2007; fatal alcohol-related wrecks have fallen to about half of what it was in 2007.

An update to a ordinance limited alcohol sales near schools.

Police in Lafayette once again making sure businesses aren’t selling alcohol to those underage. Police tell us they targeted a total of 30 stores last night. Of those, four were cited for selling alcohol to minors.

One man is behind bars after driving drunk to a police station. State Police say Gustavo Rodriguez of New Orleans took his two young children to the Troop B headquarters over the weekend to tell them he was leaving his wife and taking his children to Texas.

The crackdown starts today

A man dies in a horrific crash. Trooper Stephen Hammons says early this morning around 4:30 AM, Brae Schaubert of New Iberia was leaving a private driveway on LA 14 when he lost control of his motorcycle.

An alcohol sales compliance check was conducted yesterday. A total of 49 businesses were checked, 7 summons were issued at 6 different businesses. The list of businesses, addresses, and charges are listed below. Business Name Address Violation 1 Tobacco Plus 1407 SE Thrwy Sales to Persons Under 21 /No Bar Card 2 Shop & Buy 908 Carmel Sales to Persons Under 21 3 Chevron 1600 Moss Sales to Perso

Three business cited for selling alcohol to underage minors.

Multiple violations were issued last night during an underage alcohol possession operation conducted by Lafayette Police.