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District Judge Steven Gunnell explained details of a newly established court program designed to address substance abuse through treatment and supervision while improving public safety and reducing repeat offenses.

ELTON — Town officials are preparing a plan to repair Elton’s fire hydrants after completing a comprehensive assessment of the system that identified dozens of hydrants in need of attention. Mayor Mike Pierrotti told the Town Council the first phase of the project — a townwide inspection of every fire hydrant — has been completed.

WELSH — Town employees here who are called out to work on recognized holidays will soon receive additional compensation after the Welsh Board of Aldermen approved changes to the town’s holiday pay policy during its recent meeting. Additionally, officials discussed setting a higher fee to cut noncompliant yards to encourage residents to maintain their properties.

(The Center Square) — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier subpoenaed former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday as part of an investigation into whether Fauci improperly used his position for personal gain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WELSH — Town officials received an update this week on the long-awaited Frontage Road extension project, which leaders say will improve traffic flow and create new opportunities for economic development.

(The Center Square) — Louisiana's top education official is asking local school leaders to make protecting classroom instruction a priority this school year, saying disruptions and bullying can undermine the academic gains the state has made in recent years.

(The Center Square) — Chevron asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to move a Plaquemines Parish coastal damage case into federal court, a step the company says would erase a $744.6 million state jury verdict against it.

(The Center Square) — U.S. Senators advanced, in an 8-5 vote on Thursday, a contempt of Congress resolution that would refer Anthony Fauci to the U.S.