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(Feature Impact) Summer is peak snake season, so if you’ve recently gotten jump-scared while gardening or walking up your porch steps, you’re not alone. Typically, snakes aren’t slithering around looking for someone to bite - they’re often searching for food, water and shelter, and the vast majority (97% in the U.S.) aren’t venomous. Even if the risks of any real danger are low, though, you probably have no desire to share your shelter or yard with any slithering housemates.

Jeff Davis Parish road crews are making steady progress replacing two aging wooden bridges on Eugene and Verret roads in Iowa, southwest of Lacassine, with parish officials saying the work is expected to save taxpayers approximately $50,000 per bridge by using inhouse crews instead of outside contractors. During the Police Jury’s Unit Maintenance Committee meeting, Road Supervisor Randy Ringuet told jurors crews had already installed the first of two large steel tank-car culverts that will replace the Eugene Road bridge.

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.