Lexi Cortes

The boarded up homes are gone and the developer broke ground on the project Monday.

A health inspector observed rodent and cockroach droppings around the baseboards and other problems.

Inspectors uncovered as many as 23 violations at a single location.

The county has been planning to construct a new building since dogs and cats had to be evacuated from the existing facility during recent major floods.

The owner recently told tenants the apartment complex was closing for financial reasons, then took it back and promised to make needed repairs.

Some board members haven’t missed any meetings in recent years. Others have been absent almost half of the time.

“ISP does not tolerate any criminal conduct within its ranks,” a spokesperson for the agency said.

Records including Social Security numbers were available on the open internet.

It’s a “massive threat to motorists’ safety,” the U.S. representative said.

The city once considered preserving it as a museum.