coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

COVID-19 testing planned in Eunice

Free testing for COVID-19 is scheduled Wednesday and Friday at Eunice High School, according to a news release from Van Reed, St. Landry Parish director of Emergency Preparedness and public information officer.

Free COVID-19 testing available

Acadia Parish is continuing its partnership with the Louisiana Department of Health to maintain a mobile COVID-19 testing site in Crowley.

Sheriff explains mask mandate

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputies will only become involved in enforcing the state’s masking requirement if management requests them, Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said in a statement.

Free COVID-19 testing extended at Cajun Filed

Free mobile COVID-19 testing at Cajun Field will be extended through today.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Louisiana Department of Health have been operating the site since July 10.

School reopening plan on the horizon

The St. Landry Parish school system’s plan for reopening its schools is expected to be released soon.
The overview of the program may have been released Friday, but is expected to be on the Board’s website at slpsb.org.

LSU study seeks ideas on how to cope with crisis

LSU Department of Sociology Associate Professor Frederick Weil and more than 50 LSU students begin in-depth interviews with families and community leaders this month to source novel solutions for how to meet basic needs during an unprecedented cr