Solar farm planned in parish

A meeting to provide information about proposed solar farm north of Leonville is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Yambilee Building, 1939 W. Landry St., Opelousas. NextEra Energy Resources is planning the solar farm that will generate about 150 megawatts of energy on a site of up to 2,500 acres. Sara Cassidy, a company spokesperson, said the solar farm’s electric generation would be…