Second annual Christmas Fest set Dec. 1
The second annual Eunice Community Garden Christmas Festival is set for Dec. 1 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
The Acadia Parish Police Jury will be applying for a Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant (FMA).
The Rayne Civic Center served as the setting once again for the 32nd CFMA Music Association Le Cajun Awards and Music Festival held Aug. 19-21 by the Acadiana Charter Chapter of the CFMA.
New Acadia St. Landry Hospital CEO Micheal LeJeune spoke about his plans as head of the facility during the hospital board’s regular August meeting recently.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that beginning Sept. 14, construction will begin on a $4.4 million project that will include a 3.8-mile section of La. 1165 from La. 29 to La. 104.
St. Landry Parish’s public school truancy rate in 2020-2021 was 49.19% — higher than the state’s 40.21% rate.
Truancy is defined as students who have five tardies or five unexcused absences in a semester.
Truck-driving, accordion ace Ryan Perkins returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, in Opelousas.
Bulb & Blossom meeting set Tuesday
The Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with a social and business meeting.
The recent Entergy bill assistance program provided by St. Landry-Evangeline United Way has closed.
It’s not very often that the ground is frozen solid on Belle Isle, the salt dome just a stone’s throw from the Gulf of Mexico. But it happened in 1962 — in the summertime, on purpose.