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St. Landry Parish public schools closed Wednesday

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Due to severe weather forecasted for our area on Wednesday, all St. Landry Parish schools and administrative offices will be closed. This closure includes all after-school activities and sports practices. We anticipate resuming regular school hours on Thursday.
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Myra Miller
Monday, April 8, 2024
Belly Buddies Color Fun Run set April 13 There will be a Belly Buddies Color Fun Run in downtown Eunice from 10 a.m. until noon on April 13. All proceeds will go to Belly Buddies, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide food to Eunice’s most vulnerable students.

Chives, Hibiscus are tasty garden edibles

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
Chives are an easy herb to grow and preferred over green onions due to cancer and osteoporosis fighting and memory improving properties. Chive blossoms are milder than the chive leaves and used when a dish calls for a less overpowering onion flavor.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office, Opelousas. March 26 Crystal Joelle Leday and Mark Lamar Cassimere. Paul Matthew Benoit of Church Point and Shantel Rene Miller of Church Point.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judiclal Court District, Opelousas. Monday, March 25 Mercer Transportation Co. vs Duplechain Transportation, monies due. Republic Finance vs Dru Babineaux, promissory note. Cory Anthony Benoit vs Acadian Ambulance Service Inc. et al, damages.

Meeting sheds light on solar farm

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
Once again, the meeting room was packed to standing room only as residents addressed their concerns with the proposed tax exemptions and other considerations requested by ibV Energy Partners and Bayou Chicot Solar LLC during the monthly meeting of Evangeline Parish Police Jury held April 1.

Workforce steady, jobless rates rise

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
The Tri-Parish workforce remained steady in February compared to a year ago, but unemployment rates rose, according to data released by Louisiana Workforce Commission on Wednesday. The Tri-Parish workforce, which includes those employed and those seeking jobs, totaled 67,23 in February, up 344 or 0.
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, right, shows where smelly water flooded Room 206 in the St. Landry Parish Courthouse on Monday. With Bellard is Van Reed, director of emergency preparedness and a parish administrator.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, right, shows where smelly water flooded Room 206 in the St. Landry Parish Courthouse on Monday. With Bellard is Van Reed, director of emergency preparedness and a parish administrator.

Spooky times at the courthouse

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
There are some strange happenings at the St .Landry Parish Courthouse. “It is unbelievable,” said Parish President Jessie Bellard of what’s been going on there.
Claude Michael Smith’s Nintendo game wish is coming true. (Submitted photo)

Claude Michael Smith’s Nintendo game wish is coming true. (Submitted photo)

Eunice youth’s Nintendo wish comes true

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 5, 2024
Enthralled by Nintendo games, Claude Michael Smith, 8, who battles congenital heart disease, is beyond excited for his upcoming trip to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Belly Buddies Color Fun Run set April 13 There will be a Belly Buddies Color Fun Run in downtown Eunice from 10 a.m. until noon on April 13. All proceeds will go to Belly Buddies, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide food to Eunice’s most vulnerable students.