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When we say that some of the early oil wells in south Louisiana were shallow wells, we mean really shallow. Some of them were dug with long-handled post-hole diggers.

Plans to proceed with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Health loan application to help fund a new hospital facility in Church Point are on pause until a new hospital CEO is hired.

Two of Louisiana’s licensed funeral directors and embalmers have been on the front lines in Texas since the tragic shooting and deaths of 21 people in Uvalde, Texas.

St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters Cheryl Milburn announced she will retire in July after serving 45 years in the office, eight as registrar.

A November election in a special Opelousas school tax district will not happen because the process has run out of time.

Garage sale at FUMC Saturday
First United Methodist Church in Eunice, at 501 S. 5th, will have a garage sale from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church.

Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced that 27,125 Unclaimed Property checks totaling $4.8 million were mailed May 26 following a data match to update addresses. Checks will be mailed to every parish in the state.

Tri-Parish unemployment rates in April were down from a year ago and the workforce increased, according to data released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

With the last two rodeos on the season complete, the McNeese State University men’s rodeo team is the champion of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s (NIRA) Southern Region and the women’s team has finished in third place.