With Hurricane season starting next week, the Acadia Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) is encouraging citizens to prepare now for potential severe weather threats.
Eunice High School senior Kelly Sonnier accepted a full scholarship to the University of Louisiana Lafayette and to march with the Pride of Acadiana, the UL Marching Band.
Lafayette Diocese Bishop Douglas Deshotel blessed the statue of St. Landry unveiled on the St. Landry Parish courthouse grounds Tuesday. Opelousas Rotary Club President Missy Grimmett sits on the granite bench that holds the statue.
The St. Landry Parish School Board approved a tax district for the Opelousas High School attendance zone on an 8-4 vote on Monday.
The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine conferred 98 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees in an online ceremony at its 46th annual Veterinary Medicine Commencement on May 16.
JENNINGS — Ajay Patel, owner/operator of Patel McDonald’s and president of Barnam Management, which owns 42 restaurants in Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia, and his family were recipients of McDonald’s highest honor for a franchisee, the Fred
Moving the Confederate monument on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse grounds is waiting for a site to be selected by the Sons or Daughters of the Confederacy, according to Parish President Jessie Bellard.
The St. Landry Parish Council is seeking an attorney general’s opinion on whether the parish president can sign contracts without their approval.
The Spring Commencement ceremony was held Friday at LSUE. The guest speaker was Andrew Ward, president and founder of Acadiana Veterans Alliance. Mary Werner, a LSU Board of Supervisor member, conferred the degrees.