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A familiar face is leading South Louisiana Community College’s Acadian Campus as campus director.

President Joe Biden on March 17 announced his intent to appoint Deidre Deculus Robert as Rural Development State Director for Louisiana.

(This news story was featured in LSU’s free research publication, Working for Louisiana, where you can learn more about how work on every LSU campus impacts residents and industry in the state and beyond.)

St. Landry Parish sales tax revenues through March were up 8.9% over the same period in 2021, according to St. Landry Parish School Board tax division.

The Tri-Parish workforce increased by 1.2% or 831 to 67,348 in February, according to data released Monday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

CDA meeting scheduled Monday
Court Eunice 208 of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Jeanmard Hall, North 3rd Street.

It’s pretty well known that during World War II SLI president Joel Fletcher and academic vice president Joseph Riehl persuaded the Navy to locate V-12 and V-5 officer training programs at the Lafayette school.

Corbin Marks of Opelousas recently completed his Eagle Scout project, refurbishing the nature trail at Sherburne Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near his hometown of Opelousas.

(Editor’s Note: Multiple attempts to contact the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile have gone unanswered.)

The Clovis Crawfish children’s book series is to be celebrated in a 61st birthday party from 1 to 3 p.m. April 9 at The Eunice Depot Museum, 220 S. C.C. Duson St., Eunice.