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The Three Little Pigs are returned to their home to bring joy to the Town of Mamou just in time to celebrate the Mamou Cajun Music Festival in a couple of weeks. (Ville Platte Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)

The Three Little Pigs are returned to their home to bring joy to the Town of Mamou just in time to celebrate the Mamou Cajun Music Festival in a couple of weeks. (Ville Platte Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)

Mamou’s 3 Little Pigs return

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Local artist Lacey Manuel Vidrine recalls, “In the last year or so I’ve been very intrigued by the ‘mou-vement’ that’s taking place in Mamou.

School Board may OK deal to buy Opelousas Biomedical Academy

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The St. Landry Parish School Board may agree Thursdayto buy the Opelousas Biomedical Academy for an apparent bargain price of $55,767. The price includes about 12 acres in the northwest corner of Linwood Subdivision in Opelousas. The site is near Opelousas Senior High School.

Tri-Parish workforce drops by 740

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The Tri-Parish workforce dropped by 740 to 68,234 people in July, according to data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the same report released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission, unemployment rates remained at historic lows in statistics not adjusted for season factors.

Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society to meet Saturday

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society’s fall meeting will be held in Eunice beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Eunice Prairie for the traditional pre-meeting prairie tour. Despite the drought, the Liatris pycnostachya (prairie blazing star; plume des Kansas) should be at their peak bloom.
Zydeco and Creole accordion master Randall Jackson returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, north of Opelousas. (Submitted photo)

Zydeco and Creole accordion master Randall Jackson returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, north of Opelousas. (Submitted photo)

Creole-speaking Texan returns to zydeco jam

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Zydeco and Creole accordion master Randall Jackson returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, north of Opelousas. Jackson is the 2014 winner of the Texas Big Squeeze Accordion Contest in the zydeco category.

DOTD announces road closure in St. Landry Parish

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
La. 358 (Chachere Road) from La. 357 to La. 182 (0.05 miles east of La. 357 and La. 358) in St. Landry Parish will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday until 6 p.m. Saturday, weather permitting. The closure is necessary to install new drainage structures across the roadway.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
EHS FFA dog wash service project scheduled Sept. 16 The Eunice High FFA members will have a service project, a free Dog Wash, to be held from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Eunice Tractor Supply, located at 1559 Hwy. 190 west in Eunice.
Hazel Reeves celebrated her 100th birthday Aug. 20, and again with her friends at First Baptist Church Thursday. From left, are Neil Reeves of Eunice, a son; Reeves; and the Rev. Andrew Bates, pastor of First Baptist Church. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Hazel Reeves celebrated her 100th birthday Aug. 20, and again with her friends at First Baptist Church Thursday. From left, are Neil Reeves of Eunice, a son; Reeves; and the Rev. Andrew Bates, pastor of First Baptist Church. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Eunice woman’s 100th birthday celebrated

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 1, 2023
Hazel Bradley Reeves was the special honoree at the senior luncheon held Thursday at First Baptist Church fellowship social hall. Reeves turned 100 on her birthday on Aug. 20. She was born in 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of nine siblings, six boys and three girls. Reeves was the middle child.
Andy Taylor, senior manager in development for Lightsource bp,addresses a larger-than-expected crowd of area farmers and citizens at the LSU AgCenter Building Wednesday concerning a proposed 1,100-acres solar farm to be located north of Crowley along La. 13. (Photos by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post-Signal)

Andy Taylor, senior manager in development for Lightsource bp,addresses a larger-than-expected crowd of area farmers and citizens at the LSU AgCenter Building Wednesday concerning a proposed 1,100-acres solar farm to be located north of Crowley along La. 13. (Photos by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post-Signal)

Solar farm planned south of Mowata

(not verified)
Friday, September 1, 2023
A larger-than-expected crowd turned out for Wednesday afternoon’s public hearing on the establishment of a solar farm just north of Crowley. Officials from Lightsource bp, the company that will be building a 1,100-acre facility on La.
Ernest “Ernie” Blanchard

Ernest “Ernie” Blanchard

Blanchard is candidate for St. Landry Parish Council District 13 seat

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 1, 2023
Ernest “Ernie” Blanchard is announcing he is a candidate to represent St. Landry Parish Council District 13 in the Oct. 14 election. Blanchard’s announcement includes the following. I am a lifelong resident of the city of Eunice. I’ve been married to Josie Blanchard for 52 years.