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St. Landry Parish offering 3 new housing programs

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 23, 2023
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard announced three new programs to help parish residents move toward home ownership this week and is encouraging citizens to call the parish government offices and take advantage of the latest programs.

Council passes budget, president signs it

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 23, 2023
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said he signed parish government’s 2023 budget Thursday afternoon. It has taken about six months for that to happen. At Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting a budget passed with a 10% cut to the general fund budget.
The Rev. Kerney Thomas speaks at Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting. In the background is Parish President Jessie Bellard. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The Rev. Kerney Thomas speaks at Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting. In the background is Parish President Jessie Bellard. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Church leaders complain about revoked liquor license

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 23, 2023
The circumstances are unusual, but leaders of the Opelousas Life Church made their case for a liquor license to be restored for a restaurant/bar they operate at the former Indian Hills Country Club. Associate Pastor Angela Angello told the St.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, June 22, 2023
ECCBC Summer Concert set July 13, 14 The Eunice Community Concert Concert Band & Community Choir will have its Summer Concert, “Summertime” at 7 p.m. July 13 and 14 at First Baptist Church in Eunice. ECCBC promises a musically diverse program with something for everyone in the family.
Alan Courville

Alan Courville

Man, 68, charged with multiple sexual battery counts

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
A 68-yeaar-old Opelousas man is charged with two counts of sexual battery and five counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. A parent of a juvenile victim met with deputies about his daughter being sexually abused by Alan Courville, Guidroz reported.
Todd Fontenot, the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s new crawfish agent, hauls in a crawfish trap at the Crowley Rice Research Station’s South Farm. (Photo by Claudette Olivier/Crowley Post Signal)

Todd Fontenot, the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s new crawfish agent, hauls in a crawfish trap at the Crowley Rice Research Station’s South Farm. (Photo by Claudette Olivier/Crowley Post Signal)

Fontenot is LSU AgCenter’s new crawfish agent

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Balancing family, farming, a full time job and getting a Ph.D. might sound like a plate full, but imagine adding the weight of more than 171 million pounds of crawfish to the equation.

Summer exhibits on display at UL Lafayette’s Hilliard Art Museum

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
A neon, text-based installation visible outdoors and only at night and an exhibit of pieces from renowned Southern art collector Roger Houston Ogden are among summer offerings at The Hilliard Art Museum – University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Descriptions of exhibits in place this summer are below.
(Photo courtesy of McNeese State University)

(Photo courtesy of McNeese State University)

Eunice saddle bronc rider places 3rd in national

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The McNeese State University men’s rodeo team claimed its second consecutive reserve championship – second best in the nation – at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, and also won two reserve national individual championships on June 17.

Ordinances regulate movable structures

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The Eunice Board of Aldermen approved amending two ordinances regulating movable structures. Both were introduced by Alderwoman Connie Thibodeaux and approved at the June 13 meeting. One change is to forbid storing house trailers, mobile homes “and the like” in the city.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff is currently investigating an early morning homicide

St. Landry Parish Sheriff is currently investigating an early morning homicide

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department investigates early morning homicide

Myra Miller
Monday, June 19, 2023
Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office said that the sheriff’s department is currently investigating an early morning homicide in the Eunice area. The St.