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Tri-Parish workforce down slightly, jobless rate creeps up

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The Tri-Parish workforce totaled 68,181 in May, down 258 from May a year ago, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The report also showed unemployment rates up slightly in May compared to rates in May 2022. The unemployment rates by parish in May were: — St Landry, 4.9%, up from 4.
A file photo of Irma Trosclair from when she was prncipal at Eunice Elementary.

A file photo of Irma Trosclair from when she was prncipal at Eunice Elementary.

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Lafayette superintendent Irma Trosclair to become Eunice High principal

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
After five years leading the Lafayette Parish School System as superintendent, Irma Trosclair announced Monday she is resigning that position and will become principal/zone leader at Eunice High School. The move will be a homecoming for Trosclair.
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Myra Miller
Monday, June 26, 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.
Kelly’s Landing was the setting Tuesday night for a meeting of LSUE officials and local and area agriculture teachers and stakeholders to discuss the Sustaining Future Farms in Louisiana program at the university. Among those on hand were, from left, Caitlin deNux, program manager; Dr. Nancee Sorenson, chancellor; Gracie Bourque, Abbeville Cattle Festival Teen Cattle Queen; Kelly Hundley, host; Sadie Zaunbrecher, International Rice Festival Queen; and Rep, Phillip DeVillier. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Po

Kelly’s Landing was the setting Tuesday night for a meeting of LSUE officials and local and area agriculture teachers and stakeholders to discuss the Sustaining Future Farms in Louisiana program at the university. Among those on hand were, from left, Caitlin deNux, program manager; Dr. Nancee Sorenson, chancellor; Gracie Bourque, Abbeville Cattle Festival Teen Cattle Queen; Kelly Hundley, host; Sadie Zaunbrecher, International Rice Festival Queen; and Rep, Phillip DeVillier. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Po

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LSUE program seeks to reinvigorate Tri-Parish interest in agriculture

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 23, 2023
Area ag teachers, agriculture stakeholders and even festival queens gathered at Kelly’s Landing north of Crowley Tuesday night to learn more about a new ag program being offered at LSUE. Chancellor Dr.

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St. Landry Parish offering 3 new housing programs

Rebecca Chaisson
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.

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Council passes budget, president signs it

Rebecca Chaisson
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)

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Church leaders complain about revoked liquor license

Rebecca Chaisson
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.
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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.
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Man, 68, charged with multiple sexual battery counts

Rebecca Chaisson
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)

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Fontenot is LSU AgCenter’s new crawfish agent

Rebecca Chaisson
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.