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Donnie Fontenot

Donnie Fontenot

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

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 8, 2023
Donnie Fontenot is announcing he is a candidate for the St. Landry Parish Council District 13 position in the Oct. 14 election. Fontenot’s announacement included the following. I was born and raised in Eunice, attended Eunice High School, and joined the Navy.
Dr. Leah Guempel Shipley

Dr. Leah Guempel Shipley

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Eunice native earns top LSU honor

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 8, 2023
Eunice High School graduate Dr. Leah Guempel Shipley is the owner of LG Audiological Enterprises named to Louisiana State University’s 2023 LSU100 list of fastest growing LSU graduate owned or led companies in the world.

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Lane closures planned on La. 3277 from LA 757 to La. 374

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 8, 2023
La. 3277 (George Soileau Road) will have daily alternating lane closures from La. 757 to La. 374 through Wednesday for asphalt paving operations. The lane closures will take place daily from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, September 7, 2023
911 ceremony planned In Honor and Remembrance 911 Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Eunice Circle Park. The ceremony is hosted and sponsored by Woodmen Life Chapter 243, American Legion Post 129, VFW Post 8971, and DAV Chapter 19. The public is invited to attend.

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Ceremony to mark Courthouse restoration

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard is announcing a “revealing ceremony” to mark the restoration of the St. Landry Courthouse. The ceremony is scheduled at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 at the Courthouse Square, 118 South Court St., Opelousas. Originally constructed in 1939, the St.
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)

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Mamou’s 3 Little Pigs return

Heather Bogard and Tony Marks The Ville Platte Gazette
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.