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Easy do it yourself newspaper seedling pots

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 14, 2023
Making your own seedling pots is easy and allows you to recycle your old newspapers and make the pots at no cost to you. Seeds don’t need soil to sprout because they receive all needed nutrients from the seed.
St. Landry Parish School Board members vote on candidates for superintendent at Wednesday’s meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish School Board members vote on candidates for superintendent at Wednesday’s meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board cuts superintendent list from 7 to 5

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 14, 2023
The St. Landry Parish School Board will interview five applicants for its top job of superintendent on April 20 and 21. The candidates who applied for the position of superintendent of St. Landry Parish School Board are Milton Batiste, Hamilton P. Brock, Curt R. Green, Paul E.
Former Eunice Junior High School Principal Dwanetta Scott was voted interim superintendent of the St. Landry Parish School school district at School Board meeting on Wednesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Former Eunice Junior High School Principal Dwanetta Scott was voted interim superintendent of the St. Landry Parish School school district at School Board meeting on Wednesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Former Eunice Jr. High principal voted interim parish superintendent

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 14, 2023
Dwanetta Scott, a former principal at Eunice Junior High School, was selected by the St. Landry Parish School Board as interim superintendent. “I am forever grateful for the opportunities that have been provided to me through the St.
Judge Jason Meche

Judge Jason Meche

Council answers judge’s request

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 14, 2023
District judges do not ordinarily come to Eunice city meetings, but Judge Jason Meche did and won the Board’s approval of a resolution in support of an Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District. The Board joined other Acadiana governments in backing the nine-parish district.
Dr. Zeb Stearns

Dr. Zeb Stearns

Dr. Stearns describes coroner’s job

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, April 14, 2023
Dr. Zeb Stearns, a Eunice family practice physician, gave the history and origin of a coroner, and talked about his role as the St. Landry Parish coroner at the Rotary Club meeting Wednesday. The parish’s coroner seat opened when the former coroner, Dr. Russell Pavich, died on June 10, 2022.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Law enforcement exhibit at Le Vieux Presbytère Museum A exhibit of memorabilia from the careers of former Church Point Chief of Police Albert Venable and his Assistant Chief Carl Thibodeaux is to open at 11 a.m. Saturday at Le Vieux Presbytère Museum, located at 205 Rue Iry Lejeune in Church Point.

UL Lafayette lab school located at research park

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Learning Lab has a home. The laboratory school will be housed in a two-story, roughly 70,000-square-foot building in UL Lafayette’s Research Park.
Bissell Pet Foundation is holding a free pet vaccine clinic in Opelousas from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22.

Bissell Pet Foundation is holding a free pet vaccine clinic in Opelousas from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22.

Bissell Pet Foundation plans free pet vaccine clinic on April 22

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Bissell Pet Foundation is holding a free pet vaccine clinic in Opelousas from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22. Community members are invited to bring their cats and dogs (ages eight weeks or older) to the Yambilee Building, 1939 W. Landry St.

Parish sales tax revenue grows 5.3%

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Sales tax collections in St. Landry Parish were up 5.3% through March compared to a year ago, according to the School Board tax division. The parish’s collections through March totaled $22,616,191, up $1,148,477 over 2022’s total.