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St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court employee Debra Sostand displays one of the several exhibits. (Submitted photo)

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court employee Debra Sostand displays one of the several exhibits. (Submitted photo)

Black history exhibit to tour parish

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 3, 2023
St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux is announcing an extension for a research-based exhibition that chronicles the lives and history of the African-American families who have helped shape three centuries of parish history.

Vet Fest returning to LSUE

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 3, 2023
The Vet Fest is returning to LSUE on April 1 with a symposium from 1 to 3 p.m. and entertainment from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Dr. Anthony Mumphrey Center. Pamela Veillon, LSUE veteran navigator, said the Vet Fest is back with the intent to make it an annual event.
Central MIddle School Leader In Me students, from left, Jayden Archangel and Zoey Fisher introduce themselves to the St. Landry Parish School Board at Thursday’s meeting. With them, from left are Principal Shelsy Williams and Early Childhood Education Director June Inhern. Each month Leader in Me students help with award presentations at the School Board meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Central MIddle School Leader In Me students, from left, Jayden Archangel and Zoey Fisher introduce themselves to the St. Landry Parish School Board at Thursday’s meeting. With them, from left are Principal Shelsy Williams and Early Childhood Education Director June Inhern. Each month Leader in Me students help with award presentations at the School Board meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board: Hoodies banned, live-streaming meetings OK’d

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 3, 2023
The St. Landry Parish School Board voted to ban hoodies, approved live-streaming its meetings and began the search for a new superintendent at its meeting Thursday. Dwanetta Scott. supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance, explained the hoodie prohibition is a safety issue.
St. Landry Parish Council member Nancy Carriere questions Parish President Jessie Bellard about moving the Confederate monument off the courthouse square. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish Council member Nancy Carriere questions Parish President Jessie Bellard about moving the Confederate monument off the courthouse square. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Confederate monument still standing nearly a year after vote to remove it

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 3, 2023
The memorial to Confederate soldiers from St. Landry Parish on the courthouse square remains standing nearly a year after the Parish Council voted for its removal.

Parish firings challenged

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 3, 2023
St. Landry Parish President Jesse Bellard was challenged over his firing of employees and refusing to allow a department head to attend Wednesday’s Parish Council committee meetings.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday The St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Disposal District Household Hazardous Waste Day is set for Saturday at St. Landry Parish Recycling Centers, from 8 a.m. until noon in Opelousas, on 2717 W. Landry St.; and from 8:30 a.m. until noon in Eunice on 450 N.

Rayne rehab center site opposed

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
If the developer decided to go forward with the construction of an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center on Nation Road just outside Rayne, there’s nothing the Acadia Parish Police Jury can do to stop him, despite please from constituents.
The Northwest High robotics team, “The Jawas,” competed against 31 of the top robotics teams from across Louisiana at the Vex Robotics Louisiana State Championships on Feb. 24. The Jawas placed fifth out of 31 teams, and, due to their performance, they were invited to participate in the Vex Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas, from April 25 to 27. They will be only one of five high schools from Louisiana that will be competing at Worlds, and the only robotics team from the Acadiana area competing.

The Northwest High robotics team, “The Jawas,” competed against 31 of the top robotics teams from across Louisiana at the Vex Robotics Louisiana State Championships on Feb. 24. The Jawas placed fifth out of 31 teams, and, due to their performance, they were invited to participate in the Vex Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas, from April 25 to 27. They will be only one of five high schools from Louisiana that will be competing at Worlds, and the only robotics team from the Acadiana area competing.

Winning robotics team

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
The Northwest High robotics team, “The Jawas,” competed against 31 of the top robotics teams from across Louisiana at the Vex Robotics Louisiana State Championships on Feb. 24.
Warren Perrin, guest speaker for a recent meeting of the French Table of Rayne, explains The New Acadia Project, dedicated to the identification, investigation and preservation of the original home sites and final resting places of Acadians who began what is known today as Acadiana. (Photo by Lisa Soileaux/Rayne Acadian-Tribune)

Warren Perrin, guest speaker for a recent meeting of the French Table of Rayne, explains The New Acadia Project, dedicated to the identification, investigation and preservation of the original home sites and final resting places of Acadians who began what is known today as Acadiana. (Photo by Lisa Soileaux/Rayne Acadian-Tribune)

New Acadia Project

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
The New Acadia Project is an effort to identify, investigate and preserve the original homesteads and final resting places of Acadians who settled in what is today known as Acadiana.

School Board eyes live-streaming meetings

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
The St. Landry Parish School Board may consider live-streaming its meetings on the internet at it meeting today. During the pandemic the Board streamed its meetings, but that ended when COVID restrictions dropped.