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A large crowd was in attendance for the 32nd Annual CFMA Music Association Le Cajun Awards and Music Festival held Aug. 19-21 by the Acadiana Charter Chapter of the CFMA at the Rayne Civic Center.

A large crowd was in attendance for the 32nd Annual CFMA Music Association Le Cajun Awards and Music Festival held Aug. 19-21 by the Acadiana Charter Chapter of the CFMA at the Rayne Civic Center.

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CFMA Festival held

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
The Rayne Civic Center served as the setting once again for the 32nd CFMA Music Association Le Cajun Awards and Music Festival held Aug. 19-21 by the Acadiana Charter Chapter of the CFMA.
Micheal LeJeune

Micheal LeJeune

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Church Point hospital CEO addresses rumors

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
New Acadia St. Landry Hospital CEO Micheal LeJeune spoke about his plans as head of the facility during the hospital board’s regular August meeting recently. “Tomorrow already makes five weeks that I have been at this facility, and it just seems like time is flying by,” LeJeune said.

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La. 1165 roadwork planned

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that beginning Sept. 14, construction will begin on a $4.4 million project that will include a 3.8-mile section of La. 1165 from La. 29 to La. 104.

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Schools to stress attendance

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
St. Landry Parish’s public school truancy rate in 2020-2021 was 49.19% — higher than the state’s 40.21% rate. Truancy is defined as students who have five tardies or five unexcused absences in a semester. In the 2020-2021 school year there were 6,559 truancy cases in the school district.
Truck-driving, accordion ace Ryan Perkins returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, in Opelousas.

Truck-driving, accordion ace Ryan Perkins returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, in Opelousas.

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Accordion prodigy returns to Zydeco Capital Jam

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Truck-driving, accordion ace Ryan Perkins returns to the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, in Opelousas.
News notes items

News notes items

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News notes

Myra Miller
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Bulb & Blossom meeting set Tuesday The Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with a social and business meeting. The meeting will be held at Jacquelyn Love’s home at 1351 Clanton in Eunice. Members are asked to save plastic milk cartons for an upcoming craft.

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Entergy bill assistance program closes

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 2, 2022
The recent Entergy bill assistance program provided by St. Landry-Evangeline United Way has closed. “Our United Way received a large number of applications from Entergy customers over a short period of time, but has reached its funding capacity,” stated Ginger LeCompte, executive director of the St.

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Digging a cold, cold shaft

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 2, 2022
It’s not very often that the ground is frozen solid on Belle Isle, the salt dome just a stone’s throw from the Gulf of Mexico. But it happened in 1962 — in the summertime, on purpose.
Leaves turn yellow, orange and red, then fall from the tree as if it were autumn. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Leaves turn yellow, orange and red, then fall from the tree as if it were autumn. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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Spots and dots are signs of wet weather

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 2, 2022
It’s a sign of the times: spots and dots appearing before our very eyes, seemingly overnight. No, it’s not your vision failing you, and there’s no need to clean your glasses. We’re dealing with something that’s been lurking for the right time to show itself.
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, left, and Van Reed, parish emergency preparedness director, speak after Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting. Bellard spoke at the meeting. At far right in the background is retired judge Ellis Daigle. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, left, and Van Reed, parish emergency preparedness director, speak after Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting. Bellard spoke at the meeting. At far right in the background is retired judge Ellis Daigle. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Jail costs are daunting

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 2, 2022
Housing prisoners is an ongoing cost to St. Landry Parish Government that is eroding finances, said Parish President Jessie Bellard in talking to Eunice Rotarians. “Those inmates are costing us roughly $2 million a year,” he said at the Wednesday meeting.