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Parish sales tax revenue up 10%

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
St. Landry Parish sales tax collections in 2021 totaled $85,658,162, up 10.2% or $7,949,163 over collections in 2020, according to the monthly report released by St. Landry Parish School Board sales tax division.

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Central Middle School pivots to remote learning Thursday

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Students at Central Middle School will pivot to remote learning Thursday. A number of students and staff members are quarantined or isolating due to COVID-19. In-person learning will resume Tuesday. The School Board staff is working to issue hotspots to students in need of them today.
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Myra Miller
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Eunice Area Men’s Retreat set Feb. 3 The Eunice Area Men’s Retreat will be held at Our Lady of Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau from Thursday evening, Feb. 3 until noon, Feb. 6. For room reservations, call Don Mayeux at 457-9610 or 457-7624 as soon as possible.
Lindsay Smythe, École Saint-Landry school leader.

Lindsay Smythe, École Saint-Landry school leader.

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Registration opens for École Saint-Landry, French-immersion in Sunset

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
SUNSET — Registration for École Saint-Landry’s second year is open. “We are so honored to work to provide St. Landry Parish parents this amazing educational option for their children,” said Lindsay Smythe, École Saint-Landry school leader. “Our first year as a school has exceeded all expectations.
The audience at Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting Opelousas was mostly filled with people interested in a barricade in a subdivision south of Opelousas. Speak, in blue, is Alexis Thomas of the subdivision. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The audience at Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting Opelousas was mostly filled with people interested in a barricade in a subdivision south of Opelousas. Speak, in blue, is Alexis Thomas of the subdivision. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Parish Council can’t find a way around barricaded road

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The St. Landry Parish Council once again ran up against a barricaded road in a subdivision south of Opelousas. The barricade on Lamar Lane blocks the way to Seminole Lane and separates the Shawnee and Ranch subdivisions.
Herman Fuselier, St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission director, speaks at Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Herman Fuselier, St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission director, speaks at Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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7 positions open on the parish tourist commission

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The current and past directors of the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission requested the St. Landry Parish Council follow state law in filling seven seats. The Council has been filling seats on the commission by requesting applications.
Eunice High School French teacher Lisa Soileau was honored at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board on her retirement after serving more than 32 years. She has been a French teacher for more than 28 years at the high school. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice High School French teacher Lisa Soileau was honored at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board on her retirement after serving more than 32 years. She has been a French teacher for more than 28 years at the high school. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Eunice High School retiree honored

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
Eunice High School French teacher Lisa Soileau was honored at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board on her retirement after serving more than 32 years. She has been a French teacher for more than 28 years at the high school. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
New St. Landry Parish School Board leaders, from left, are Joyce Haynes, vice president, and Albert Hayes Jr., president. They were elected at Thursday’s meeting. Haynes if from Opelousas and Hayes is from Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

New St. Landry Parish School Board leaders, from left, are Joyce Haynes, vice president, and Albert Hayes Jr., president. They were elected at Thursday’s meeting. Haynes if from Opelousas and Hayes is from Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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School Board requires masks in school

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
By Harlan Kirgan Editor OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish School Board on a 9-2 vote is requiring students and employees to wear masks until the COVID test positivity rate reaches 5% or below. The school system has its own testing program, which is showing positivity rates for the virus at 10%.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Eunice Area Men’s Retreat set Feb. 3 The Eunice Area Men’s Retreat will be held at Our Lady of Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau from Thursday evening, Feb. 3 until noon, Feb. 6. For room reservations, call Don Mayeux at 457-9610 or 457-7624 as soon as possible.