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School Board finances closed with healthy balance

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The books closed on the St. Landry Parish School Board’s 2020-2021 fiscal year and the report was better than previously reported with a $5.4 million general fund balance. The balance sheet had been showing a $2.3 million general fund balance at the end of July.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Monday, October 25, 2021
CDA leads Rosary daily in October Every day during the month of October, Court Eunice 208 Catholic Daughters of the Americas will be leading a rosary at 5:30 p.m. in the rosary garden at St. Anthony’s Church. The public is invited. St. Francis BBQ dinner sale Nov. 7 St.

Acadia Parish assessor releases map app

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
Hundreds of people traffic the Acadia Parish Assessor’s Office website each week in search of parcel maps and property ownership information.

Hard part was getting on the bike

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
The Old Spanish Trail that crossed south Louisiana owed its existence in part to a bicycle craze that swept America in the late 1890s, and south Louisiana was just as crazy as the rest of the nation. The fad put a spotlight on Jennings for a short while.
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Starting today, phone calls require area code

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
Starting Sunday, all phone calls will require an area code to connect, even if you’re just calling across the street, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Angela Greaud, of Crowley, and Ronald Broussard, of Avery Island, were among the first to dance at Fall Into Downtown on Thursday. In the background is the band, Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Angela Greaud, of Crowley, and Ronald Broussard, of Avery Island, were among the first to dance at Fall Into Downtown on Thursday. In the background is the band, Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Fall Into Downtown

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
The crowd at Fall Into Downtown seemed to be steadily build after starting at 5:30 p.m. The success of Fall Into Downtown was “unreal,” said Alicia Mire, the city’s Main Street director. There are estimates the crowd numbered at least 1,000 people, she said.

Tax reform tops constitutional amendments

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
Voters are asked to decide on two constitutional amendments in the Nov. 13 election that, if passed, will alter the tax landscape in the state. “I didn’t think I ever would see tax reform in the state of Louisiana,” said state Rep.
Lafayette attorney Bill Goodall speaks at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting in Opelousas on Oct. 20 about a suit to clean up the Mar Services site south of Cankton. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan/The Eunice News)

Lafayette attorney Bill Goodall speaks at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting in Opelousas on Oct. 20 about a suit to clean up the Mar Services site south of Cankton. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan/The Eunice News)

Mar Services suit in federal court

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
The suit to clean up alleged contamination at the Mar Services site is lingering in federal court until the appropriate legal jurisdiction is determined, said Environmental attorney Bill Goodell. Legal action pertaining to the 80-acre, former EPA Superfund site began in September 2020 when the St.

Municipal trash pickup moving to once-a-week

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
Trash collection in St. Landry Parish’s municipalities will be done weekly instead of twice-weekly a year from now. Rural residents have always had once-weekly trash pickup since the late 1980s when the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission organized the service.

Park Avenue improvement project to begin on Monday

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 22, 2021
Reconstruction work on Park Avenue from 12th to Jake is scheduled to begin Monday to be followed by seven other streets in a $1.3 million city street improvement program.