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UL Lafayette will break ground Thursday on the Louisiana Solar Energy Lab, a 4,500-square-foot hub for research, technology development, instruction, training, outreach and workforce development. The lab will be next to UL Lafayette’s 6-acre solar field at University Research Park on Eraste Landry Road. (Submitted rendering)

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Power station: UL Lafayette to break ground on Louisiana Solar Energy Lab

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette owns and operates one of the largest outdoor solar testing facilities in the southeastern United States.

District Attorney Don Landry

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DAs warn juveniles about violent crime

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Just one day after District Attorney Don Landry’s news conference on juvenile justice, his “get tough” policy is being put to the test.

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Workforce declined in Dec., jobless rates fell

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

The Tri-Parish workforce in December 2021 was down compared to December 2020, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The report also found Tri-Parish unemployment rates were down in December compared to a year ago.

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Mardi Gras cleanup planned

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Volunteers are needed for a targeted cleanup before Eunice’s Mardi Gras. Donna Baltakis, director of Keep Eunice Beautiful, said no registration is needed. Volunteers only need to show up at the City Hall beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 19 to participate. The cleanup will last until 11 a.m.

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Mardi Gras returning to 2nd Street

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

After a one-year hiatus due to Covid, the Eunice Mardi Gras celebration is returning to 2nd Street with a Friday through Mardi Gras lineup of live music, food and the Le Vieux Mardi Gras de Cajun run.

Audit report.

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Church Point hospital board faces deadline

Steve Bandy / Crowley Post-Signal

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

The Acadia Parish Police Jury came up one vote short Friday morning of replacing most of the commissioners on the Acadia St. Landry board. State law requires a two-thirds vote to remove an appointee to a service district board. The vote was 5-3.

Fire destroys home on Dan Drive. (Photo by Myra Miller)

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Fire destroys a home in Acadia Parish near Eunice

Myra Miller

Monday, January 31, 2022

Firefighters from Acadia Parish Fire District 4 responded and reported to a house fire Friday at 3:26 p.m. at 162 Dan Drive located in Acadia Parish. Other firefighters responding to the fire as well included those from Richard fire department, Iota, Branch, and St. Landry Parish Fire District 6.

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News notes

Myra Miller

Monday, January 31, 2022

Bulb & Blossom meeting set Feb. 1 The Eunice Bulb & Blossom Garden Club will have its monthly tea membership meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1 at the First United Methodist Church hall located at 501 S. 5th Street in Eunice. New members are encouraged to attend.

Connie Landreneau, director of New Life Pregnancy Center in Mamou, sorts through items for sale in the baby boutique. The items can be purchased by mothers who participate in services offered by the center. (Ville Platte Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Mamou’s New Life Pregnancy Center runs in earnest

Tony Marks / Ville Platte Gazette

Friday, January 28, 2022

When most people think of an oasis, they think of an area of the desert with green grass and lush plants. But, as Merriam-Webster defines, an oasis is also “a pleasant place that is surrounded by something unpleasant” and “a time or experience that is pleasant and restful.

Capitaine Pat Frey

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Mardi Gras Run learned from last year

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, January 28, 2022

This year’s Le Vieux Mardi Gras de Cajun Mardi Gras Run learned a lesson from the 2021 icy, chilled and Covid-threatened run. Capitaine Pat Frey said last year’s run had about 50 participants, two trailers and two horses. Lundi Gras brought temperatures in the teens laced with ice and snow.