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Shaun Grantham, St. Landry Parish School Board chief financial officer, explains budget details during a Committee of the Whole meeting in Opelousas on Thursday. The committee approved the budget to move to the full Board meeting on Sept. 4. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Shaun Grantham, St. Landry Parish School Board chief financial officer, explains budget details during a Committee of the Whole meeting in Opelousas on Thursday. The committee approved the budget to move to the full Board meeting on Sept. 4. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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School Board settles on budget with $7.9M deficit

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 15, 2025
St. Landry Parish School Board members are sending a 2025-2026 budget with a $7.9 million deficit forward to its Sept 4 regular meeting for approval. “Am I worried? No. Am I concerned?
Jena Donaldson, children’s program librarian at the Eunice Public Library.

Jena Donaldson, children’s program librarian at the Eunice Public Library.

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‘Great summer at the library’

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 15, 2025
“It was a great summer at the library,” reported Jena Donaldson, children’s program librarian, to the Eunice mayor and Board of Aldermen.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, August 14, 2025
LSUE Fall Semester Open House set Aug. 23 LSU Eunice will host a Fall Semester Open House from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 23 offering incoming and returning students a one-stop opportunity to prepare for the new academic year. The North Commons of the Dr.

Church Point to celebrate Le Grand Réveil Acadien

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
The Le Grand Réveil Acadien will be celebrated on Oct. 18 with a day filled with music, art, language, and faith throughout Church Point. Festivities will include: — 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Artisans’ Market located at Le Vieux Dépôt, Main Street at Rue Iry Lejeune.

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St. Landry Parish sales tax collections rise a bit

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Total St. Landry Parish sales tax collections through July rose $20,907 to $60,060,998, according statistics released by the St. Landry Parish School Board tax division. The July collections totaled $9,058,710, up $967,554 or 12% over the July 2024 total. The July collections were up $753,109 of 9.

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City to let parish sell abandoned property

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
The Eunice Board of Aldermen agreed to allow Mayor Scott Fontenot to enter an agreement with St. Landry Parish Government to sell its adjudicated properties.
The Stansbury Family, Ryan and Sophie and their daughters Cecilia and Charlene, address the crowd at the annual Charlene Richard Mass. The family prayed to the “The Little Cajun Saint” for a healthy birth of their daughter Charlene. (Photos by Claudette Olivier/The Church Point News)

The Stansbury Family, Ryan and Sophie and their daughters Cecilia and Charlene, address the crowd at the annual Charlene Richard Mass. The family prayed to the “The Little Cajun Saint” for a healthy birth of their daughter Charlene. (Photos by Claudette Olivier/The Church Point News)

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Charlene Richard pilgrimage of faith

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
At a Mass held each Aug. 11, several of the first few pews in St. Edward Catholic Church in Richard are filled with the surviving family of Charlene Marie Richard, ‘The Little Cajun Saint,’ but this year, another young girl bearing the name Charlene Marie was also seated in one of those pews.

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$4M funding OK’d for Eunice wastewater plant project proceed

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
The City of Eunice is to receive $4 million in funding approved by the state’s Water Sector Commission. The funding clears the way for the city to proceed on a plan to upgrade its wastewater treatment facilities, according to Mayor Scott Fontenot. The funding was announced by state Rep.
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Myra Miller
Monday, August 11, 2025
CDA meeting scheduled for Aug. 18 Court Eunice 208 Catholic Daughters of the Americas meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18 at the Jeanmard Hall on North 3rd. All members are encouraged to attend. Remember to bring something for the food bank.