Local

Solar farm planned in parish

A meeting to provide information about proposed solar farm north of Leonville is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Yambilee Building, 1939 W. Landry St., Opelousas.

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Players’ Theatre general membership meeting set
The Eunice Players’ Theatre general membership meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the theater, located at 121 South 2nd. All season ticket holders are invited to attend.

Parish K-3 reading scores below state benchmark

St. Landry Parish public school kindergarten through third grade students scored below benchmark in a reading screen given during the first 30 days of the current school year.

Teacher, coach, writer John Burson dies

Teacher, coach and sportswriter John Burson died on Monday at the age of 73.
Burson spent 41 years teaching and coaching at Eunice High School. Along the way, he covered sports for The Eunice News.

Concerts celebrate Christmas

Concerts today and Friday by the Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir celebrate Christmas.
The “Season of Joy” concerts are scheduled at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Eunice.

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Thrive Summit set Thursday in Opelousas
The public is invited to the Accelerate St. Landry Parish Thrive Summit from 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Opelousas Civic Center located at 1638 Creswell Lane in Opelousas.