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Did you know? Some states don’t honor a La. concealed weapon permit

Once you have obtained the State of Louisiana Concealed Permit there are states that honor our permits and some that do not. Effective Aug. 15, 2004, the concealed handgun laws were amended concerning reciprocity with other states. The statute provides as follows: “...

Arnaudville man sentenced to 90 years for child porn

U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that an Arnaudville man was sentenced to 90 years in prison for producing child pornography. Joseph Martin, 35, of Arnaudville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote on three counts of production of child pornography.

La. 104 bridge is on DOTD project list

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that 37 projects around the state were let on Nov. 14,. Twenty-three contractors presented apparent low bids totaling $110 million.

Community Foundation of Acadiana recognizes 15 philanthropists

Fifteen individuals were named philanthropists of the year during the 2018 Leaders In Philanthropy Awards ceremony on Thursday at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette. The event is hosted by Community Foundation of Acadiana and presented by Hancock Whitney Bank.

Fiscal initiatives may be on tap again for 2019 session

State lawmakers won’t return to Baton Rouge for another regular session until April 8, 2019, but many are already working on their policy agendas, which include ideas new and old. You’ve probably heard about the prospects for a teacher pay raise bill next year. Gov.

Downtown mural

Hannah Gumbo applies a coat of paint to the side of a building on Walnut Street that will eventually become a mural funded through a $5,000 grant from the Acadiana Center for Arts ArtSpark program and Lafayette Economic Development Authority.

Crash kills Eunice mother, child

A mother and child died in a single-vehicle wreck on La. 95 about a mile north of U.S. 190 shortly before 8 a.m. Friday, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.

Evangeline Parish men cited for illegal harvest of buck

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited two Louisiana men for alleged deer hunting violations on Nov. 11 in Evangeline Parish.

Amy Violet Foreman Dugan

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Crowley for Amy Violet Foreman Dugan, 92, who died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at 7:46 a.m. at The Carpenter House of Acadiana in Lafayette. Rev.

Ribbon cut for new Emergency Department at AGH

Staff members were joined by more than 100 local and area officials, dignitaries and well-wishers Friday morning for ceremonies marking the opening of the new Emergency Department at Acadia General Hospital.