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Free Back to School Bash today, Friday Truthful Rehab Center from Opelousas will sponsor a free Back To School Bash from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. today and Friday at the Southeast Neighborhood Center. There will be games, water slides, food, prizes, school supplies, and more.

Legislature increases Louisiana GO Grant appropriation

Additional need-based state financial aid will be available to Louisiana postsecondary students during the 2018-19 academic year thanks to a $2 million increase in funding for the popular Louisiana GO Grant program, bringing the full annual allocation, as approved by the Board of Regents, to...

UL Lafayette honors Blanco’s public service with creation of policy center

Planning is underway for the establishment of the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Blanco is a UL Lafayette alumna and the only woman to serve as Louisiana governor. The policy center and archive will house Blanco’s gubernatorial papers.

How Mississippi beat Louisiana to legalized gaming

By the mid-1980s, gas prices were at record lows as foreign oil flooded the marketplace and Louisiana, having collected millions in severance taxes during the preceding decade, was now facing massive budget deficits. In response, then-Gov.

The resistance is a failure

You don’t need 20/20 vision to see that the whole world is waiting for the Democratic Party to push back against the tyrannical tendencies of the Trump administration. And waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

Summertime dinner calls long overdue

Maybe a new Utah law will revive the lost art of parents calling their children home for dinner.

St. Landry Parish high school scores

St. Landry Parish high school scores released Tuesday. In St. Landry Parish there were 980 high school students tested in English I with the following results in percentages: 2, advanced; 27, mastery; 30, basic; 25, approaching basic; and 15, unsatisfactory.

St. Landry Parish test scores lower than those in area parishes

Louisiana student performance improved in social studies and remained steady in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics on recent Louisiana Educational Assessment Program tests, also known as LEAP 2025, according to a Louisiana State Department of Education news release.

Resolution to link Clovis Crawfish to the city

Clovis Crawfish, Mary Alice Fontenot and Eunice are forever linked, but that notion is about to become official. The Eunice Board of Aldermen are requesting Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Legislature designate the city as “The Home of Clovis Crawfish.

Splash pads opened

Two splash pads, one at the Fairground Park and the other at the former Amy swimming pool near Central Middle School, were opened Saturday. Mayor Scott Fontenot announced the splash pad news at Tuesday’s meeting of the Eunice Board of Aldermen. They were both packed with kids and adults, he said.