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Build roads to save the horses

Bad roads have been a headache in Louisiana ever since we’ve had roads to maintain and politicians who wanted to pave them with anything but tax money. The sticking points have been the same over the years: We want good roads, but nobody wants to pay for them.

Sheriffs to awards scholarships

Sheriffs in St. Landry and Acadia parishes announced they will award $500 scholarships through the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program. The scholarships will be awarded to a graduating senior in each parish. Applications area available at parish high schools.

Council opposes disposal facility

The St. Landry Parish Council joined Beggs area property owners in opposing a salt water disposal well proposed for a 5.5 acre site off La. 182 near the parish landfill. The vote was unanimous and occurred with little comment at the Wednesday meeting at the Old City Market in Opelousas.

School Board hears favorable audit report

When the St. Landry Parish School Board meets Thursday, it will vote to accept its audit for the year ending June 30, 2017. The task shouldn’t prove difficult. Auditor Casey Ardoin, of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Company, said, “The School Board had a really good year financially.

What happened to those pesky bugs during the freeze?

Many crop pests did not survive the record cold temperatures seen in Louisiana in mid-January, which is good news for farmers who are preparing for the upcoming growing season. The bad news?

Polotzola, Hampton elected to Farm Service leadership posts

St. Landry Parish U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency County Executive Director Courtney Francois announced that County Committee elections are over and the ballots have been counted.

How bad is state fiscal mess?

The sky is falling, the sky is falling. At least the Louisiana fiscal sky is in a tailspin, or so says the Governor and a number of legislative leaders. The hue and cry is for one billion dollars in new taxes along with significant fee increases.

Stop misrepresenting the Statue of Liberty!

They’ll do it every time. Whenever Joe Sixpack (or Joe’s congressman) gingerly raises the subject of hiring extra border guards, tweaking our broken system of monitoring work visas or fine-tuning our vetting of refugees from terrorist-infested countries, the cliché knee-jerk responses are swift.

He thought he was sending pictures to a boy, but it was an undercover agent

A Lafayette man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending obscene pictures to an undercover law enforcement agent posing as a 10-year-old boy, U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release. Kory Issac Wilson, 39, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S.

Lafayette man used Facebook to entice minors to send him photos

A Lafayette man was sentenced to 168 months in prison for enticing a minor into sending images of child pornography online, a news release from U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook reported. Steven Anthony Lemoine, 29, of Lafayette, was sentenced Jan. 18 by U.S. District Judge Dee D.