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Will’s wit soothes a taxing time

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Tax returns are due next week and many Americans are surely stressed out as they scramble to get their financial records in order. I can’t think of a better time to revisit the wit and wisdom of Will Rogers.

UL Lafayette lab school located at research park

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Learning Lab has a home. The laboratory school will be housed in a two-story, roughly 70,000-square-foot building in UL Lafayette’s Research Park.

Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program is 50 years old

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced the 50th anniversary of Louisiana’s Unclaimed Property Program. More than half of the unclaimed property checks ever written from Louisiana Department of Treasury have been during Schroder’s administration.
Bissell Pet Foundation is holding a free pet vaccine clinic in Opelousas from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22.

Bissell Pet Foundation is holding a free pet vaccine clinic in Opelousas from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22.

Bissell Pet Foundation plans free pet vaccine clinic on April 22

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Bissell Pet Foundation is holding a free pet vaccine clinic in Opelousas from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22. Community members are invited to bring their cats and dogs (ages eight weeks or older) to the Yambilee Building, 1939 W. Landry St.

Ville Platte man sentenced for child porn

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Charles Dirk Lafleur, 56, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Lafleur was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. April 12 Dontae C Rosette, 18, 100 block of Blake Street, Opelousas. Domestic abuse-strangulation, aggravated assault with a firearm. Arrested by Opelousas Police.

Parish sales tax revenue grows 5.3%

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Sales tax collections in St. Landry Parish were up 5.3% through March compared to a year ago, according to the School Board tax division. The parish’s collections through March totaled $22,616,191, up $1,148,477 over 2022’s total.
Open Health Care Clinic executives, from left, Timothy Young and Michael “Mac” Fuselier, spoke about developing a mental health clinic at Eunice Junior High School at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on April 6. At right is Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the School Board and a former Eunice Junior High School principal. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Open Health Care Clinic executives, from left, Timothy Young and Michael “Mac” Fuselier, spoke about developing a mental health clinic at Eunice Junior High School at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on April 6. At right is Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the School Board and a former Eunice Junior High School principal. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Mental health center approved for Eunice Junior High School

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
A school-based mental health care clinic at Eunice Junior High School won the approval of the St. Landry Parish School Board at an April 6 meeting.
Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke to both the House and Senate at the start of what is expected to be the last legislative session of his eight years in office. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke to both the House and Senate at the start of what is expected to be the last legislative session of his eight years in office. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Edwards calls for teacher pay raises amid big surplus

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Gov. John Bel Edwards joined lawmakers at the start of the regular session Monday to outline his agenda in his final state of the state address and call on lawmakers to give pay raises of $3,000 to teachers and $1,500 to support workers. The state has a $1.
Cecilia Ann Lee

Cecilia Ann Lee

Ville Platte woman accused of beating her grandmother

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
A 20-year-old Ville Platte woman is accused of beating her grandmother with a heavy duty wooden back scratcher and picture frame on April 4, according to a news release from Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory. Lafayette news outlets reported the 85-year-old woman has died.