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State capitol gets its own police force

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
Many reporters and editors in Louisiana’s vast press corps seemingly failed, for unknown reasons, to discover, publish and inform us about a new state police force that was cunningly described as “to provide security services for the state capitol building.

Dumbing America down — digitally?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
IQs have dropped for the first time in American history, and the experts aren’t quite sure why. According to Neuroscience News, a new Northwestern University study finds that our average IQ scores have decreased in three out of four cognitive measures.

Planning a post-Easter hiatus?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
Right now, the land echoes with songs such as “Power in the Blood” and “Because He Lives,” but past performance assures me that the ditty waiting in the wings is (apologies to Alice Cooper) “God’s Out For Summer.

Tiny town once harbored exiles

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
It would be understandable if you’ve never heard of Port Tobacco, Maryland. Today it is the state’s smallest incorporated community, with barely a dozen residents.
A new mobile application has been created for St. Landry Sheriff Office. The app is available in the App Store and on Google play. (Submitted photo)

A new mobile application has been created for St. Landry Sheriff Office. The app is available in the App Store and on Google play. (Submitted photo)

St. Landry Parish Sheriff has new mobile phone app

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz, in conjunction with OCV Apps, has created a new mobile application for Android and iPhone users. The app is available in the App Store and on Google play.
Jim Patterson, interim president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, spoke March 28 at the Grand Opera House about the upcoming Legislative Session and the October elections. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post-Signal)

Jim Patterson, interim president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, spoke March 28 at the Grand Opera House about the upcoming Legislative Session and the October elections. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post-Signal)

LABI eyes insurance, tax reform budget and education in session

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
(March 30) — Some good things can happen in the upcoming Legislative Session. Some good things can happen in the upcoming statewide elections. Unfortunately, because of the latter, officials with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry are not very hopeful about the former.
From left, St. Landry Parish School Board President Joyce Haynes and Courtney Joiner, Board attorney, during the Executive Committee meeting on March 27. Joiner was discussing the procedure for hiring a new school superintendent. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

From left, St. Landry Parish School Board President Joyce Haynes and Courtney Joiner, Board attorney, during the Executive Committee meeting on March 27. Joiner was discussing the procedure for hiring a new school superintendent. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board to learn who superintendent applicants are this week

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
The St. Landry Parish School Board is to learn this week who has applied for the superintendent’s job. Courtney Joiner, the Board’s attorney, said he and the superintendent’s secretary will retrieve the applications from a post office box on Tuesday. Applications were due March 24.
St. Landry Parish School Board member Tiffany Nolan proposes a new school violence policy at a committee meeting. Also shown, seated, from left, are Courtney Joiner, Board attorney; Rod Sias, parish NAACP president; and Shaun Grantham, finance director. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish School Board member Tiffany Nolan proposes a new school violence policy at a committee meeting. Also shown, seated, from left, are Courtney Joiner, Board attorney; Rod Sias, parish NAACP president; and Shaun Grantham, finance director. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Do schools need a single policy on violence?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
New St. Landry Parish School Board member Tiffany Nolan presented her version of a school violence policy, but it was shelved during an Executive Committee meeting on March 27. “I think it is something we need to address,” she said. “We are really facing some things here when it comes to violence.
Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the St. Landry Parish School Board, at Monday’s Executive Committee meeting..

Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the St. Landry Parish School Board, at Monday’s Executive Committee meeting..

School health sites proposed in Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, March 31, 2023
The first of school health sites proposed for St. Landry Parish may open in Eunice. Health agencies are competing for grants to open sites in rural schools with the applications due April 15, according to Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the St.