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The 52nd Annual Mamou Cajun Music Festival was held Sept. 12 and 13.. Opening the festival on Friday were Cajun Strong and Wayne Toups, Jamey Bearb, and Cajun Friends. The music on Saturday featured performances by Jace Goulas and the Breaux Bridge Aces, 4 Horses, Fred Charlie and the Acadiana Cajuns, Dylan Aucoin and the Judice Ramblers, The Revelers, and Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie. Saturday also featured an honoree presentation to Fred Charlie, who is a Cajun musician, DJ, and preservationist

The 52nd Annual Mamou Cajun Music Festival was held Sept. 12 and 13.. Opening the festival on Friday were Cajun Strong and Wayne Toups, Jamey Bearb, and Cajun Friends. The music on Saturday featured performances by Jace Goulas and the Breaux Bridge Aces, 4 Horses, Fred Charlie and the Acadiana Cajuns, Dylan Aucoin and the Judice Ramblers, The Revelers, and Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie. Saturday also featured an honoree presentation to Fred Charlie, who is a Cajun musician, DJ, and preservationist

Fred Charlie honored at Mamou festival

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
The 52nd Annual Mamou Cajun Music Festival was held Sept. 12 and 13.. Opening the festival on Friday were Cajun Strong and Wayne Toups, Jamey Bearb, and Cajun Friends.

The death of the university

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
Too many modern universities — for centuries hallowed halls that encouraged passionate debate — have lost their way. The first universities, Plato’s Academy (387 B.C.) and Aristotle’s Lyceum (335 B.C.), were built on Socrates’ conviction that truth emerges from passionate, open debate.

‘Lived experience’: Is it right for you?

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
“I’ve looked at life from MY side now…” I can imagine Joni Mitchell singing those modified lyrics every time I encounter one of today’s most grating phrases. The phrase: “my lived experience.

We missed more than sugar in wartime

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
We know that people complained about sugar rations and the lack of rubber for tires during World War II. Those and other shortages were made even more painful because it was tough to drown the wartime anxieties they were constant reminders of.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Wednesday, Sept. 10 Lessee Darnel Smith and Ladonna DeVille Schoggins, both of Church Point. Thursday, Sept. 11 Chandler Von Keith Moore and Dedra Elaine Edmond. No addresses available.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial District Court. Wednesday, Sept. 10 Kellie Katherine LeBlanc vs Joseph Wayne Allen Jr. divorce. Ann Johnson Sam vs Travis D. Sam, divorce. Capital One NA vs Tasia D. Mickey’s, open account. Capital One NA vs Marilyn F. Semien, open account.

Arnaudville man dies in boating incident at Henderson Lake

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred on Sept. 11 in St. Martin Parish. Agents recovered the body of Scottey R. Broussard, 47, of Arnaudville, from Henderson Lake and turned his body over to the St.

St. Landry early voting dates set

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
Early voting for the Oct. 11 election will be held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 4 with the exception of Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the courthouse in Opelousas. There will be no early voting in Eunice.

Tips sought about theft of vehicle, lawn equipment

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office ask for help with a theft of lawn equipment. On June 20, 2024, deputies responded to a report of a vehicle theft and theft of lawn equipment at 367 Roxsan Road in Sunset.

3 men arrested in drug bust

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 19, 2025
Three men were arrested in a drug investigation in Opelousas on Sept. 9, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. Detectives were conducting an investigation at 405 McClelland Drive in the Opelousas area into the distribution of methamphetamine.