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Grab & Go meals for kids through Aug. 5 Restoring God’s Glory Ministries is part of the summer feeding program for kids. Lunches will be available through Aug. 5. There will be a cooked lunch and snacks served daily from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Jimmy Dale Mosbroker Sr.

Jimmy Dale Mosbroker, Sr. passed away on Friday, July 10, 2020 at the age of 68. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, July 13, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Quirk and Son Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Basile Baptist Cemetery.

Lisa Fontenot Thibodeaux

Lisa Fontenot Thibodeaux, 54, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 pending 10 a.m. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Fr. Sal Istre will officiate. Entombment will follow at St. Paul Cemetery.

COVID and the south Louisiana culture

As we struggle through the changes brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, I am reminded of the 1980s, when a disastrous downturn in the oil industry turned south Louisiana topsy-turvy.

JD Bank announces Acadiana promotions

JD Bank announced the promotions of commercial lenders, Kevin Caswell, of Lafayette, Tina Vidrine, of Opelousas, Mike Comeaux and Chad Hebert, both of New Iberia, to senior vice president. Caswell, Vidrine, Comeaux and Hebert joined JD Bank’s Commercial Lending department in 2014. Bruce W.

Bagging lunches

Restoring God’s Glory Ministries is part of the summer feeding program for kids. Ready to heat hot lunches, along with milk, juice and a snack are available through Aug. 5 at the Southeast Neighborhood Center, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. For more information call 337-230-6206.

New fishing piers, docks open at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge

(July 8) — Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge has long been a fishing hotbed for the public in southwest Louisiana and Cameron Parish.

Cooling off!

With temperatures rising into the 90s the perfect thing to do is cool off. That’s what Jacob Fontenot and his mother Tasha Fontenot did at the Fairgrounds splash pad Thursday morning. Fontenot, 9, is a student at Highland Elementary. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Parish Council eyes new position

The St. Landry Parish Council is consider creating an administrative assistant position at a $70,000 to $80,000 annual salary. The agenda item for Wednesday’s meeting comes after Richard Lucito announced he resigning in his role as a part-time administrator.

School Board’s $2.5M deficit is ‘worst case scenario’

A $2.5 million deficit in the next St. Landry Parish School Board budget is a “worst case scenario,” according to Tressa Miller, finance director. The deficit is the change in the school system’s beginning balance of $21.6 million and an ending balance of $19 million.