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Teacher Job Fair is Saturday St. Landry Parish Schools will hold its annual Teacher Job Fair from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Opelousas High School, 1014 Judson Walsh Drive, Opelousas. All St. Landry Parish schools will be on site with information and answering questions.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 3 Terrance Cardell Hatfield, 29, 200 block Pavy Road, Opelousas.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. May 2 07:28 Disturbance in the 400 block of Armide. 08:05 Grandson in the 2000 block of Dudley refusing to get out bed to go to school. 09:01 Wreck at Vine and CC Duson involving bicyclist.

St. Landry Parish schools among those selected for restructuring

The Louisiana Department of Education, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, today announced the launch of the Louisiana High School Redesign Cohort, a network of 31 high schools across the state that will work together to rethink the core components of their high school design.

JD Bank names Chachere Mamou Branch manager

JD Bank once again turned to the local business community to staff the branch management team, appointing a native of Southwest Louisiana to manage the Mamou Branch.

DeVillier on Louisiana’s 2019 ‘fiscal cliff’

As many have heard, Louisiana is facing an approximately $600 million shortfall this year. This “fiscal cliff” is created due to the temporary 1 percent sales tax increase and suspension of tax exemptions expiring combined with a continued growth in state spending. Since 2015, $1.

Nursing home financial crisis is on horizon

To our local legislative delegation: Let us start out by thanking you for your difficult job you have chosen to undertake, our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.

Trump Haters carpet bomb foes

The Trump Haters in Washington are desperate. They can’t find a way to bring down the president, so they’re carpet bombing everyone around him. Their latest victim is Ronny Jackson — the White House doctor the president chose to become the new secretary of Veterans Affairs. Dr.

The growing art of American cursing

Get this: the average American can’t get through the day without cursing. So is the finding of a recent 9Round Kickbox Fitness survey, as reported in the New York Post. Why are Americans cursing so much? One reason is stress.

Sheriff offering training for church security staffs

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s training instructors who teach the concealed carry classes will also instruct the 8-hour tactical course for church security.