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New rice herbicides available this year

With the start of rice planting roughly a month away, farmers will have new herbicides to fight weeds in the upcoming growing season. LSU AgCenter weed scientist Eric Webster, talking at rice meetings in Mansura on Feb. 1 and Rayville on Feb.

Ville Platte city audit reveals $4 million budget deficit

The City of Ville Platte’s audit for the year ending June 30, 2017, was released Monday with several findings including one concerning expenditures that exceeded the budgeted expenditures by five percent or more for the second year in a row.

La. Farm Bureau to hold grain bin safety workshops

Farming remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rice growers in Southwest Louisiana received a stark reminder of that fact this past September when 45-year-old Wayne Richard of Acadia Parish died after falling into a rice bin.

University Art Museum spring season has mythology, natural disaster themes

Regional mythologies and human reactions to natural disaster will be among themes explored as part of the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum’s 2018 spring season. The season will begin on Feb. 23, with a public reception and free viewing from 6 to 8 p.m.

Acadia Parish jurors to seek bids on jail equipment

There was a lot of discussion but few recommendations coming out of committee meetings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night.

Cleco offers energy-saving tips

An unusually cold winter, along with rare ice and snow events, in Louisiana has led to an increase in the energy usage by some Cleco customers.

Bourque plans to retire this year

John E. Bourque announced his plans to retire as superintendent of Acadia Parish public schools at the end of this school year. Many board members commented on how well Bourque has done in his 15 years as superintendent.

Acadia Parish Sheriff’s bookings

Acadia Parish Sheriff's bookings. Feb. 7 Skyler Paul Gary, North Parkerson Avenue, Crowely: Arrested by Crowley Police Department on domestic abuse battery (bond $1,500). Darren Dexter Roberts, East Jeff Davis Road, Rayne: Arrested by Acadia Parish Sheriff Office on a DOC incarceration (no bond).

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following is an arrest reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Feb. 9 Carl Travis Collins, 21, 600 block of Mistrot Street, Opelousas.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Feb. 8 07:29 Brown truck in ditch in alley between Jake and Bobcat. 11:22 Caller sees someone inside her residence in the 600 block of Reed 11:52 Wreck on U.S. 190 in front of Zeus.