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School Board hears favorable audit report

When the St. Landry Parish School Board meets Thursday, it will vote to accept its audit for the year ending June 30, 2017. The task shouldn’t prove difficult. Auditor Casey Ardoin, of Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Company, said, “The School Board had a really good year financially.

What happened to those pesky bugs during the freeze?

Many crop pests did not survive the record cold temperatures seen in Louisiana in mid-January, which is good news for farmers who are preparing for the upcoming growing season. The bad news?

Polotzola, Hampton elected to Farm Service leadership posts

St. Landry Parish U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency County Executive Director Courtney Francois announced that County Committee elections are over and the ballots have been counted.

How bad is state fiscal mess?

The sky is falling, the sky is falling. At least the Louisiana fiscal sky is in a tailspin, or so says the Governor and a number of legislative leaders. The hue and cry is for one billion dollars in new taxes along with significant fee increases.

Stop misrepresenting the Statue of Liberty!

They’ll do it every time. Whenever Joe Sixpack (or Joe’s congressman) gingerly raises the subject of hiring extra border guards, tweaking our broken system of monitoring work visas or fine-tuning our vetting of refugees from terrorist-infested countries, the cliché knee-jerk responses are swift.

He thought he was sending pictures to a boy, but it was an undercover agent

A Lafayette man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending obscene pictures to an undercover law enforcement agent posing as a 10-year-old boy, U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release. Kory Issac Wilson, 39, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty before U.S.

Lafayette man used Facebook to entice minors to send him photos

A Lafayette man was sentenced to 168 months in prison for enticing a minor into sending images of child pornography online, a news release from U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook reported. Steven Anthony Lemoine, 29, of Lafayette, was sentenced Jan. 18 by U.S. District Judge Dee D.

Ex-teacher get 70 years in prison for child porn

A former Vermilion Parish middle school teacher was sentenced to 70 years in prison for making and possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook announced in a news release. James Stacey Harber, 33, of Abbeville, previously of Ohio, was sentenced Feb. 19 by U.S.

GOP budget proposal awaited

As the window for calling a special session tightens, Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republican leaders are still fencing over the details of his doomsday budget proposal and whether the Republicans will come up with an alternative plan next week.

Taster’s Choice entry deadline is Monday

The eighth annual Taster’s Choice fundraiser for the Eunice Community Health Center is scheduled 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 7 at the LSUE Acadian Center. Yancy Fontenot, center director, said, “This is very important to keep the doors open and continue to provide assistance to the people in need.