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4th annual Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Three Moons Festival is Saturday

The Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe will hold the 4th Annual Three Moons Festival on Saturday. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Le Vieux Village/Farmers Market Pavilion, located in the Opelousas Tourist Center at 828 East Landry St., just off Interstate 49.

Louisiana rice industry stands to gain from China sales

The Louisiana rice industry should reap the benefits of the recent trade agreement that will enable the United States to export commodities like rice to China. China consumers and produces more rice than any other country. Last year, China imported about 5 million tons of rice, the U.S.

Transgenderism in the military: Normalizing abnormal

While ISIS was burning people in cages and the Middle East was ablaze, former President Obama decided it was the perfect time to turn the U.S. military into a social experiment petri dish.

Mexico owns border death truck tragedy

Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn’t the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend. He’s just a cog in the machine.

Lawn mower thieves sought

The Crowley Police Department is investigating theft a 54” zero turn Husqvarna lawn mower with a Kawasaki engine, a 28” fleur des lis wood rocker and an Aspen fleur de lis wood rocker that occurred at about 9:15 p.m. Monday from Stine located at 235 Odd Fellows Road.

Rain marks rice season

Frequent rainstorms have cast a shadow over the rice farming season, but South Louisiana farmers can see the silver lining behind the thunderheads. Weather dictates when farmers plant and harvest their crops.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. July 26-27 Kevin Todd Blanchard, 23, 800 block of Pitre Road, Opelousas. Theft; bench warrant. Travis Joseph Victorian, 30, 200 block of Plantation Road, Opelousas. Simple burglary.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts form the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. July 26 06:15 Subject on the ground with white Honda in the yard across from First Methodist. 08:26 Man lying on the ground at Tropical Car Wash. 10:33 Stolen wallet in the 100 block of South 2nd.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. July 26 Yolanda Senegal, 50, 200 block of Dulles Street, Eunice. Summons for theft. Logan Hebert, 19, 200 block of North St. George Street, Eunice. Bonded out.

News notes

Acadia Parish school supply drive The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office, along with police departments will be hosting a back to school supply drive. The drive began Wednesday will end Aug. 3.