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SOS to Apple: Hey, Siri fix this

A sheriff’s deputy roared into our driveway the other morning, rang the bell, and asked my wife if she knew my whereabouts.

‘Liberating’ Cuban turned dangerous ‘

It caught the imaginations of dozens of optimistic adventurers from south Louisiana when Narcisco Lopez led an ill-fated invasion to wrest Cuba from the Spanish Empire in 1851.

Williams is elected Ville Platte mayor

For the first time in 12 years, the City of Ville Platte will have a new mayor as Ryan Leday Williams was elected with 54.46 percent of the vote in the election held Tuesday.

Louisiana Treasury receives $8M in uncashed tax refunds

State Treasurer John Schroder has confirmed that athe Louisiana Treasury Unclaimed Property Program is in receipt of more than $8 million in uncashed state income tax refunds from the Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR).

Mamou elects new mayor, chief

Voters in the Town of Mamou have elected a new amayor and new chief of police after all the numbers were reported on Tuesday.

Solar farms coming

St. Landry Parish is known for its farms from crawfish to rice, corn to soybeans, but new farms are headed this way.
The farms will harvest energy from the sun.

St. Landry Parish lifts burn ban

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard has lifted the burn ban issued last month due to dry conditions.
The rescind order was effective as of 8 a.m. Wednesday.
The original order was issued on Oct. 4.