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The Acadiana Disaster Response Fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana recently awarded a total of $245,000 to 16 local organizations and churches to benefit flood victims.

The story of the miracle performed by St. John Berchman at Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau has been told throughout the years.
The relic, the heart of St. John Berchman, will leave Belgium for the first time on Dec. 7 to head for Shreveport.
On Dec. 14 the relic will be in Grand Coteau all day available for viewing and veneration at Berchman's shrine at the Academy of the Sacred Heart.
The relic's arrivable will mark the 150 anniversary of the commemoration of the apparition and the miracle.

The unemployment rate in Louisiana dropped to 5.9 percent in October, down from 6.7 percent in September, according to not-seasonally-adjusted data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
St. Landry Parish’s unemployment rate in October was 7.8 percent, down from 8.8 percent in September, but up from 7.7 percent in October 2015.
Acadia Parish’s October jobless rate was 7.2 percent, down from 8.2 percent in September, but up from 6.7 percent in October 2015.