Due to winter weather conditions and road closures, Waste Management is extending suspension of all garbage and trash collection services for Acadiana area customers through Tuesday.
The I-10 Mississippi River Bridge is closed in both directions due to winter weather and freezing conditions.
DOTD will advise when the road has been re-opened.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises motorists that all state maintained roadways with the exception of I-10 from Texas State line to Acadia/Jeff Davis Parish line (sections that remain open) in the 5-parish Southwest
The Eunice Mardi Gras Association announced its Facebook page that as of 7 p,m. Saturday that its run will be held.
But the association also announced that its final decision on the run would be made at 5 a.m. Tuesday.
St. Landry Parish Parish President Jessie Bellard announced Saturday that the parish would open a shelter at the Yambilee Building for residents without heat.
For those of you who keep a vegetable garden, it’s time to get those potatoes in the ground. Potatoes are easy to cultivate and provide many essential vitamins such as calcium, iron, vitamins B6 and C, and potassium.
Three fixtures in Louisiana agriculture will be inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction during a ceremony at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 4.
COVID-19 has been devastating in many ways, but for youth baseball and softball leagues the impact last year was to wipe out the season.
The Eunice Mardi Gras Run is scheduled despite certain cold and the threat of freezing rain, sleet, snow and the ever-present COVID-19.
Weather conditions are forecast to worsen with wintry precipitation into Wednesday resulting in a flurry of notices.