Parish president wants to lock down jail costs

The St. Landry Parish Council agreed with Parish President Jessie Bellard to allow him and his attorney to seek a resolution about jail costs possibly in a declaratory judgment. “Everybody knows that the jail is a monster and it’s costing us an arm and a leg to be operated, and it’s not going down,” Bellard said at Wednesday’s Council meeting in Opelousas. “ “So, in July this year...

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