St. Landry Parish Government

Parish burn ban may get repealed

A ban on burning in rural St. Landry Parish subdivisions passed in June is on the Parish Council’s Wednesday agenda.

Parish Council OKs budget

The St. Landry Parish Council approved its 2019 budget that Parish President Bill Fontenot said is balanced.

Lights out on parish budget

The lights were literally out when the St. Landry Parish Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee began its discussion of the parish budget.

Racino dough smells good to Council

Beset by budget woes, some members of the St. Landry Parish Council want to take a second look at how the money from Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino is split.

IT, server contract revision underway

A new lease purchase agreement for a computer network server is headed toward the Sept. 19 St. Landry Parish Council meeting.

Speed bump removal questioned

St. Landry Parish Councilman Ken Marks said when Midway Lane was resurfaced the speed bumps were removed.
Now, he says residents are calling him asking what happened to the speed bumps.

Council hacked over IT situation

The fax machine and printer aren’t working in the St. Landry Parish Council office and that was on the agenda of the Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee on Wednesday.

After paving 300 miles, road complaints keep resurfacing

St. Landry Parish Government has paved about 300 miles of road in the Smooth Ride Home program, but it is the remaining roads, often pot-holed and flood-prone, that the Parish Council hears about on a regular basis.