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St. Landry Parish sales tax revenue up over last year

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Total sales tax collection in St. Landry Parish through September were up 12.8% over the same period in 2002, according to the monthly report released by St. Landry Parish School Board sales tax division. In August, the year-to-date collections in the parish were up by 1.3%.
A COVID-19 vaccination site at Blackham Coliseum for the public is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays except on Fridays, when hours are 9-11:30 a.m. (University of Louisiana at Lafayette photo)

A COVID-19 vaccination site at Blackham Coliseum for the public is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays except on Fridays, when hours are 9-11:30 a.m. (University of Louisiana at Lafayette photo)

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Free COVID-19 vaccination site for public opens at Blackham Coliseum

Rebecca Chaisson
Monday, October 4, 2021
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana National Guard have established a free COVID-19 vaccination site for the general public at Blackham Coliseum. The site is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays.
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LABI chief touts tax reform

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 1, 2021
Investors from across the country are looking to relocate or expand and “they’re kicking the tires on the South,” said Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

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COVID-19 shot is worth $100

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 1, 2021
Louisiana’s Shot For 100 vaccine incentive program expands beyond college students to include anyone in Louisiana who gets their COVID vaccine. Patients must receive the vaccine at participating community-based sites as listed on ShotFor100.com.
Renee Castro, LSU AgCenter area ag agent, examines shredded and browned tops of sugarcane that was impacted by Hurricane Ida’s strong winds in St. John the Baptist Parish, Sept. 8, 2021. Many cane stalks in this field, such as those to the left of Castro, were bent due to the wind impact. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter

Renee Castro, LSU AgCenter area ag agent, examines shredded and browned tops of sugarcane that was impacted by Hurricane Ida’s strong winds in St. John the Baptist Parish, Sept. 8, 2021. Many cane stalks in this field, such as those to the left of Castro, were bent due to the wind impact. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter

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Louisiana agriculture suffers at least $584M in damage from Hurricane Ida

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Louisiana agriculture industry has suffered at least $584 million in damage after Hurricane Ida walloped the southeastern portion of the state last month with strong winds and flooding, according to a new report from LSU AgCenter experts.
A view of the damage caused by Hurricane Ida to Grand Isle five days after it hit, Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sept 3. Every home reported damage, with around 40-50% of those homes being completely destroyed. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh)

A view of the damage caused by Hurricane Ida to Grand Isle five days after it hit, Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sept 3. Every home reported damage, with around 40-50% of those homes being completely destroyed. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Josiah Pugh)

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Grand Isle levee under repair post Ida

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Louisiana National Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade is working non-stop to fill a breached levee in Grand Isle. Grand Isle is Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, with a little more than 1,000 occupants. The people there are no strangers to the damaging effects of hurricanes.

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Edwards extends statewide indoor mask mandate

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards extended Louisiana’s statewide indoor mask mandate for another four weeks, until Oct. 27, as the state’s overall COVID-19 outlook improves following the state’s worst COVID-19 surge of the entire pandemic. The statewide mask mandate includes K-12 schools and college campuses.
Gardeners holding produce. Covington Community Garden volunteers are preparing to rebuild what was damaged by Hurricane Ida. Pictured are Tim Ellzey, the volunteer garden manger, LSU AgCenter family and consumer sciences regional coordinator Valerie Vincent, Covington Kids Garden Club member Jaiden Gifford, Pam McKay of Gods Unchanging Hand Feeding Ministry and AgCenter agent William Afton. (Photo by Valerie Vincent/LSU AgCenter)

Gardeners holding produce. Covington Community Garden volunteers are preparing to rebuild what was damaged by Hurricane Ida. Pictured are Tim Ellzey, the volunteer garden manger, LSU AgCenter family and consumer sciences regional coordinator Valerie Vincent, Covington Kids Garden Club member Jaiden Gifford, Pam McKay of Gods Unchanging Hand Feeding Ministry and AgCenter agent William Afton. (Photo by Valerie Vincent/LSU AgCenter)

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Community Garden brings community together after devastation of Hurricane Ida

Myra Miller
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
By: Valerie Vincent COVINGTON–Just weeks after Hurricane Ida passed through southeast Louisiana, neighbors were working to help one another remove storm-downed trees, clean-up and make home repairs.
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Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve Civil Rights cold cases?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 17, 2021
By Liz Ryan and Lara Nicholson LSU Manship School News Service A retired FBI agent was at a Christian retreat in the late 1990s when a churchgoer confided that he had witnessed a shooting of five Black men in 1960 that he believed had been racially motivated.
Trees that are severely damaged should be removed by a licensed arborist. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Dan Gill)

Trees that are severely damaged should be removed by a licensed arborist. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Dan Gill)

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Dealing with damaged trees after a storm

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 10, 2021
Originally published Oct. 16, 2020. Louisiana has had its fair share of storms this year. Many people are dealing with damaged trees after hurricanes Laura and Delta. According to LSU AgCenter specialists, Hurricane Laura alone took out 757,538 acres of timber.