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Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie is scheduled to perform at 6 p.m. Oct. 22 for the Rendez-Vous des Cajuns Radio Show at the Experience Louisiana Festival. The show is broadcast live and usually it is from the Liberty Theatre in downtown Eunice. For the festival, the show moves to the LSUE campus and the festival’s music stage. (File Photo)

Delafose to perform at Experience Louisiana Festival

Sun, 10/02/2016 - 5:31am Harlan Kirgan

As a child growing up in rural Evangeline Parish, Geno Delafose always imagined himself becoming a rodeo cowboy, and not a famed zydeco musician.

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Katie Richard, a Glendale Elementary teacher, explains the Belly Buddies program that provides weekend food to students. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Teacher targets hungry students

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 5:27pm Harlan Kirgan

Katie Richard says when she started teaching a year ago at Glendale Elementary she discovered there were hungry children in her class.

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School budget issues: Enrollment down, health insurance costs rising

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 2:43pm Harlan Kirgan

Perhaps finances will be a top issue on St. Landry Parish School Board members’ list of priorities for a new superintendent.
The board’s finance committee recently learned student enrollment and health insurance costs are biting into the school system’s budget.

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Sweet Dough Pie Festival is Oct. 22

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 9:02am Harlan Kirgan

Join us for the fifth annual Sweet Dough Pie Festival on Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of St. Charles Borromeo Church located at, 174 Church St., Grand Coteau.

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A scene from the music stage at the 2015 festival. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Experience Louisiana Festival music stage

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 9:00am Harlan Kirgan

Experience Louisiana Festival music stage
Oct. 22
10 a.m. — CFMA Young Musicians.
Noon — Cypress Band featuring Warren Storm & Willie Tee.
2 p.m. — Cha Wa.
4 p.m. — High Performance.

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St. Landry Chamber plans Soirée Royale

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 8:56am Harlan Kirgan

The St. Landry Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 18th annual Soirée Royale, a culinary tasting event on Nov. 7 at the Opelousas Civic Center.
The event serves as the signature fundraiser for the Chamber of Commerce.

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Representatives of the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board and the Louisiana rice industry in Crowley at today’s donation of 13 tons of rice for the Baton Rouge Regional Food Bank. (Submitted Photo)

Rice industry donates for flood relief

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 8:53am Harlan Kirgan

The Louisiana rice industry donated 13 tons of rice to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to help the organization rebuild its inventory after last month’s devastating floods.
The gift will provide 324,000 half-cup servings.

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Chamber schedules meet, greet for top school job finalists

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 8:47am Harlan Kirgan

The final three candidates for the St. Landry Parish school superintendent job are to be featured at a forum scheduled at 5 p.m. Monday at the Delta Grand Theatre, 120 S. Market St., Opelousas.
The forum is scheduled by the St. Landry Chamber of Commerce and Vision St. Landry.

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Several business leaders attended the meeting.

New revenue eyed for transportation needs

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 8:25am Harlan Kirgan

How exactly new revenue is generated to help improve the state’s transportation infrastructure remains open for discussion.

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Eunice Police arrests

Fri, 09/30/2016 - 9:06am Harlan Kirgan

The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
Sept. 29
Jerry Ross Vidrine, 29, 700 block of Tate Street, Eunice. Bench warrant.
Juvenile, 13, Eunice. Simple battery, battery on school teacher and resisting an officer.

Eunice Police radio logs

Fri, 09/30/2016 - 9:05am Harlan Kirgan

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
Sept. 29
06:03 Woman wants an officer to meet her at her residence in the 100 block of Hill. Husband is packing up items.
08:03 Stolen purse in the 1800 block of Dudley.

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St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

Fri, 09/30/2016 - 8:51am Harlan Kirgan

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Sept. 30
Gary Shane Fruge, 48, 100 block of Mistric Lane, Leonville. Domestic abuse battery. Arrested by Leonville Police.

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Delafose to perform at Experience Louisiana Festival

Teacher targets hungry students

School budget issues: Enrollment down, health insurance costs rising

Sweet Dough Pie Festival is Oct. 22

Experience Louisiana Festival music stage

St. Landry Chamber plans Soirée Royale

Rice industry donates for flood relief

Chamber schedules meet, greet for top school job finalists

New revenue eyed for transportation needs

Eunice Police arrests

Eunice Police radio logs

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

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