INNOV8 Acadiana, a Community Foundation of Acadiana company and nonprofit helping to build our regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, is seeking applicants for this year’s LAGCOE Energy Innovators Pitch Challenge on Oct. 26 at the Cajundome Convention Center.
The exterior of historic Le Vieux Presbytere in downtown Church Point. (Gazette photo by Raymond Partsch III)
If it weren’t for the efforts of the Cajuns Ladies of Church Point, The Le Vieux Presbytere could have very well been moved out of the small town or simply would have been demolished.
From St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz
he Yellow-breasted Satinbird was one of the songbird species in New Guinea that was part of this study. (Photo by Brett Benz, American Museum of Natural History)
Songbirds comprise the largest group of birds, with about 5,000 species, accounting for nearly half of avian diversity.
Rebecca Devillier entered a pair of guilty pleas inside Judge Chuck West’s courtroom on Wednesday.
“I want the public to know I am sorry for all that I have done,” Devillier said after sentencing.
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice.
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center’s Saturday schedule
10 a.m. to noon: For kids, game of Polar Freeze and Explore and Restore class makes rag dolls and superheroes.
1 p.m.: Architect Andy Hebert gives a talk on making a home more energy efficient.
The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 8 election is Oct. 11.
In Acadia Parish, register from 8 am. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Registrar of Voters Office, 568 NW Court Circle, Crowley. Contact the registrar’s office at 337-788-8841.
LOpelousas Lighthouse Mission’s annual Hunters for the Hungry food drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The deadline to apply for disaster unemployment assistance for individuals impacted by severe storms and flooding is at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 14.
A pair of St. Landry Parish legal giants passed from the scene this year.
On Friday, Morgan J. Goudeau, III, who served 24 years as St. Landry Parish’s district attorney, died. He was 87.
In June, retired Judge Robert Brinkman died. He was 82.
Dash cam footage of the shooting of the 6-year-old in Marksville.
Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Evangeline Parish closing Friday
The Evangeline Parish mobile disaster recovery center at the North Side Civic Center in Ville Platte is closing at 6 p.m. Friday.
MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.
Dash cam footage of the shooting of the 6-year-old in Marksville.
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Karla Bellon, left, and Michelle Brown shop Saturday at Gossip Boutique during the annual Noel on The Prairie.
The 17th annual Noel on the Prairie held Saturday and Sunday in Eunice drew many pre-holiday shoppers with 32 Eunice merchants offering customers discounts and sales. Above are shoppers at Holly’s Hobbies. (Photos by Myra Miller)
Irice Ann Darbonne Lavergne passed away on Thursday November 17, 2016 at the age of 73.
Burial will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.
