One Acadiana announced its partnership to establish the Louisiana Small Business Rebirth Fund.
Cattle owners had to rely on horses, boats and even a helicopter to round up their herds as floodwaters covered pastures in many areas of south Louisiana.
The Acadia Parish Police Jury is proposing across-the-board 20 percent cuts in pay for everyone whose salary is paid out of the parish General Fund.
That would include the jurors themselves.
At the request of the President F. King Alexander, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has established the LSU Employee Assistance Fund to help LSU employees who are affected by disasters and hardships such as the recent flood.
The well has financially run dry for the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, and it’s the residents of the parish that are left to suffer.
If you’re a survivor of the Louisiana severe storms and flooding and get a letter that says your application for federal assistance is “ineligible” or “incomplete,” be sure to read the letter all the way through to the end to find out why.
Although Storm 99L is currently predicted to strengthen and make landfall well to the east of Louisiana, SLEMCO has made preparations should the forecasted path change and project a landfall further toward the Louisiana coastline.
SBA offers low-interest disaster loans to businesses of all sizes, most private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters.
Businesses may borrow up to $2 million for any combination of property damage or economic injury.
Many online resources are available for Louisiana disaster survivors
Public and private entities have information online ready to help if you’re a survivor of Louisiana’s recent severe storms and floods.
Call 911 if you’re facing an immediate safety issue.
Grant Suire, of Crowley, meets James Carville after a luncheon meeting of One Acadiana Thursday (Aug. 25) at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette. Walking behind Carville, at right, is Mary Matalin. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Grant Suire, a 13-year-old Crowley eighth-grader, asked veteran political experts James Carville and Mary Matalin for their advice to young people looking to get involved in politics.
LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry, far right, tells agricultural producers in Opelousas on Aug. 23 about the damages inflicted by flooding on farms and ranches in south Louisiana. Photo by Bruce Schultz
A series of meetings throughout south Louisiana were held by Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, to assure farmers that state and federal aid is available to help them get through the flooding crisis.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
Aug. 25
Juvenile, 15, Eunice. Aggravated battery.
Tyronne Dane Lee, 44, 14500 block of Carfax Drive, Tustin, California. Theft of goods (shoplifting) and criminal trespass.
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.
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.
