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The Tri-Parish Chapter of Coastal Conservation Association will hold its inaugural banquet at 5:30 p.m. April 13 at the Northwest Community Center in Eunice.

Many will be celebrating the Easter holiday today by attending church services.
Tim Moffett, pastor at First Baptist Church in Eunice, said he will speak about the historical resurrection of Christ and how that impacts people’s daily lives when he preaches today.

One Acadiana is advancing a set of legislative priorities, developed through its policy committees and adopted by its Board of Directors.

Two new polls out from the University of New Orleans’ Survey Research Center and LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab reveal that the public has serious concerns about the budget and the direction the state is heading as the Legislature launches into its second session of the year.

There are across south Louisiana some religiously observed Easter week rituals that have little, if anything, to do with religion. They were birthed in the solemnity of Eastertide but they also reflect a native irreverence about gospels of any sort, be they religious, political or social.