Following the resignation of Police Chief Robert McGee, the Mamou Town Council set a special election date to fill the position, but it decided to postpone appointing an interim chief during its Oct. 14 meeting.
Pam Rivers, of Massachusetts, and Vol Lejeune, of Richard, dance while The Savoy Family Band performs Sunday during the Experience Louisiana Festival on the Louisiana State University Eunice campus. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The first Experience Louisiana Festival passed many of its tests during its two-day run on the Louisiana State University Eunice campus.
About 5,000 people attended the festival Saturday and Sunday where their experiences included music, folk crafts, food, film and a Mardi Gras run.
More than 3,000 voters cast early ballots in both St. Landry and Acadia parishes as the race to see who will lead Louisiana for the next four years draws closer.
The two, top state races are the governor and lieutenant governor elections.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Oct. 20
Nonfarm employment set a September monthly record and the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
