Opelousas Lighthouse Mission’s annual Hunters for the Hungry food drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 4 with six drop off sites.
The event asks sportsmen and their families to “clean out your freezers” and donate frozen processed game and fish from the 2014 season.
The city of Eunice is taking applications for a booth spots for arts and crafts, and farmer’s market during the Main to Main event Nov. 7 and 8.
A city-wide garage sale is planned on Saturday of the event.
Main to Main also will include food and entertainment.
Traiteur traditions have been passed on to Berk Veillon through his family. Veillon will share some of that information at the Experience Louisiana Festival. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Crafts, trades and skills are often passed down from generation to generation in families, and local traiteurr Berk Veillon is no exception.
Sydnie Frey of Eunice pumps gas at Eunice Truck Stop and Casino on U.S. 190 in Eunice. Gas prices around town on Tuesday ranged from $1.89 per gallon to $1.99 per gallon for regular unleaded. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
While some are celebrating lower gas prices at the pump, the lowest since Sept. 2014, others are worried about the toll $1.89 gas will continue to have on oil and gas jobs and the economy.
Evidently there is not as much Christmas cheer to spread around as last year at the St. Landry Parish School Board.
Full-time employees may receive a $500 Christmas stipend this year, if the School Board follows a recommendation by its financial director, Tressa Miller.
