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A visit to the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas allows one to discover a history that the museum’s historian Flo Inhern said “has never been put in the history books.”

The story about the ghost in the dance hall was first reported in the Chicago Blade, the newspaper that billed itself as “the champion of’ truth of the United States,” so how can there be any doubt about it?

Introducing new generations to a pastime is one way to keep a hobby going, and Gabe Ortego with the Eunice Players’ Theater hopes that children of Eunice will ensure the future of the city’s theater.

The issue of low police pay resurfaced at Tuesday’s city council meeting when Jack Burson, alderman at-large, mentioned it while also announcing the formation of a master plan study committee.

JD Bank has been named a top-10 winner in the Independent Community Bankers of America’s 2015 Marketing Awards, which annually recognizes the nation’s best community bank marketing campaigns. JD Bank is the only Louisiana-based bank to make the list.