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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is working to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy the recreational harvest of alligator snapping turtles by keeping the reptiles off the Endangered Species list.

More than 25 members of the Louisiana Crafts Guild will display their wares at the Experience Louisiana Festival, and guild president Miles Peterson is organizing the event’s Craft Village.

One lane eastbound will be closed on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. while Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development crews perform a routine bridge inspection on the bridge.

The annual meeting of the St. Landry Council on Aging will be held at noon Sept. 17 at 2419 James Eaglin Lane in Opelousas.
One of the purposes of the meeting is to approve new appointments to the board.
There are three positions open.
Town of Melville.

While the national presidential race is capturing most of the media and public attention these days, followed closely in Louisiana by the gubernatorial and legislative races, one board’s elections this fall have not made the front page of many newspapers.