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St. Edmund Catholic School held its Class Night ceremony May 21.
Senior Paige Duplechin led the Passing of the Candle.
According to St. Edmund tradition, “Each year the passing of the candle plays a very important part in our ceremony.

An Opelousas man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in prison for leaving a halfway house without permission, a news release from U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley stated.

Three roads are scheduled for work beginning today through the St. Landry Parish Smooth Ride Home program.
The work is dependent on weather conditions.
Parish government released the following schedule for Wednesday through Friday.
Shoulder work on Texas Eastern Road.

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – May 26 – Dollar General has remodeled its store at 610 W. Canal St., Church Point, the company announced in a news release.

The home of Mavis Fruge, recipient of Ordre des Palmes Academique and the 2013 Louisiana Culture Connection Louisiana Prix de la Franco-Responsabilite, lost her home of 39 years to fire on Tuesday.