Blake Shelton with his Fender Stratocaster electric guitar. (Submitted Photo)
A Fender Stratocaster electric guitar autographed by country music singer Blake Shelton is just one of the items up for grabs at a live auction during the UL Lafayette Alumni Association’s 2015 Spring Gala on Saturday.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and One Acadiana are partnering to host a public Q&A fDoug Biessenberger banks his Air Tractor 502 as he seeds a rice field near Eunice. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
A crop duster can hold about 3,000 pounds of rice in its hopper, and getting the 26,061 acres of rice planted in St. Landry Parish takes the help of pilots like Doug Biessenberger of Mowata Flying Service and Bradley Reed of Reed Aviation.
Pending a hearing, the termination of Tayla Fruge from the Eunice Police Department was upheld in a ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.
Fruge was terminated on May 13, 2014, by the Board of Aldermen, who accepted the recommendation of then Police Chief Ronald Dies.
High school graduation rates for St. Landry Parish matched the state rate for the 2013-14 school year, according to information released by the Louisiana Department of Education.
