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Each year since 2002 Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Eunice has provided free barbecue plate lunches for all first responders in remembrance and to honor those who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.

St. Landry Parish is in the recovery phase from flooding that started on Aug. 12.
Parish President Bill Fontenot said, “Recovery can be just as complicated and chaotic as the event itself at times.”

St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot request to keep parish’s government’s current auditor was rebuffed by the Parish Council’s Administrative-Finance Committee.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the top 15 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges for undergraduate education, The Princeton Review reports.
UL Lafayette is featured in the 2017 edition of The Princeton Review’s flagship college guide, “The Best 381 Colleges.”

The task force charged with making tax and budget recommendations for next year’s regular session should have its report ready for legislative leaders by the end of the month.