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St. Landry Parish Road District 1 commissioners met for a rare meeting and on an 8-4 vote decided they do not need to know the extent of their authority.
The vote left Harold Taylor, chairman, in a dither.
“I can’t believe this,” he said after gaveling the meeting to a close.

With the assistance of the Eunice Police Department and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, 180*: Changing the Course, a youth boot camp, has come to life.

A St. Landry Parish Government audit found nine “signficant” deficiencies in internal controls and reporting and five instances of noncompliance material to statements.

Mamou Police Officer Nicole Price Fontenot was dispatched to a Mamou residence in response to an unresponsive child on July 13.
Upon arrival, Fontenot said, “The child’s mother was holding the baby in her arms and the little girl was limp.”

Keeping the grass trimmed and maintained was the topic of main discussion at the Village of Chataignier’s monthly meeting on Monday night.