Kennedy
Preston L. Kennedy, president and CEO of Bank of Zachary, has been elected treasurer of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) for 2014-15.
Rhett Hebert, a 2003 Erath High graduate, knows the excitement building for the UL-Lafayette basketball team as the NCAA tournament approaches.
He was a member of the Ragin’Cajuns hoops teams that made back-to-back tourney appearances, including the school’s last in ‘05.
Edwin W. Edwards: Congressional candidate.
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards put an end to speculation, declaring Monday that he will run for Congress in Louisiana’s 6th District.
Edwards, 86, served in Congress six years from the 7th District, headquartered in Crowley, before being elected governor, a post he held three times.
Magee
Zachary Police have arrested a man charging him with deserting his son at the Dollar General on Plank Road Saturday night.
According to an arrest affidavit, Gary Magee, 34, of Brian Rd. in Zachary, left his 6-year-old son alone the store.
First the son, Paul Rice was murdered on the streets of Abbeville two years ago by a still unknown killer.
