Briggs
At the Crowley Lions Club meeting Tuesday, Gifford Briggs with the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, spoke in support of the petroleum industry that serves a key role in Louisiana’s economy.
The Ville Platte Housing Authority on Aug. 5 narrowly approved a motion to increase flat rate rent by 35 percent for each of the next three years in accordance with HUD (Housing and Urban Development) requirements.
Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, and LSU Vice President for Agriculture Bill Richardson speak after the ribbon cutting of the LSU AgCenter’s Animal and Food Sciences Laboratories Building on Aug. 6. (Photo by Olivia McClure)
The new home of LSU AgCenter food, animal and veterinary science faculty and students officially opened on Aug. 6.
Black bears have been spotted in Vermilion Parish on numerous occasions, so to see one is not anything new.
To see one deep in the heart of Abbeville, however, is something altogether different.
Some residents near the downtown area experienced such a visit last week.
Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree diplomas will be conferred during the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Summer 2014 Commencement ceremony.
