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The East St. Mary Veterans Funeral Squad is looking for a few good men.
The non-profit organization provides military funeral honors for any honorably discharged veteran of the Unites States military in the Tri-City area at no cost to families.

The School Board turned to long-time educator Dale Skinner as its new superintendent in a Tuesday night vote.
Skinner, 74, of Zwolle succeeds Derwood Duke who retires today.

The Board of Adjustment voted to uphold the decision of Forrest Mooney, town building inspector, to deny permit renewals for its bench signs made by Paul and Melanie Kadair on behalf of their company Berachah Inc.

Fifty-seven original letters and other signed documents related to the American Revolution have been discovered in the LSU Libraries’ Special Collections.

Little is known, or at least made public, at this time about circumstances leading to the deaths of an Ethel couple over the weekend.