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It was open mic night at Monday’s Evangeline Parish Police Jury monthly meeting.
Mike Hollier with the Acadiana Planning Commission discussed with jurors with the printed out presentation of the commission’s plans for improving critical roadways in the parish.

The Evangeline Parish Fire District #2’s plans have been drawn up for additions at the Belaire Cove Fire Station.

When Washington High School closed its doors in the 1980’s the school’s main building, which was constructed in 1934, along with the school’s gymnasium became nothing but a 40,000 square foot desolate space.

Bayou Chicot native James Dupre didn’t have to battle to hard during his debut on NBC’s hit show The Voice, with three judges’ chairs turning within the first 15 seconds of Dupre’s blind audition.

The Ville Platte Civil Service Board made their decision on whether fire chief applicant, and vice chairman of the board, Chris Soileau met the requirements to take the fire chief civil service test or not, but on Friday the board found itself having to assemble once more to re-address the topic

Shane Vidrine was just happy to be in the woods again hunting squirrels Sunday, October 4, the second day of Louisiana’s season.

Tickets are available for An Evening with Martina McBride to take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at Parc International in Downtown Lafayette.

It looks like schools in the state of Louisiana will finally receive their PARCC scores come December.

The Town of Mamou has been flushing cancer away for the last month, and now the community plans to run cancer right out of town at the upcoming Savoy Cancer Foundation’s 2015 Cajun Girls can Survive 5K.

Classes in Oberlin were cancelled Tuesday after authorities found Stacey Beaubouef, 48, dead of a self inflected gunshot to the head in front of Oberlin High School.