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Ken Grissom

Baton Rouge — In his first week on the job, state Rep. Fred Mills of Breaux Bridge has emerged a leader in the fight to polish Louisiana’s tarnished image.

Ken Grissom

St. Martinville — With some prompting from citizens in the audience, the City Council Monday night agreed to take a more wholistic approach to the spectacle of “slabbing” — sagging pants — than neighboring cities like New Iberia and Breaux Bridge.

Breaux Bridge — The U.S. Census Bureau is gearing up to count everybody in the country again and city officials here are afraid of being shortchanged by haphazard house numbers.

Louisiana National Guard Maj. Gen. Hunt Downer (from left), family members Barbara Romero and Frank DeBlanc, Parish President Guy Cormier, family members Michael DeBlanc and Richard DeBlanc, former pupil Henri Clay Bienvenu of the Teche News, and family member Monsignor Jefferson DeBlanc Jr.

The 911 dispatch center took the following calls from Wednesday, Feb. 6 through Tuesday, Feb. 12. Some were handled by municipal police departments, some by volunteer fire companies, some by Acadian Ambulance and some by the Louisiana State Police. The majority fell to the St.

The 911 dispatch center took the following calls from Wednesday, Jan. 30 through Tuesday, Feb. 5. Some were handled by municipal police departments, some by volunteer fire companies, some by Acadian Ambulance and some by the Louisiana State Police. The majority fell to the St.

bBy Randy Braddock

It’s that time again. “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” or Let the Good Times Roll, will be heard up and down Main Street in Columbia on February 5th as Mardi Gras rolls once again.

State Police Troop I issued 104 speeding tickets on I-10 in St. Martin Parish between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

The troopers conducted an enforcement detail targeting speeders and reckless drivers.

Baton Rouge — FEMA trailers in St. Martin Parish were reduced by three last month, the federal agency reports.

In a "depopulation" report covering Jan. 9 to Jan. 30, FEMA list the current total of trailers to house Katrina/Rita victims at 46, down from 49 earlier in the month.

Ken Grissom