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At Mamou Elementary School Kindergarten through Fourth Grade had an outstanding list of students who had perfect attendance in the first nine weeks of school.
Kindergarten
Adam Fontenot, Nevaeh Johnson, Jayden Lewis, and Wes Reed.
First grade

On Thursday, Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue reported that his department is in search of a suspect in a stabbing incident.

Billy Broadhurst, an adviser to Edwin Edwards and countless other elected officials across the state, has died, according to several people who knew him. He was 77.

OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish School Board gave Superintendent Patrick Jenkins the green light to proceed with a plan to raise full-time employee salaries and fund capital improvements.

RAYNE — Armed with a desire to chronicle and perpetuate his family’s ancestry for his children and equipped with a smartphone, Frederick “Fritz” Welter, a Marine veteran and attorney, created a Civil War saga that tracks the lives of his great-grandfather and the great-great-grandfather of his wi

LAFAYETTE – After completing a notary exam preparation course at the Moody College of Business in the fall of 2016, the students set a record of having 60 percent of the class pass the notary exam. The state average is 21 percent.

OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish Council will be asked to seek a declaratory judgment in the 27th Judicial Court District on a plan to dissolve the First Hospital District of the Parishes of St. Landry and St. Martin, which operated the now closed St. Luke Hospital in Arnaudville.

LAFAYETTE -- Crowley businessman B.I. Moody III was honored for his distinguished career and his generosity during a ceremony Wednesday night at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) in the Business Administration building which bears his name.

Louisiana is known worldwide for its delicious culinary dishes, in particular the ones that have its roots in the southern part of the Bayou State.
There is chicken and sausage gumbo, seafood gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish etouffee, fricassee, smothered chicken, meatball stew and shrimp and egg stew. All of those savory dishes have one crucial ingredient in common, a key component that helps bring the meal together — rice.

OPELOUSAS — Michael Munro always enjoyed stopping off for a bite at the historic Palace Cafe.
The businessman who has owned and operated everything from donut shops to hotel restaurants always felt that the Palace Cafe had something unique to offer.