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
NEW COMERS ROYALTY wait outside the Maison Duchamp in downtown St. Martinville as visitors to the annual Mardi Gras parade file out of town.
PLENTY OF BEADS BUT NO BODIES litter South Main in St. Martinville after the New Comer’s Club Mardi Gras Parade. The parade drew an estimated 20,000 spectators, not quite as heavy as in the past. The threatening weather that undoubtedly contributed to the lighter crowds held off.
FIRST PLACE WINNERS — The Weber family claimed top prize in the Henderson Mardi Gras parade held Feb. 3.
THIS IS MARDI GRAS — Melissa and Willie Kornmeyer of New Jersey enjoy their first Mardi Gras parade in Henderson Sunday, Feb. 3.
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Three Evangeline parish football teams have worked their way into the post-season and will begin their quest for the State Championship this coming Friday night, as the LHSAA reveled the 2017 playo
Judy Stewart is pictured here with her family in front of a wall inside The Gallaspy College of Education and Human Development on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La., that bears the names of the alumni who were named to the Hall of Distinguished Educators. She along with other alumni were inducted on October 21. Pictured here in the back is Bart Stewart, Jr., and from left to right in the front are Bart Stewart, Sr., Candace Frazier, Judy Stewart, and Jeff Stewart. (Photo courtesy of Candace Frazier)
Rushing
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lanell Rushing was held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 30, 2017 in the Pine Prairie Christian Tabernacle. Reverends Barry Gautreaux, Johnny Wilkinson and Chris Juneau officiatied.
