CROWLEY - The Crowley Art Association (CAA) has announced that it is still accepting entries for its 24th Annual Rice Capital Juried Art Competition, scheduled for July 1 - July 27.
Registration fo...
Alumna supports University nursing program with gift Mary Odille Broussard, former director of nursing at University Medical Center in Lafayette and a University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduate, is honoring her coworkers and helping future nurses ...
Parish joins opposition to Act The Acadia Parish Police Jury has joined with parishes across South Louisiana in expressing concerns over recent changes to the National Flood Insurance Program and urging a hearing on the affordab...
Great Race volunteer deadline Monday Over 50 people have already agreed to volunteer their time and energy on June 29 for the Great Race, according to Crowley Tourism Coordinator Charlotte Jeffers, and there is still some time left to...
Lafayette General - UMC merger plans explained RAYNE - What will happen? What will be the impact? Why will it happen?
Those were the questions concerning the June 24 merger of Lafayette General Hospital and University Medical Center that Paul M...
Free seminar titled “Starting and Financing a Small Business” A free seminar titled “Starting and Financing a Small Business” will be offered from
5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in Room 122 of the Burton Business Center at McNeese State University.
This sem...
Entries being accepted for 24th Juried Art Competition CROWLEY - The Crowley Art Association (CAA) has announced that it is still accepting entries for its 24th Annual Rice Capital Juried Art Competition, scheduled for July 1 - July 27.
Registration fo...
Session nets 8 amendments BATON ROUGE – Coming out of the 2013 regular session, Louisiana lawmakers have officially proposed eight new changes to the state’s constitution, which include protections for certain health care ...
Farmers turn attention to House WASHINGTON – After the Senate passed a lengthy Farm Bill (Senate Bill 954), focus now turns to the U.S. House of Representatives which must look at the Senate’s offering as well as a bill of ITS ...
HOUMA – Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced today that a Houma man was sentenced to 99 years at hard labor after pleading guilty to eight counts of molestation of a juvenile under the age of ...
WISNER – A Wisner woman was killed in a car crash on Sunday night in Franklin Parish.
The dead woman was identified as 25-year-old Memory Roberts, said Louisiana State Police.
Roberts was driving a...
Crimes committed in Louisiana and Colorado
SHREVEPORT – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that William Lyman Agnew, 55, of Cripple Creek, Colo., was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. Di...
NEW ORLEANS – Following the settlement of a class-action lawsuit, hundreds of people will have their name removed from Louisiana’s sex offender registry.
Those removed were convicted of soliciting ...
BATON ROUGE - Friday, State Superintendent of Education John White will host a discussion at Central Louisiana Technical Community College in Alexandria with parents, students, educators and commun...
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that, due to the current budget situation including the sequester, the agency will be shut down on Friday, June 14.
As was the ca...
D-Day vet, police juror
HAYNESVILLE – Services for D-Day veteran and long-time police juror Jack Price will be Tuesday. He died June 15 at age 93.
He held the Purple Heart and was a Claiborne Paris...
TV repair man
CARENCRO – Services for William “Bud” Chandler, Jr., who operated Acadiana’s first shop specializing in repairing color television sets and later owned a music store will be Saturday....
A child from the WWII era has finally made it home safely today. Mrs. Emiko Komoda Trahan was born in Nagasaki, Japan and in 1970 she made Crowley her home. Mrs. Emiko passed away in her residence ...
Crowley - Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Jerusalem Baptist Church for Roslyn Elaine Scott “Laine” Byers, 49, who passed away on June 5, 2013 surrounded by lo...
SULPHUR - Rita Mae Picard, 83, passed away at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in a local hospital.
Rita lived in Sulphur since 1953 and was a native of Rayne. She attended Our Lady of Prompt Su...
Delia “Dee” Bonin Link
Church Point Delia Bonin Link died at 3:20 a.m. Sunday, June 9, 2013, at her residence in Richard. Funeral services wereheld at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, at St. Edward...
Crowley Police and Crowley City Court have outstanding arrest warrants for the following people. If you know their whereabouts call Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish at 789-TIPS. It could lead to a c...
RAYNE - Officers with the City of Rayne Police Department arrested Gary Berry of Biloxi, MS for Possession of Stolen Things valued over $500 and an outstanding warrant from Biloxi Police Department...
The City of Rayne Police Department executed a search warrant at the residence of Nathaniel Laughlin, who is 27 years old, located at 702 Chappuis Street, Rayne LA on May 4, 2013. Officers located ...
RAYNE - Officers with the City of Rayne Police Department arrested Nicolas Barron of Rayne for Simple Burglary and Possession of Stolen Goods.
Chief Carroll Stelly advised that on the night of May...
The City of Rayne Police Department arrested Donovan Phillips, 19, for Resisting and Officer and Illegal Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
Chief Carroll Stelly advised that on April 29, 2013, Rayne ...
Defendant receives 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised release
Alexandria, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that
Oscar Stamper, age 61, of Natchitoches, La., ...
Marais Bouleur, the area northeast of Rayne, had a rough reputation early on. People who lived there didn't back away from anything, least of all each other. That's why they got to be called les ba...
When we think of the history of Louisiana, French, Spanish, African, and Acadian influences immediately come to mind. We consider also the role of other European settlers -- Germans, Irish, Italian...
Memorial Day weekend means it's time to start watching the Gulf. The beginning of hurricane season is less than a week ago, and the predictions are that this could be a mean one. Philip Klotzbach ...
Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and can...
It's hard to believe that today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mary Alice Fontenot, the newspaperwoman, teacher, and storyteller who knew and was known by practically everyone in Acad...
Cinqo de Mayo, the fifth of May, commemorates the Mexican army's defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, It was a huge victory for the Mexicans who were outnumbered two to ...
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and a very busy ballot awaits taxpayers. With early voting underway, we remind everyone that there are nine state constitutional amendments on the ballot and one loc...
You have seen and heard the candidates running for president. After a year or more of listening to all the rhetoric it is time to make a decision. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, you shou...
These are excerpts from the editorial in which we recommended Rep. Boustany in the 2008 election. Little has changed other than that his dedication to all the people in the Seventh District has rei...
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and a very busy ballot awaits taxpayers. With early voting underway, we remind everyone that there are nine state constitutional amendments on the ballot and one loc...
You like going to the corner drugstore when you need to pick up a few things - aspirin, cough medicine for the kids, shampoo, household items and your prescriptions - all in one stop. You might eve...
Vote for Constitutional Amendment #1 . A vote for Constitutional Amendment #1 will protect TOPS funding by redirecting annual Tobacco Settlement proceeds from the Millennium Trust to its col...
To say this week has been one of the stranger ones I’ve experienced during my six years is....well, for lack of a lesser used word, an understatement.
To begin with Easter Sunday was very nice. I k...
There are a lot of folks confused about the recent report on the unemployment rate. Some have the audacity to suggest that the numbers have been rigged by the federal government at 7.8 percent (...
Compare the free enterprise system with socialism. Capitalism, the free enterprise system and individual initiative made this country the greatest in the world where thousands, no millions strive t...
A friend of mine sent the following letter to me from a professional engineer reportedly written to his employees.
It is rather lengthy but I believe it expresses the views of every business ...
Happy Easter Acadia Parish!
It seems I say this every year but it bears repeating that today isn’t about rabbits, eggs, candy or barbecues. Today marks the date that Christians around the world ce...
When I was around 13-years-old, the most popular video game in the history of the world at that time was called Asteroids (showing my age, right?). My parents would drop my buddies and me off at th...
2015 N Cherokee Dr, Crowley, LA 70526
phone: 3377833001
Welcome to Rice Palace
www.ricepalace.com
Family Restaurant
Rice Palace is Cajun style family restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast is served until 11 am. Our lunc...
2111 N Cherokee Dr, Crowley, LA 70526
phone: 3377835515
Locally owned and operated since 1999. Fezzo's offers something for everyone.
Seafood, Steaks, Oysters on half shell, poboys, salads, and more. Serving authentic
cajun food, Fezzo's also offer...