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A view from within, Welcome House residents discuss their pasts, their inner growth
The Welcome House shelter is currently under construction as two new buildings on the property are still being developed. Residents of the Welcome House are undying in their support of the shelter ...
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Post Scripts, first week of August
Record heat Temperatures over the weekend busted the 100 degree mark and the heat index climbed to over 110 Sunday. These dangerous temperatures are expected through the week this week and persons ...
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Taylor May is about to begin pre-K classes in Egan. While her mother shopped, Taylor decided to practice her typing.
Acadia students prepping for school days
CROWLEY - With the beginning of school less than two weeks away, the children and young adults of Acadia Parish are beginning to realize that their lives are about to get much busier. However, at T...
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Drug investigation nets three
Narcotics efforts continued this week with the arrest of three men from the Crowley. During two separate investigations, Crowley police have recovered marijuana and crack cocaine which was being ut...
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Rice harvesting wet, Wet field, low price give farmers migraine headaches
ABBEVILLE - Boyd Landry had planned to begin cutting around 200 acres of green rice Wednesday morning, but Mother Nature changed his plans with a downpour of rain on Tuesday. But by noon Wednesday,...
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Lafayette ranked in foreclosure activity
NEW ORLEANS - Five of Louisiana’s metropolitan areas posted year-to-year increases in foreclosure activity during the first half of 2010. A national survey by Irvine, Calf.-based RealtyTrac, was re...
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LEDA job fair set, Event to be held Aug. 18 at Cajundome Convention Center
Employers from Acadiana and other regions of the state will be on hand to recruit and screen potential job candidates at the LEDA Job Fair on August 18. The event will be held at the Cajundome Conv...
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NDHS announces events prior to the school year
As announced by Principal Cindy Istre, a number of important dates have been scheduled for the start of the 2010-2011 school year at Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish, including: August 6: Fr...
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Iota High School, calendar of events for August
August 4 to August 6 Dates of times of registration, picking up class schedules and textbooks, and paying fees are as follows: 9th grade: August 4th 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 10th grade: August 5th 8 ...
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Gunner recalls B-29
EUNICE - World War II veteran Burke Sylvester once sat inside one of the most advanced long-range bomber of its time, and shared some of his experiences to Eunice Rotarians Wednesday. Sylvester, a ...
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Exhibit in Breaux Bridge
BREAUX BRIDGE, Louisiana - While the world finds ways to celebrate Mother Teresa’s birthday this August 26th, a little coffee house in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana would seem like an unlikely place to ...
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Rail bridge repaired
ABBEVILLE - The rail cars filled with rice are expected to continue rolling on the tracks in the parish despite a drainage problem with a recently repaired rail bridge near Erath. According to Eddi...
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