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Director of La. State Collaboration Office-Department of Children/Family Services Kahree Wahid was the guest speaker at the Community Partnership Luncheon, talking about the importance of head start.
Partnerships highlighted at luncheon
CROWLEY – As Acadia Parish celebrates National Head Start Awareness Month, it highlighted its community partners with a luncheon this week. Community partners from throughout the parish met at the ...
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Credeur named parade marshal
In a surprise announcement during Thursday night's Rayne Lions Club meeting, Daniel Simoneaux, a member of the Frog Festival Association, revealed to a stunned Roy Credeur that he has been selected...
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RV frog jumping
SPECIAL FROG JUMP: Members of the Rayne Lions Club held a frog jump contest for members of the Winnebago-Itasca Travelers who held their RV rally here last week. Pictured, kneeling from left, are L...
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Manhunt locates burlgary suspect
Following a manhunt earlier today (Wednesday), authorities in Acadia Parish arrested 27 year old Dustin Simon of Valton Castille Lane, Church Point. According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melanc...
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Cleco installing ‘smart’ meters for Acadia Parish customers
CROWLEY – In 2010, Cleco Power, LLC, began trying to install, own and operate Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to all of its 277,000 customers. The electric company, based out of Pineville, w...
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First annual Project Pink 5K run/walk to be held on Oct. 7
Details for the first annual Project Pink 5K run/walk have been announced by race director Heather Thibodeaux. The event to benefit breast cancer awareness will be held Sunday, Oct. 7, at 8 a.m. a...
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BBB warns of international phone scam operating in Lafayette area
The Better Business Bureau of Acadiana is warning the public of numerous scam phone calls coming into the Lafayette region. This warning comes in the wake of BBB staff receiving hundreds of phone...
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Jurors discuss enforcing parish permit ordinance
CROWLEY – In an agenda filled with routine actions, members of the Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night focused much of their attention on enforcing the parish’s permitting ordinance and the poi...
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IRF seeks convertibles
CROWLEY – The International Rice Festival needs your help for its parades this year. The International Rice Festival is looking for convertible automobiles for the children’s parade and the grand p...
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Thursday morning fatality attended by local and parish authorities, ground medical personnel, and Air-Med.
Mid-morning fatality
A fatal car-motorcycle crash Thursday morning was reported on Quarterpole Road just east of Rayne. More information will be released as it becomes available.
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Good news for August from CCCC
CROWLEY - When the freezer at the Crowley Christian Care Center (CCCC) went on the blink, Deacon Rodless Leleux, a believer in the promise, “Ask and ye shall receive,” did just that - he asked. Aft...
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Mosquitoes, speed bumps on Jurors’ minds
Mosquito control and the installation of speed bumps on parish roads led much of the discussion during Tuesday night’s committee meetings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury. Noting he had received “a...
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