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More and more events cancelled, postponed
Cancellations and postponements continue as more and more directives are handed down from state, parish and local governments in the ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
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Acadia schools providing meals, opportunity for parents to retrieve students’...
THE POST-SIGNAL / Desiray Seaux Acadia Parish Superintendent Scott Richard hands a “Grab & Go” meal to parents of an school student Wednesday as the parish school system began providing meals for...
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ASSIST closed amid virus fear
In an effort to reduce and limit the spread of COVID-19 and to preserve the health and safety of staff ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best...
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Lions Camp applicants sought by club
Applications for a summer vacation full of fun for special needs youth in the Acadia Parish area are now being ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the...
View ArticleJazz & Heritage Festival postponed
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people for eight days of music, food ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in...
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Planting season rolling along despite coronavirus closures
SUBMITTED PHOTO A trailer is loaded with rice that had been stored in grain bins at Christian Richard’s farm in Vermilion Parish. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)Many schools and workplaces have...
View ArticleLa. National Guard responds to coronavirus emergency
The Louisiana National Guard, as directed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, has activated over 94 Soldiers and Airmen so far,PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view...
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Chicot State Park, Lake Bistineau to be used as additional regional staging...
Chicot State Park near Ville Platte and Lake Bistineau State Park near Doyline have been tagged as additional regional staging ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log...
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Scott postpones Boudin Festival
Organizers for the Scott Boudin Festival has announced that the festival will be postponed until September. The postponement of the eighth ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires...
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LDH retracts Acadia coronoavirus finding
Steve Bandy, La. State NewspapersThursday, March 19, 2020UPDATE: Earlier reports that a patient in Acadia Parish had tested positive for the coronavirus were wrong.According to Chance Henry, president...
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Coronavirus reaches Acadiana
Four cases of positive novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Lafayette and two in St. Landry Parish. The news of the ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to...
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State of the Parish among Chamber events cancelled
The annual State of the Parish meeting originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, has been cancelled, according to Amy Thibodeaux,PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to...
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Frog Festival delays pageants, final decision on festival dates
Pageants to select 2020 royalty for the Rayne Frog Festival have been postponed as organizers are deciding what to do ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to...
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Restaurant closures spell trouble for crawfish producers
SUBMITTED PHOTO Crawfish producer Gerard Frey, of Acadia Parish. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Bruce Schultz)As the nation’s economy has ground to an abrupt halt, crawfish producers are dealing with...
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Library offering digital children’s programs
Despite its physical closure, the Acadia Parish Library has made plans to post virtual children’s programs to its Facebook ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in...
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CRD - City recreation programs take a timeout
THE POST-SIGNAL / Chris Quebedeaux Although the grounds of the Crowley Recreation Department are off limits to the public, the works must go on. CRD employee Jackson Lindscomb is hard at work cutting...
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With glut of crawfish on market, consider boiling, freezing at home
SUBMITTED PHOTO A crawfish boat works in a pond Vermilion Parish on March 17. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)With a glut of crawfish on the market, prices are dropping, and consumers might be...
View ArticleLA Wallet will waive fee in response to COVID-19
Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced LA Wallet, the state of Louisiana’s official digital driver’s license, will be made available ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to...
View ArticleAPSO Daily Bookings: March 11 - 12
March 11 • Caleb James Rogers, Highway 93, Scott: Arrested by Rayne P.D. for distribution of Schedule II narcotics ($20,000 bond);PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log...
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Crowley City Court dates being rescheduled
PHOTO SUBMITTED On Wednesday, employees of Crowley City Court set up shop outside in order to re-schedule court dates for persons ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to...
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