Sheriff: Community’s help needed to curb gun violence
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 5:33pm
In the past year, Acadia Parish has seen a spike in gun violence, especially among young people.
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COVID comeback
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 5:27pm
It’s been a rough year for everyone since the coronavirus pandemic ended life as we knew it last March.
And the Acadia Parish Library System is no exception.
Parish work week change eyed
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 5:25pm
Since 2008, parish road crews and some other parish employees have been working four-day weeks — 10 hours a day, Monday through Thursday. That could end soon.
Unified sales tax collection for state at top of legislative agenda
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 5:22pm
Days after announcing their intention to “fundamentally change” the state’s tax structure, the Louisiana Legislature’s top two elected leaders said centralizing the state’s tax collections is their
State ends search for new voting machines amid criticism
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 5:21pm
Louisiana’s secretary of state has decided to shelve his search for new voting machines after a barrage of complaints about the bid process from election technology companies, the head of a state S