Louisiana state school board requests $82M spending boost
Thu, 03/11/2021 - 10:37am
By David Jacobs |
The Center Square
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Louisiana Cattle Festival returning this year
Thu, 03/11/2021 - 9:16am
Fans of the Louisiana Cattle Festival can once again mark their calendars for the first weekend in October.
Cattle Festival President Francis Plaisance announced that the festival will return in 2021, during the first weekend in October. This comes after organizers decided to cancel last year’s festival because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, Gov. John Bel Edwards moved Louisiana into Phase III, which allows for fairs and festivals to operate at 50% capacity. Plaisance said the Cattle Festival Board discussed and jumped at the opportunity to set a date.
Pastor Walter August hands Gueydan Principal Brandy Broussard a $10,000 check. Also in the photo are Nadine Lepretre, GHS assistant principal, Kim Etie, new assistant superintendent and Ellen Arceneaux, the assistant superintendent.
Pastor August receives $600 donation from Gueydan High, hands them $10,000
Wed, 03/10/2021 - 9:59am
GUEYDAN — Pastor Walter August was so touched last week when his Houston-based church, Bethel Family Church, received a $600 check from Gueydan High School. He wanted to return the favor.
Gueydan High, the smallest high school in Vermilion Parish, had its faculty donate a total of $600 and sent the money to Bethel Family Church to help Houston residents recover from the hard freeze last month caused by power and water outages throughout the city.
Two days after getting the check, Pastor August was driving to Gueydan to pay it forward.
Pastor August called
Erath mayor waiting on HUD answer before he OKs town accepting $2.2 million FEMA grant for elevating 13 homes in housing authority
Wed, 03/10/2021 - 9:30am
ERATH — It does not take a big storm to flood the Erath Housing Authority, so the federal government is trying to avoid constantly remodeling the homes each time it floods.
Since 2005, the housing authority residents have flooded at least six times because of heavy rain from a tropical storms or a hurricane.
To get the residents out of harm’s way of flooding, the federal government has awarded the town $2.2 million of grant money to lift 13 homes. Each home is divided up into two apartments.
Louisiana Expands COVID Vaccine Eligibility to All Louisianans 16 and Older with Certain Health Conditions, Effective Immediately
Tue, 03/09/2021 - 1:21pm
BATON ROUGE – Following a steady resupply of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the state and after a series of successful mass vaccination events, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that Louisiana would expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone 16 and older with health conditions that makes them more likely to suffer a serious complication from COVID, based on federal health guidance.
This change is effective immediately.