Louisiana: St Landry Parish Louisiana

Parish tries to collect back taxes (Opelousas Daily World) - 168 weeks ago

The parish council has voted to give St. Landry Parish Tax Assessor Rhyn Duplechain permission to hire a private attorney in an effort to collect about half a million dollars the parish is owed.

Candyman waits for shot (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser) - 168 weeks ago

LAWTELL - It's the holiday season in south Louisiana, where nothing but a cool French blue sky covers the flattened golden, harvested fields.

Local briefs (Opelousas Daily World) - 168 weeks ago

EUNICE - St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz reminds the public this week that citizens in the northern and western parts of St. Landry Parish can pay property taxes and fines at is sub-stations in Eunice and Lebeau.

Man charged with killing Washington woman (Opelousas Daily World) - 168 weeks ago

Nearly seven weeks following the death of Washington resident Bianca Cotton, her "on-again off-again boyfriend," Regal D. Minor is being charged with second-degree murder.

Local Marine died 'doing what he loved' (Opelousas Daily World) - 169 weeks ago

St. Landry Parish lost its third soldier to the War in Iraq Wednesday night when a 21-year-old Opelousas soldier died while driving a hum-vee 60 miles west of Baghdad.

$2 Million Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund (BCKF) Grant to Assist the Residents of Cameron Parish, Louisiana (RedNova) - 169 weeks ago

CAMERON PARISH, La., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Presidents George H. W. Bush and William J. Clinton today announced a new $2 million Bush- Clinton Katrina Fund (BCKF) grant to assist the residents of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Hampton elected to head SLEIDD (Opelousas Daily World) - 169 weeks ago

Lee Hampton, the former chairman of the St. Landry Parish office of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and currently an employee of the parish tax assessors office, has been elected to head of the St. Landry Economic and Industrial Development Board for the coming year.

Unicorp Announces It Has Increased Its Working Interest Position in Its North Laurel Ridge Prospect from 5% to 12% and ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - 169 weeks ago

HOUSTON----Unicorp, Inc. announced today that it has increased its working interest position in its North Laurel Ridge Prospect located in Iberville Parish, Louisiana from 5% to 12%.

St. John plans to celebrate 200th (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - 170 weeks ago

What would you do if you were turning 200? St. John the Baptist Parish will commemorate its bicentennial with an array of activities and events in 2007.

CLIFTON CHENIER (Beaumont Enterprise) - 170 weeks ago

The undisputed “King of Zydeco,” Clifton Chenier was born June 25, 1925, near Port Barre in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. His father, Joseph, played accordion and took his sons, Clifton and Cleveland, to his performances.