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Jobless, workforce numbers improve

Tri-Parish unemployment rates were down and the workforce was up in July compared to a year ago, according to statistics released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

JAMES CARL FUSILIER

MAMOU – Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Mamou on Saturday, August 28, 2021, for James Carl Fusilier, 87, who passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021.

GLORIA GAIL ORR

MAMOU – Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Mamou today, September 2, 2021, for Gloria Gail Orr, 76, who passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

EPSO teams up with Louisiana Highway Safety Commission

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department, along with other law enforcement agencies, will be working this upcoming “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign to combat impaired driving.

The Marks Post: What drives you?

The past is in the past. While this statement seems simple, many of us yearn to go back in time and change the past. But, this isn’t the case.

State receives “hot foods” waiver after Hurricane Ida

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can use their benefits to purchase “hot” or prepared foods through September 28, 2021, following a waive

Bowled over

After last season’s cancellation of the Tee Cotton Bowl due to Covid-19 concerns, all systems appeared to be go for the game’s return to open the 2021 high school football season in Evangeline Pari