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Rotary heads to the creek

Farming has come a long way since the days of plowing a field on a Hoyt Clagwell tractor.

Chipmunk bandit is apprehended in Franklin Parish

Sheriff Kevin Cobb reports that at approximately 1300pm a Mangham Police Officer executed a traffic stop southbound on LA 425 near the Franklin / Richland parish line.

Delta’s blues

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN
Associate Editor
TONY MARKS
Editor

Precincts are named for Nov. 3

Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel has announced the following Evangeline Parish precincts for the upcoming November 3 election.
The precincts are as follows:
Ward 1

Hwy 106 Bridge to close

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) advises the public that on Monday, October 19, 2020 at 7:00 AM, weather permitting, the Bayou Boeuf Bridge located on LA 106 will b

Wall markings

Oscar “Ric” Bernard, former musician with The Twisters and The Shondells, stopped by the Swamp Pop Museum on Friday, October 2.

BHS music teacher earns commendation at EPSB meeting

At Wednesday’s Evangeline Parish School Board meeting, Superintendent Darwan Lazard commended Basile music teacher Jimi Bergeron, whose collection of popular marches scaled down for small bands, ha