Grand Coteau News

Fire was a huge hazard to south Louisiana communities in the days before modern firefighting equipment and good water supplies, when wooden homes and buildings were illuminated by oil lamps and candles and cooking was done over open flames.

BATON - SROUGE - S - - SThe Doyline Lady Panthers scored a come from behind win to take the LHSAA Class B State Track & Field Championship on the campus of LSU - Sin Baton Rouge on Thursday.

Lee Albert Sam, Jr., age 22, 615 N. Union St., Opelousas, LA, possession of marijuana w/intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of uniform CDS law, drug free zone.

This is the season of optimism, when people are digging in their gardens trying to urge bright growth from the soil.

Bryan Jewell The wedding of Ashley and Bryan Jewell took place at sunset under oak alley in Grand Coteau Louisiana.

The St. Landry Parish School Board will proceed with its reconstitution plan for Creswell Elementary School after the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved the plan at its April meeting last week.