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The online education charity DonorsChoose. org is highlighting a project request for classroom materials submitted by Carol Rougeau, a tenth grade teacher at Iota High School.

Little Jacie Claire Leckelt celebrated her first birthday at her home. She is shown here enjoying her first birthday cake.

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A number of propositions and some special elections are on Saturday's ballot. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. D = Democrat R = Republican N = No party listed O = Other party In East Baton Rouge Parish, early voting is at these Registrar of Voters Offices: ACADIA PARISH Iota-Long Point Gravity Drainage District proposition To renew a ...

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Acadia Parish, southwest St.

Here are some shows in the coming weeks and months you should have on your radar ... just in case you missed the listings.

Early voting for the Oct. 17 election will be held at Registrar of Voters' offices beginning today through Oct.

Mr. & Mrs. John Craton, of Crowley, Louisiana, are proud to announcement the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Margaret Leigh Craton to Hunter Kevin McKay, son of Mr.

The Beta Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, a group of current and retired women educators from Madison and Richland Parishes, held its first meeting of the new school year on Sept.

Newly-elected District IV Public Service Commissioner Clyde Holloway has announced the opening of 27 satellite offices through his district, which takes in all of southwestern Louisiana.

With the blazing heat and sweltering humidity in the southern states, it is nearly impossible to grow a commercial sweet potato crop without some level of chemical treatment.

I'm not certain how or who started this thing called vacation, but I'm convinced that the railroads were strong advocates of them.

Matthew Garber has been selected to serve as the 2009 Mr. Yam during the upcoming Yambilee Festival.

Wearing Mardi Gras masks, dining on home cooking and two-steppin' to tunes played by a band from the bayou, Louisianans raised a ruckus in the Acadian Peninsula on Tuesday.

The Red Stick Ramblers, a Louisiana group that's been tearing up the country charts with what it calls Cajun Gypsy swing, is the perfect band to shake up a hot August night.

According to Larry G. Miller of Iota, it all started with an ordinary advertisement in a local Lafayette weekly newspaper back in September of 1991.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southwest Acadia Parish until 5:30 p.m. Meteorologists detected a severe thunderstorm near Iota capable of producing nickel sized hail and winds in excess of 60 MPH.

Iota native Molly Coleman is on a mission. Coleman is the founder of Mary and Molly's Mustard Seed, a gourmet healthy meal delivery service operating in the greater Houstonarea and southwest Louisiana.

On Sunday, July 5, 2009, Allen Parish Sheriff's Detectives responded to a call on Bel Oil Road in Elton.

She's known as the Zydeco Sweetheart, but now Rosie Ledet is at the center of an investigation surrounding a dead baby in Allen Parish.