Lebeau News

Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a fatal crash Sunday night on US Highway 71 north of Lebeau which claimed the life of a Palmetto man.

Hard as it would have been to accept at the time, the two years since the BP oil spill have been a... Election for Public Works District 5, Road District 6 and Gravity Drainage District 10, Fire District 5 and Fire District 7 Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. To vote you need to be a registered voter and have a photo ID, such as a driver's ... (more)

Early voting will begin Saturday in the St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters office in suite 114 in the St., Landry Parish Courthouse at 118 S. Court St., Opelousas, and continue through April 14.

Voters have until Wednesday at 4:30 to register to vote in the April 21 election.

The citizens of Melville have suffered one loss after another in recent years, including their elementary school and the ferry that carried them to their jobs across the river.