Port Barre News

Shanon Stanford, of Port Barre, and Hunter Armond, of Krotz Springs, will be united in marriage on February 13, 2010 during a 6 p.m. ceremony at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Port Barre.

Megan Elizabeth Berrigan and Dustin Christopher Higginbotham exchanged wedding vows on November 21, 2009 during a 12 p.m. ceremony held at St.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Jeromy Thomas Bourque, 18, 302 N. Barousse St., Church Point, bench warrant for failure to appear for magistrate hearing on charges of simple battery, unlawful possession of tobacco by a person under 18 and possession of drug paraphernalia.

St. Landry Parish's economy had a terrible Christmas, with sales tax collections dropping a disturbing 16 percent from the previous year.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following persons: n Richard Eric Dryden, 38, 1678 Evans Bridge Road, Heflan, Ala., charged with driving while intoxicated, driving wrong way on divided highway or roadway, and no driver's license on person.

It's a well-established fact that children who attend schools in areas where there is a high rate of poverty don't do as well as their peers in areas that are higher on the socio-economic scale.

Anthony Kip Bertrand has been named as the new president of St. Landry Homestead Federal Savings Bank.

Four men have been arrested by the Opelousas Police Department on charges of felony theft of products valued at $27,000. Arrested were Bryan Murphy, 788 Durosseau Road, Ville Platte; Richard Thomas, 209 Church St., Melville; Kerry Williams, 120 Middle Lane, Opelousas; and Paul Bell, 376 Azeline Drive, Opelousas, bringing to a close a three-month ...

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Clarence Jackson, 55, 216 Camille St., Opelousas, distribution of Schedule III drugs, possession with intent to distribute Schedule IV drugs, sale, distribution, or possession of legend drugs, prohibited acts all schedules, violation of a uniform ...

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Donald Ray Levier Jr., 24, 186 Courtableau Road, Port Barre, bench warrant for failure to appear for misdemeanor pre-trial on charges of disturbing the peace and resisting an officer.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n James Allen Meche Jr., 27, 332 South Voitier St., Church Point, simple burglary.

Ken Wheaton brings a fresh voice to what many consider the great Southern American novel, even if it's primarily Cajun humor, in his debut The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival .

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Charles Ray Mistric, 61, 3102 La.

Lafayette Police arrested one man and were seeking another in the armed robbery of a Mississippi couple at a hotel last week.

Charles Ray Mistric, a jailer with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, has been arrested on a charge of malfeasance in office after complaints from a female inmate concerning inappropriate behavior.

On one of the coldest days of the year, hundreds of Port Barre Residents woke up to find their central heaters shut off.

Some 3,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were honored with 20 deployment ceremonies throughout Acadiana and the rest of the state last week.

The women's rights movement has sparked intense debate through the decades. Questions over women's rights and the role of women in business and industry versus their roles in the home dominated much of the public discourse in the last half of the last century.

OPELOUSAS - Five St. Landry Parish schools - three of them in Eunice - have been named high-poverty, high-performing schools by the state Department of Education.

A Palmetto woman accused of stealing Christmas presents from children is currently being held in the St.