Evangeline News

The threat of winter weather Friday night has forced event cancellations and closures in southeast Louisiana.

CROWLEY - Two men were arrested and two more were being sought in connection with the thefts of more than a dozen off-road vehicles in Acadia and Jeff Davis parishes.

Most of Louisiana's farmers, including those in St. Landry, Evangeline and Acadia parishes, are included under a just-announced federal farm disaster declaration.

In light of increased complaints and a death at a Mardi Gras trail ride earlier this year, the St.

Movie stars and award-winning producers working at the old Evangeline Downs in Carencro.

CHOICES: 1. D.C. Niner. 2. Shouldofbeenanokie. 3. Wonderlic. FORTUS FORECAST: D.C. Niner, who hasn't raced since being claimed for $10,000 in March at Oaklawn Park , has been working steadily for a barn that can get a horse ready.

FIRST RACE CHOICES: 1. Runs With the Boys. 2. Gypsy Trial. 3. Bad Beat. FORTUS FORECAST: Runs With the Boys, coming off a victory at Turfway Park against similar runners, can handle the distance.

FIRST RACE CHOICES: 1. Papers to Prove It. 2. Cagey. 3. Salsorice. FORTUS FORECAST: Papers to Prove It, who misbehaved at the gate before setting the pace and fading against $40,000 maidens on a synthetic track in his debut, is a pace threat as he drops to $15,000 maiden company.

The new Opelousas Civic Center, set to open on Creswell Lane later this year, has an official name and is already receiving bookings.

Pixel Magic could have opened another digital media studio anywhere. Locations in Pennsylvania and New Mexico were possibilities.

This weekend, a crowd of 10,000-plus is expected in Plaisance, a St. Landry Parish village on Hwy.

Every school system in Acadiana plans to offer the H1N1 vaccine to students, but not for at least another month.

The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives will be hosting a series of meetings throughout its 10-parish region to explain the earned income tax credit.

Hathaway native Amber Comeaux will travel throughout the state for the next 12 months to promote Southwest Louisiana's top crop - rice.

There is much our community has to be proud of. There is a deep strength of our culture that makes this a special place to live.

State police say a 53-year-old Lafayette man died in a single-vehicle accident in Evangeline Parish, about five miles south of Cheneyville.

Bus drivers who are charged with drug- or alcohol-related driving incidents will be suspended with pay until a substance-abuse professional deems them capable of returning to work, according to a policy unanimously approved by the Lafayette Parish School Board on Wednesday.

Many students entering kindergarten can look forward to graduating with the same students they started school with.

EVANGELINE - Evangeline Elementary School was evacuated after a natural gas well blew out near the school Thursday.

Thousands of Hollywood hopefuls flocked to the Cajundome on Sunday for an open casting call for the Disney film Secretariat.