Martina McBride
(Submitted Photo)
Tickets are available for An Evening with Martina McBride to take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at Parc International in Downtown Lafayette.
St. Martinville – Following a tip, investigators with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office Thursday, Oct. 8, busted a suspected cock fighting ring at a residence on Nanny Road in Breaux Bridge.
When you think of Breaux Bridge, it’s hard not to automatically think of, what else, the bridge. With its tall square frame, the cables and wheels and counterweights, the 1955 structure is one of the most photographed objects in Acadiana. It’s no secret, though, that the familiar icon is in need of refinishing.
St. Martin Parish Registrar of Voters Patricia T. Guidry announced that early voting for the Oct. 24 election will be Saturday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Oct. 17, excluding Sunday.
Voting will be in person at any of the following locations:
The following arrests and/or citations were reported in St. Martin Parish from Monday, Sept. 21, through Sunday, Sept. 27.
Karlos Knott (second from right), president of St. Martin Parish-based Bayou Teche Brewing, collaborates with craft beer pioneer Ken Grossman (center) and other brewmasters on a beer to represent the south in the upcoming Beer Camp Across America. (Submitted)
Craft beer pioneer Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has tapped Arnaudville’s Bayou Teche Brewing to be one of just 30 breweries from across the nation to team up on a limited edition beer that will be sold nationwide next summer.
Under pressure from public officials and private citizens, the Louisiana Department of Transportation of Development (DOTD) has shelved a plan to change North Main Street, La. 31, here from four lanes to three.
PUTTING OUT FIRES might be an apt, if metaphorical, job description for the St. Martin Parish Council, shown here surrounded by firefighting paraphernalia. Actually it was the last of this year’s on-the-road committee meetings, this one being held at the Butte La Rose volunteer fire station.(Karl Jeter)
The planned purchase of property needed to allow the replacement of the closed Bayou Mercier bridge will go forward. In a well-attended parish council meeting in the Butte La Rose fire station on Sept. 15, the council gave its go-ahead for the purchase.
The following arrests and/or citations were reported in St. Martin Parish from Monday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 13.
THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
CANCELLED: DOTD to hold public meeting for La. 31 project in St. Martin Parish
Korean War veteran Wade Watkins (right) salutes as members of the St. Martinville National Guard raised the flag on the newly dedicated flag pole located on the corner of Evangeline Boulevard and Main Street in St. Martinville. The Woodmen Life Chapter 134 held a Honor and Remembrance ceremony on Friday, Sept.
St. Martin Parish voters, along with those throughout the state, will face a full slate of candidates for local and statewide offices in the primary election set for Oct. 24.
The 2016 high school football season has reached the halfway mark and the District 5-4A campaign begins Friday for the league’s five teams.
Charli, 9, mans the net for her "Paw Pete," Carl Peter Boggs of St. Martinville, a licensed charter captain in Grand Isle
