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Last month Huey “Joey” Wyble was appointed CEO of the Arnaudville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Wyble is a native of Arnaudville. After a few years of working as a pediatric nurse in Acadiana, he left for France where he taught English communication and American culture at top French universities for the past 16 years.

Louisiana State Police detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man Monday evening, reportedly by a St. Martin deputy sheriff who was trying to take him into custody.
The man was identified by unofficial sources as Michael Noel.
The deputy has not been identified.

The St. Martin Parish school district received a C rating in the District Performance Scores (DPS) released last week by the state Department of Education for the 2014-15 school session, falling from B in 2013-14.
The actual numerical score slipped from 85.7 in 2013-14 to 84.2 for 2014-15.