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Helping to coordinate the canned goods drive to be held in conjunction with Thursday’s Witchy Way event in downtown Crowley are, front from left, Layne, Carter and Miller Hicks; back from left, Crowley Firefighters Rodger Lejeune, Scott Hoffpauir, Bryan Quibodeaux, Ricky Heinen, Crowley Main Street’s Connie John and Firefighters Jason Schmaltz and Scott Mouton.

Plans finalized for annual Witchy Way event

Tue, 10/29/2019 - 2:24pm

The annual Witchy Way event, co-sponsored by the City of Crowley and Crowley Main Street, traditionally draws hundred of children anxious to show off their Halloween costumes and, of course, collec

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This was the scene on Oct. 29, 1974, from Gov. Edwin Edwards’ helicopter. This is North Avenue L to the right. The street toward the bottom of the photo is Camellia Street. Homes shown are the Colemans (on the left), the Youngs (lower right), Fuentes (center right).

45 years later and it still hurts

Tue, 10/29/2019 - 2:22pm

In the early morning hours of October 29, 1974, the worst of several tornadoes in St. Landry and Acadia parishes touched down in Crowley.

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Church Point High School Ag students Gavin Hayes and Morgan Carriere use a plasma cutter in the the school's Ag Shop. Church Point residents in need of address numbers for a home may call the school to have the digits made free of charge.

There’s safety in numbers

Mon, 10/28/2019 - 11:27am

In the event of an emergency, first responders most often use an address to determine where they must go, and Church Point High School is helping to keep the community safe by providing address num