Here's a look at news making headlines in your parish for Monday, August 25, 2025.

ST. LANDRY PARISH

The City of Opelousas will hold a budget committee meeting on Monday. The only item on the agenda is the proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which begins September 1, 2025.

The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. inside City Hall.

Officials added that a special call meeting will take place on Wednesday at 5 p.m., during which members are expected to formally adopt the election results from August 16, 2025, when voters approved a 1% sales tax renewal. In Your Parish Headlines: St. Landry, August 25, 2025

LAFAYETTE PARISH

Lafayette Consolidated Government's Awareness Committee for Citizens with Disabilities is still accepting nominations for the 2025 Disability Awareness Awards Cerem

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