Grand Coteau, Louisiana

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• Library plans year of events
  

  Young people and adults will be able to explore their creativity throughout the coming year with a series of special programs at the South St.

• Father Coco and his music will be missed
  

  I read with pleasure The Advertiser's article about Father Coco. Before his death in 2006, in addition to being a permanent staff member of the retreat house, Father Coco was a retreat master at Our Lady of the ...

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  The Belleveue Baptist Church will hold a New Year's Watch Service beginning at 11 p.m. today at the church located on 326 W. Bellevue St.

• Most schools will survive deseg order
  

  U.S. District Court Judge Tucker Melancon on Friday signed off on a final desegregation plan for St.

• Book chronicles life of jazz-playing priest
  

  Frank Coco lived his dream. As a musician, he played gigs with New Orleans jazz icons like Pete Fountain and Al Hirt.

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  The Catholic Daughters, sponsors of the Doll and Toy Fund, are asking for donations of new, unwrapped toys or money.

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  Opelousas High School Class of 1986 will be holding their Welcome to the 40's Party/Ball Dec.

• St. Landry Desegregation Case Ends in Controversy
  

  TV 10 has learned that an agreement was made Wednesday night in the decade-long St.

• Music and entertainment: Holiday
  

  Childrens Gingerbread Workshop . 4 p.m. Chef Blake Payne of Cypress Bayou Casino will present a gingerbread workshop for children ages 5 and 6. Join us for a fun afternoon of cookie decorating and more.

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  A Grand Noel event will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in Historic Downtown Grand Coteau on ML King Dr.

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  Prepare your favorite dish and join the Arnaudville Area Pot Luck today at Cypress City Antiques on Hwy.

• Schools of the Sacred Heart Celebrates the Feast of Mater Admirabilis
  

  Students from the Schools of the Sacred Heart Grand Coteau celebrated the Feast of Mater Admirabilis on Friday, October 17, 2008.

• Acorns of Hope begins tour in St. Landry Parish
  

  Opelousas' Jim Bowie Oak has been chosen as the mascot tree for this year's Acorns of Hope tour that is fighting to restore Louisiana's endangered coastal environment one oak tree at a time.

• Parish debris cleanup coming to an end
  

  It has taken more than two months, but St. Landry Parish's Hurricane Gustav debris cleanup is finally coming to an end.

• St. John Berchmans School Welcomed KC Ferrazzano-Singletary, DVM
  

  St. John Berchmans School in Grand Coteau welcomed guest speaker KC Ferrazzano-Singletary, DVM during the month of October.

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  The parishioners of St. Landry Catholic Church will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the construction of the current Church building with a special anniversary Mass at 10 a.m. today.

• Public school scores mixed
  

  Performance scores for St. Landry Parish public schools are mixed, with half of the schools in the parish exhibiting no or declining growth.

• Arrested For Cocaine
  

  Sunset police have arrested 23 year old Nakiel Aggison of Grand Coteau for large amounts of narcotics that was in his possession.

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  Grab a cup of coffee and share conversation and fun with other French speakers. This month's French Table is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. today at KaJeune's Diner.

City Description

Grand Coteau is a town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,040 at the 2000 census. Grand Coteau is on Interstate 49 south of Opelousas and is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is a center for local farming. As of 2008, the mayor is Gail Lark. The first known land grant by the colonial Louisiana government was in 1776 in the area referred to as Prairie des Femmes. In the early 1800s, Grand Coteau served as a stopping point for travelers between Washington, Louisiana and St. Martinville, Louisiana. The thriving community had two bakeries, a cobbler, millinery, and blacksmith shop, a post office, and an inn where stagecoaches changed horses. In 1821, Mrs. Charles Smith, widow of a wealthy planter in Opelousas, donated land, a two-story building, and funds to pay for the travel expenses of two nuns from St. Charles, Missouri. The two nuns of the Religious of the Sacred Heart founded a convent and a school that became the Academy of the Sacred Heart. On October 3, 1863, the Campaign of the Teche was commenced. The Ninety-ninth infantry regiment of Illinois was in several skirmishes, and a detachment of the regiment,

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• St. Landry Parish
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