Concordia Sentinel

10/22/2025

10/22/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our 2025–2026 Concordia Parish School Board Principal of the Year — Mrs. Kalandra Loyd of Vidalia Lower Elementary! 🎉

Mrs. Loyd’s dedication, leadership, and commitment to student success make her an outstanding example of excellence in education. We are proud to celebrate her and the positive impact she makes each day at Vidalia Lower and across our district. 👏📚

10/21/2025

4 more days until this big event October 25 from 9am - until plenty of food and fun.. Riverfront Rv park..

10/20/2025

VERMILION PARISH MAN ARRESTED FOR SOLICITATION, INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES

On March 11, 2025, a Maurice, Louisiana man, Joseph C. Begnaud, began communicating with, what he believed to be, a juvenile female for sexual purposes. On October 16, 2025, the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office -Cyber/Special Victims Unit established probable cause, and Begnaud was taken into custody by the United States Marshals Service and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office. Begnaud was transported, and booked into the Concordia Parish Correctional Facility for Indecent Behavior with Juveniles, and Computer-aided Solicitation of a Minor.

The investigation is ongoing, and no further details are available at this time.

Sheriff David Hedrick would like to thank the United States Marshals Service and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office for their assistance in this case.

ARRESTED: Joseph C. Begnaud, 63
CHARGES: Computer-aided Solicitation of a Minor (5 Counts) Indecent Behavior with Juveniles (1 Count)

10/17/2025

Vidalia Town Council members amended a blighted property ordinance, hoping the change will move the condemnation process forward even if a structure is inhabited.

10/17/2025

10/17/2025

Another company is interested in establishing a solar farm project in Concordia Parish.

10/17/2025

10/17/2025

Asbestos has been eradicated at Ferriday High School, and progress continues on the campus renovation and extension project.

10/17/2025

Thursday Night finals
Sterlington 50 North Webster 7
Carroll 42 Bastrop 6
OCS 52 Beekman Charter 0
Ferriday 54 Madison 12

10/17/2025

Ferriday all over Madison tonight

10/17/2025