🌱 How a $1.2B Navy drone-ship deal reaches Loreauville yards

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• How a $1.2B Navy drone-ship deal reaches Loreauville yards

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 84 and low of 74 degrees.
• Sunday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 70.
• Monday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• US Navy Orders 30 MUSV Drone Ships From Three Louisiana Builders in $1.2B Deal (sofx.com) — Loreauville is set to see immediate shipyard activity as the U.S. Navy orders 30 new unmanned surface vessels from three Louisiana builders in a $1.2 billion deal. Production will be split among yards in Loreauville, Houma, and Franklin, with first deliveries expected in 2027, potentially supporting local jobs and investment tied to the growing autonomous ship fleet.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Loreauville

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 14

• GLC FARMERS MARKET →
  GLC NEW MEAT MARKET, 5856-5942 Loreauville Rd, New Iberia
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Loreauville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• City Wide Garage Sale →
  City of St. Martinville, St. Martinville
  8:00 am
• Junior Farmer's Market →
  Bouligny Plaza, 102 W. Main St., New Iberia
  9:00 am
• AIN'T NO SHADE IN CADE →
  Broussard LA
  9:30 am

Tuesday October 6

• Broussard National Night Out →
  Broussard Sports Complex at St. Julien Park, 701 St. Nazaire, Broussard
  5:00 pm

Friday October 9

• JEANERETTE WEEKLY MARKET →
  Jeanerette Chamber of Commerce, 1440 Main St, Jeanerette
  3:00 pm
• St. Thomas More at New Iberia →
  New Iberia High School, 1301 E Admiral Doyle, New Iberia
  7:00 pm

Saturday October 10

• Roux-dolph Run →
  New Iberia LA
• Shadows Arts & Crafts Festival →
  Shadows-on-the-Teche, 317 E. Main Street, New Iberia
  9:00 am

Thursday October 15

• Kaleb Olivier at El Corazon →
  El Corazon, St. Martinville
  6:00 pm
• Kaleb Olivier - Acoustic →
  St. Martinville LA
  6:00 pm

Friday October 16

• Avoyelles at St. Martinville →
  762 N Main St, St. Martinville
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Deltak Manufacturing Inc. posted a job opening for Structural Fitter in New Iberia. Apply here.
• Brookshire Grocery Company posted a job opening for Grocery Stocker in New Iberia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Loreauville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

New Iberia

• B&B Theatres Opening Soon in New Iberia (kpel965.com)
• René Francis Delahoussaye Jr. (thedailyiberian.com)
• AG's office finds Blake Miguez's primary residence is in New Iberia (wbrz.com)

Broussard

• Lafayette Parish's priciest September sales topped $5.2 million (theadvertiser.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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