David Whatley, the first black student to integrate Ferriday High in 1966, returned from tortuous days at school only to face just as many threats outside his home.
Crime rates during 2017 continued a downward trend that started in 2015, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot.
Fontenot said he cannot say exactly why crime has been dropping since he became chief in 2015.
Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced Friday that multiple people were sentenced for their roles in distributing illegal drugs in Acadiana.
Focus is back on the Ku Klux Klan following the tragic violence in Charlottesville last week.
Two Eunice Police Department officers completed an FBI training program for the Joint Child Abduction Response Deployment team.