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School projects advance (Download the PDF list)

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 8, 2022
The St. Landry Parish School Board moved forward with Esser projects planned through 2024 and possibly longer at a meeting Thursday in Opelousas. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund projects are grouped by high school attendance zones and total $44.4 million.
Lincoln “Link” Savoie, of Sunset, an Army veteran, suggested the St. Landry Parish SchoolBoard enlist veterans to help provide school security. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Lincoln “Link” Savoie, of Sunset, an Army veteran, suggested the St. Landry Parish SchoolBoard enlist veterans to help provide school security. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

How about asking veterans to protect our schools?

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 8, 2022
There are about 5,000 veterans in St. Landry Parish and a former state Veterans of Foreign Wars commander suggested some of them would make excellent security guards for school.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, July 7, 2022
New Life Pregnancy to hold Yard Sale and Farmer's Market Saturday The New Life Pregnancy Center, located at 1415 7th St. in Mamou, will hold a yard sale and farmer’s market from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Anyone selling fruits and vegetables can set up a table at no cost.
Basile Mayor Mark Denette is assisted by Miss La. Swine Festival Jynlee Conner, left, and Miss Basile Hanna Manuel. at the Eunice Classic Car and Truck Show. (Photo provided)

Basile Mayor Mark Denette is assisted by Miss La. Swine Festival Jynlee Conner, left, and Miss Basile Hanna Manuel. at the Eunice Classic Car and Truck Show. (Photo provided)

Basile mayor hosts Classic Car and Truck Show for City of Eunice

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Basile Mayor Mark Denette is an classic car and truck enthusiast so it was no surprise that he hosted such a Car and Truck Show on June 4 for the City of Eunice Main Street’s “Spring into Summer” celebration. This was the fourth time that Denette has hosted this type of classic show in Eunice.
The surface of the track at Eunice High School shows wear. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The surface of the track at Eunice High School shows wear. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School district considers high school track repairs

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
The push for a capital improvements at St. Landry Parish public schools began publicly in April 2021 with a presentation involving high school principals about the school tracks and other facilities.
Michael Lejeune

Michael Lejeune

Church Point hospital hires new CEO

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
In less than three months, Acadia St. Landry Hospital has gone from having no CEO, to accepting the resignation of a board-appointed interim CEO, to appointing a second new interim CEO (and a new CNO) and, finally, announcing that a new CEO has been hired.
A pickup truck provides a great vantage point for these two people watching the Eunice Fourth of July fireworks display at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Monday. (Photo by Dwight Jodon)

A pickup truck provides a great vantage point for these two people watching the Eunice Fourth of July fireworks display at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Monday. (Photo by Dwight Jodon)

Fourth of July in Eunice

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
A pickup truck provides a great vantage point for these two people watching the Eunice Fourth of July fireworks display at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Monday. (Photo by Dwight Jodon)
U.S. Rep Mike Johnson at a town hall in Eunice in 2019. (File photo)

U.S. Rep Mike Johnson at a town hall in Eunice in 2019. (File photo)

Rep. Mike Johnson holding town halls

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Benton, will hold town hall meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to provide updates from Washington and take questions from constituents. Each town hall event is open to the public. Allen Parish town hall: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Kinder City Hall, 333 N. 8th St., Kinder.
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Myra Miller
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Box Fan Drive through July 8 Many Eunice businesses, as well as local area ones, are sponsoring a Box Fan Drive beginning today through July 8. Drop off locations include Eunice Manor, First Baptist Church in Eunice, and The Road Home Therapy Center in Church Point.
Group plants according to water needs — called hydrozones. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Group plants according to water needs — called hydrozones. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

How to help your  plants survive a drought

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Saturday, July 2, 2022
After last year’s record rainfall, it’s hard to believe that this year we are barely getting any rain at all. Watering my poor, wilted plants this morning, I recalled that I did not have to pull out my garden hose last year. Looking back at historical weather data, this is not abnormal.