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The Eunice Community Concert Band, Community Choir & Children’s Choir have been busy rehearsing for their annual Christmas Concert scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the First Baptist Church of Eunice, Park Avenue and 3rd Street. Rehearsing Nov. 26, from left, are John Havard, Cindy Mouton, James Naquin and Connie Beaugh. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is calling on LSU to punish a law professor for comments he made about the presidential election in the classroom. Administrative law professor Nick Bryner drew the ire of the governor for calling on students who voted for Donald Trump because they like his policies, and not him personally, to prove it through their actions. Landry posted a video of Bryner’s comments on social media last week.
Pecans grow on a tree in Pointe Coupee Parish in early November. (Photo by Kyle Peveto/LSU AgCenter)
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Whether you call it stuffing or dressing, or make it with rice or cornbread, this side dish is a staple on many Thanksgiving tables. It has a number of regional variations in Louisiana. (Photo by Tobie Blanchard/LSU AgCenter)
From left at the LSU Alexandria downtown campus on Friday are Heather Perilloux, LSUE surgical technology instructor; Renee Guillory, LSUE surgical technology program director; Jeff Langston, LSUA dean of the College of Health and Human Services; Dr. Paul Coreil, LSUA chancellor; and Dr. Nancee Sorenson, LSUE Chancellor. (Submitted photo)