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Courtney Massery sits for a portrait in her home in Ward, Arkansas. (Photo by Rory Doyle/Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting)

Courtney Massery sits for a portrait in her home in Ward, Arkansas. (Photo by Rory Doyle/Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting)

Diabetics in a fight for their lives paying for insulin

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
GoFundMe began as a place to support social and similar causes, but now families battling diabetes are using the fundraising platform as a last-ditch attempt to cover the skyrocketing price of their life-saving drugs and supplies.
Cabbage is a vegetable in the brassica family that grows well in the fall and winter. (Photo by Kiki Fontenot/LSU AgCenter)

Cabbage is a vegetable in the brassica family that grows well in the fall and winter. (Photo by Kiki Fontenot/LSU AgCenter)

Get ready for fall, y’all

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
Although it doesn’t feel like it because it’s still so hot, it’s time to start thinking about your fall garden. Fall is my favorite time to grow vegetables because all my personal favorites thrive in the cooler weather of fall and winter.
Eunice High named its homecoming court Wednesday afternoon. Senior maids include, seated, from left, Mia Bellow, Akashaa Hall, Sophie Vidrine, Haril Turner and Caroline Vienne. In back, from left, are Amaya Hudson, Allison Freeman, Raegan Fontenot, Madison Freeman and Jeslyn Edwards. Eunice High Bobcats will play on Sept. 24 against the Northwest Radars for their homecoming game. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Eunice High named its homecoming court Wednesday afternoon. Senior maids include, seated, from left, Mia Bellow, Akashaa Hall, Sophie Vidrine, Haril Turner and Caroline Vienne. In back, from left, are Amaya Hudson, Allison Freeman, Raegan Fontenot, Madison Freeman and Jeslyn Edwards. Eunice High Bobcats will play on Sept. 24 against the Northwest Radars for their homecoming game. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Eunice High School homecoming court

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
Eunice High named its homecoming court Wednesday afternoon. Senior maids include, seated, from left, Mia Bellow, Akashaa Hall, Sophie Vidrine, Haril Turner and Caroline Vienne. In back, from left, are Amaya Hudson, Allison Freeman, Raegan Fontenot, Madison Freeman and Jeslyn Edwards.

COVID shuts down Port Barre schools

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
The COVID test positivity rate for St. Landry Parish was 11.7% for the week of Aug. 12 to 18, down from 12.5% for Aug. 5 to 11. But a COVID-19 outbreak at Port Barre High and Middle schools closed them Thursday as students return to virtual learning until Sept. 7. St.

Jobless, workforce numbers improve in July report

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
Tri-Parish unemployment rates were down and the workforce was up in July compared to a year ago, according to statistics released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The workforce for St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes totaled 67,990 in July, up 2,940 or 4.5% from July 2020.

The high price of Biden’s blunder in Kabul

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
So what else could President Biden possibly screw up? Our commander in chief and his woke generals have blown the evacuation of Kabul so badly that even CNN and MSNBC have had to cover it.

Are you ready for some (gambling ads during) football?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
According to the Wall Street Journal, the fledgling online gambling industry is poised to explode in popularity. This season, the NFL for the first time is permitting sports-gambling companies to advertise during games. I don’t envy the precarious position the league has placed itself in.

Louisiana deputies and the Oklahoma outlaw

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
When officer Plais Horn saw a man climb off a freight train in Opelousas in March 1917, he thought his sharp eye and good memory had helped catch a notorious bank robber.
A Louisiana National Guardsman with the 769th Engineer Battalion loads a pallet of bottled water onto a high-water vehicle in order to be delivered to citizens in need during the winter storm at Camp Minden in Minden, on Feb. 19. The expansive infrastructure available on Camp Minden helps resolve large storage challenges presented during state emergencies. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo from Louisiana National Guard)

A Louisiana National Guardsman with the 769th Engineer Battalion loads a pallet of bottled water onto a high-water vehicle in order to be delivered to citizens in need during the winter storm at Camp Minden in Minden, on Feb. 19. The expansive infrastructure available on Camp Minden helps resolve large storage challenges presented during state emergencies. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo from Louisiana National Guard)

Camp Minden plays big role in training, emergency responses

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 27, 2021
Camp Minden is a Louisiana National Guard training site located approximately 18 miles east of Shreveport that plays a major role in the state mission to provide support to Louisiana residents in the event of a state or local emergency.