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Louisiana Farm Bureau elects leadership

The voting delegates of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation elected Jim Harper, a rice, crawfish, sugarcane and soybean farmer in Rapides Parish, to a second term as president of the state’s largest general farm organization.

School Board winds up 3 budget sessions

The St. Landry Parish School Board finished its third public session on its 2021-2022 budget on Thursday with little comment during the presentation by Tressa Miller, finance director. The budget is a break-even one, Miller said to the approval of School Board members.

Political emails reach new lows

With Joe Biden’s presidency nearing the six-month mark, the Republican National Committee sent out a “Biden Report Card”—a poll in which Biden’s performance is graded from A to F. The RNC email begins, “Friend, Let’s be clear. Joe Biden is a FAILURE.

Is your refrigerator running?

If some retro prankster had asked me a week ago, “Is your refrigerator running?,” my reply would have been, “It’s complicated.” (Actually, I would have reported the scamp to the authorities. In these enlightened times, “Is your refrigerator running?

A summer perch in a mulberry tree

As you may have surmised one of my favorite things to do is to poke around in old newspapers, looking for little items that reflect the character of a place or of the times, or that just catch my fancy.

Take advantage of trial garden evaluations

I recently visited a few trial gardens across the South to see what’s new in the ornamental plant world. I saw some wonderful plants and got excited about some of the up-and-coming cultivars being tested for use in the landscape.

Liberty Theatre maybe gets a new source of funding

Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation adding the Liberty Theatre as a recipient of a portion of a 2% sales tax on room rentals in the parish. But the Senate Bill 80 by Sen. Heather Cloud may be problematic in its execution.

Supreme Court clears cloud over criminal cases

Eunice attorney Jacque Pucheu said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared a flood of criminal cases in Louisiana from felons convicted in non-unanimous verdicts. Speaking to the Eunice Rotary Club on Wednesday.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office Arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. June 25 Johnny Dwayne Neely, 56, 500 block of Gum Street, Melville. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Donvonta Mallet, 25, 1110 block of Ballard Lane, Opelousas.

Eunice Police Arrests report

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. June 24 Ashley D. Sonnier, 44, 2700 block of Savoy Street, Kinder. Warrant of attachment. Jude Bertrand, 55, 300 block of Keller Street, Crowley. Probation warrant. hold. Juvenile, 17, Donaldsville.