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Janet Leigh Tetlow Andrus

Janet Leigh Tetlow Andrus passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at the age of 56. Funeral Service time is currently pending for Monday, August 10, 2020 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home of Eunice. Burial will follow in St Augustine Cemetery in Basile.

COVID-19 impacts distressed families hard

When COVID-19 hit, more than 576,000 Louisiana households were already one emergency away from financial ruin, a 10-year record high, setting the stage for the economic impact of the crisis — according to the state’s latest ALICE Report, released today by the Louisiana Association of United Ways,...

St. Landry Parish school opening moved to Sept. 8

St. Landry Parish public schools will open on Sept. 8 as the school system adjusts to the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening date was approved by a unanimous vote during a special School Board meeting Monday. Schools originally were scheduled to open on Aug. 12.

School starts at St. Edmund

Masked St. Edmund students began their first day of classes Wednesday. Temperature checks on each student were done outdoors at each entrance of St. Edmund buildings. Students were dismissed at noon Wednesday. Full regular classes resumed today. St.

Tahoe stolen at Crowley

Crowley Police detectives are investigating the theft of a black 2018 Z-71 Chevrolet Tahoe from Don Shetler Buick Chevrolet, 19400 Crowley Eunice Hwy. in Crowley on June 26. Persons of interest are a white male and white female.

Some do the jobs they’re paid to do... without fail

I wrote a column a short while back about teachers who didn’t want to go back to school until they could be guaranteed that everything was safe.

America means freedom to them

A friend of mine can’t for the life of him understand why some Americans are clamoring to replace capitalism with socialism. Born in Vietnam, he was a young boy when he and his family barely escaped that communist nation amid gunfire.

State Fire Marshal K-9 Monty retires

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is recognized one of its K-9 officers for almost a decade of dedicated service to the people of Louisiana as he heads into retirement. Monty, a 10-year-old golden Labrador who joined the SFM in 2012, officially retired from service Friday.

Rayne man sentenced for killing, transporting whooping crane

Kaenon A. Constantin, 28, was sentenced on July 30 to five years of probation for killing and transporting a federally protected and endangered whooping crane, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney David Joseph.

Murder trial rescheduled to Sept. 28

The trial of the man charged with the 2016 murder of Church Point native Bethany Walters has been reset for Sept. 28.