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Kendale Hardy

EUNICE-Funeral services for Kendale Hardy, 37, will be held at 11:00 A. M. with the visitation beginning at 8:00 A. M. on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Second Baptist Church in Eunice. Burial will be in St. Mathilda Catholic Church Cemetery. Rev. Wesley Givs will officiate the funeral ceremony.

Robert Vaughn Crisp II

MAMOU – A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 AM at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Friday, January 3, 2020 for Robert Vaughn Crisp II, 59, who passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2019 in Lafayette. Father Billy Massie, pastor of St.

Faye Raggio Langley

BASILE~In loving memory of Faye Raggio Langley who sadly passed away on December 30, 2019 in the comfort of her home with her loving family by her side at the age of 79. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Friday, January 03, 2020 at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Basile.

California’s population swells; leadership wants immigration

The California Department of Finance announced that the state’s population fell just 40,000 people short of a historic 40 million residents. Sacramento demographers, as well as population experts nationwide, agree that California will reach a nightmarish 50 million people by mid-decade.

Can you possibly meet your savings goals?

A recent “Wall Street Journal” article touted New Year’s as one of the optimal “clean slate” times to draft a financial plan. (“Ahem…unless that plan involves something foolhardy like cutting back on a newspaper that costs four dollars an issue. Just wing it. YOLO.

United Way of Acadiana offering free tax preparation for qualifying families

The VITA program and United Way of Acadiana are offering free income tax preparation to qualified individuals and families.

Cleco golf tournament aids education fund for fallen, disabled veterans’ families

Cleco presented a check for $45,421.22 to Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 that provides educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members.

2 teens die in single-vehicle crash

A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near La. 91 in Acadia Parish took the life of 19-year-old Kylan Mier and 19-year-old Dante Lacomb, both of Morse, at about 8 p.m. Dec. 29, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.

Researchers bringing rice ancestors back for new variety development

The LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station is collaborating with a Cornell University-based project aimed at studying the ancestors of what became the modern rice plant.

RoyOMartin announces $25M investment

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Chairman Roy O. Martin III of forest products company Martco LLC announced the company will invest a combined $25 million to modernize its production facilities in Louisiana.