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Memo to Dan Rather: Shut up about memos

Old liberal media liars never fade away. They just rage, rage against the dying of their dinosaur industry’s light. I’m looking at you, Dan Rather.

I’m still cheering for Trump

Donald Trump sure hit it out of the park Tuesday night. Like millions of other people in America who tuned in to the president’s first State of the Union Address, I’m still cheering. I wasn’t in Washington, in Soviet California, or anywhere else in Trump’s America.

Mardi Gras runs nearly died away

Courirs de Mardi Gras, rowdy horseback runs through south Louisiana’s countryside, now rival urban parades and pageants as local celebrations and attractions for visitors. They have deep roots in many smaller communities, but they were nearly done in by World War II.

Acadiana beef field day set for March 3

The Acadiana beef cattle producers field day will be held March 3 at the LSU AgCenter Iberia Research Station. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the program begins at 8:30 a.m. The program includes: — Effects of cover crops on soil health.

Crime Stoppers seeks information about Eunice business burglary

St. Landry Crime Stoppers needs the public’s help in solving burglary of a business in Eunice. On Feb. 5, deputies were dispatched to the 1600 block of U.S. 190 at Tire Engineers for a burglary. The manager arrived at work and noticed one of the bay doors to the shop had been pushed in.

New rice herbicides available this year

With the start of rice planting roughly a month away, farmers will have new herbicides to fight weeds in the upcoming growing season. LSU AgCenter weed scientist Eric Webster, talking at rice meetings in Mansura on Feb. 1 and Rayville on Feb.

Ville Platte city audit reveals $4 million budget deficit

The City of Ville Platte’s audit for the year ending June 30, 2017, was released Monday with several findings including one concerning expenditures that exceeded the budgeted expenditures by five percent or more for the second year in a row.

La. Farm Bureau to hold grain bin safety workshops

Farming remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rice growers in Southwest Louisiana received a stark reminder of that fact this past September when 45-year-old Wayne Richard of Acadia Parish died after falling into a rice bin.

University Art Museum spring season has mythology, natural disaster themes

Regional mythologies and human reactions to natural disaster will be among themes explored as part of the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum’s 2018 spring season. The season will begin on Feb. 23, with a public reception and free viewing from 6 to 8 p.m.

Acadia Parish jurors to seek bids on jail equipment

There was a lot of discussion but few recommendations coming out of committee meetings of the Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night.