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The romance of our history

Harlan Kirgan
Monday, August 14, 2017
Charles Gayarre was an attorney by trade, a politician by choice, and a historian partly because he found the story of Louisiana replete with poetry. To my mind, that is especially true of south Louisiana.

From The Eunice News files

Harlan Kirgan
Sunday, August 13, 2017
The following are from the August 1994 files of The Eunice News. Sarah Summerlin and Angelle Fruge organized a march to protest against violence. The march began at the corner of 2nd and Peach streets and proceeded to City Hall. “We are try and reach one person,” Summerlin said.

Marsh Maneuvers teaches 4-H’ers about coast

Harlan Kirgan
Saturday, August 12, 2017
The 2017 LSU AgCenter Marsh Maneuvers program brought 65 youth from 21 parishes to the southern edge of Louisiana to learn about the importance of Louisiana marsh and coastal environments. It was the 28th season of Marsh Maneuvers, a Louisiana 4-H program.

Tri-Parish LSU grads announced

Harlan Kirgan
Saturday, August 12, 2017
LSU alumnus and culinary entrepreneur Jay Ducote delivered the keynote address, and 674 students received degrees during LSU’s 293rd commencement ceremony on Aug. 4. LSU President F.

Americans are proud to be getting dumber

Harlan Kirgan
Saturday, August 12, 2017
A North Carolina man walks into a popular Washington D.C. pizzeria and opens fire, telling police upon his inevitable arrest that he came to “self-investigate” a widely debunked conspiracy theory involving former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Trump should drain the EPA swamp

Harlan Kirgan
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Like the road to Hell, liberal ideas are usually paved with good intentions. But, as Ronald Reagan once said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.

Opelousas man sentenced to 57 years in prison for robbing 3 businesses

Harlan Kirgan
Saturday, August 12, 2017
An Opelousas man was sentenced to 684 months and one day in prison for robbing three businesses at gunpoint in 2014, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook in a news release. Carey Wardell Reed, 29, of Opelousas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rebecca F.