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Is life better with limited choices?

Here’s something that can make us miserable if we let it: too many decisions! Social scientist Barry Schwartz says Americans are becoming less happy because we’re allowing ourselves to be overwhelmed by too many choices.

Is Microsoft really turning 50 years old?

The world was changed forever on April 4, 1975. (Don’t get a swelled head if that happens to be your date of birth. I’m writing about a business/cultural milestone, not providing PR for any individual’s decades of leaving a carbon footprint. On the other hand, you really are rockin’ it for near-50.

Good habits and a lot of gold served Lastie well

When Lastie Dupre died at his home on Prairie Plaisance in 1886 at the age of 91 his obituary said he was “known far and wide as the wealthiest stock raiser in the Attakapas region” and a man “whose hospitality was commensurate with the large means at his disposal.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial District Court. Wednesday, March 19Estate of Joseph Davis et al vs Linda G. Broussard et al, damages. Headway Capital LLC vs Mystik Service LLC eta al, suit on note. John Fitzgerald Bruno vs Debra Marie Thomas Bruno, divorce.

Seafood testers find Shreveport restaurants serving foreign shrimp

Undercover seafood testers sampled a selection of restaurants in the Shreveport area this month and detected what they say is the highest shrimp fraud rate they have recorded to date in Louisiana.

Eunice woman charged with $31K theft

Haley Rae Manuel, 31, of Eunice has been charged with theft of funds over $31,000 and monetary instrument abuse, according to Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory.

Savoy Swords Water System adding a new water well

The Savoy Swords Water System has been awarded a $913,000 loan from the Louisiana Department of Health’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund (DWRLF) program to construct a new water well for residents, according to a news release.

Tires added to parish junked motor vehicle law

Old and new tires were added to the list of items that includes junked or abandoned motor vehicles. Council member Wayne Ardoin handled the addition to the ordinance targeting the tires. Ardoin said during a public hearing that a family in his district owns a tire company and “...

Landry budget grows Medicaid

Gov. Jeff Landry has made public moves to cut state government spending in recent weeks, following the lead of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency and its dramatic reductions at the federal level.

Dr. Ned Fruge tells his 53-year vet story

Dr. Neddrick (Ned) Fruge has been a veterinarian for 53 years and he has no intentions of retiring. He is 1966 Eunice High School graduate and a 1972 graduate of Texas A & M Veterinarian School. He has seen it all in his past 50 years. He has made house calls for farmers, with horses and cattle.