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Shane Garrard speaks at Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Shane Garrard speaks at Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Garrard uses technology to fight crime

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Shane Garrard, chief information officer and cyber crime commander with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office, said he is working with the Eunice Police Department to set up a shared dispatching system. Garrard spoke at Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting.

Friend or foe: Vermiculite, perlite and horticultural grit

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Vermiculite, perlite, and horticultural grit can be added and mixed with compost to make your soil more open structured, more free-flowing, and free-draining. However, they each have different qualities and do not necessarily work the same way.
Right now is a great time to get those vegetable gardens growing. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Right now is a great time to get those vegetable gardens growing. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Spring showers to summer flowers checklist

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
As we transition from the lower temperatures of winter to the vibrant energy of spring, gardeners throughout the state are rolling up their sleeves, ready to nurture their green spaces into lush, blooming spaces.
Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, pictured at the March 21, 2023, Senate Finance Committee meeting. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, pictured at the March 21, 2023, Senate Finance Committee meeting. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Bill advances to exempt most state government records from public disclosure

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Friday, April 19, 2024
A Louisiana Senate panel signed off on a bill Wednesday that would essentially rewrite state public records law by exempting nearly every record at all levels of government from public scrutiny.

Take our daughters and sons to grandma’s

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
“Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” is on April 25th, and I think we should try something different this year: Let’s take our daughters and sons to grandma’s.

Would Mamou tea kill or cure you?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
There was at least a minor hullabaloo in the spring of 1941 when health officials in Washington made the claim that the Mamou plant widely used in south Louisiana to make a herbal tea could kill you.

Ready for the bathroom of tomorrow?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Bathroom floor tiles that weigh you, analyze your gait and evaluate your fall risk. Bathroom mirrors that initiate telehealth conferences based on your complexion or facial tics. Toilet seats that check your vitals (temperature, heart rate, oxygenation).

St. Landry Parish civil cases

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial Court District, Opelousas. Thursday, April 11 Portfolio Recovery Assciates vs Patsy Lewis, monies due. TD Bank USA vs Clara A. Langlois, open account. Stephanie Myers vs City of Eunice, write of mandamus.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office, Opelousas. Thursday, April 11 Brent Dale Langley of Mamou and Shelly Lynn Smith of Mamou. Ngoc Bich Le of Broussard and Kyle Keith Alcock of Broussard.

Eunice police officer seeks back pay

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
A hearing in response to a writ of mandamus filed for Eunice Police Officer Stephanie Myers is scheduled Monday. The action filed by her attorney, William Goode, of Lafayette, asked that Myers be promoted to sergeant with full back pay from Sept. 13, 2022.