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Faye G. Odom

Faye G. Odom

Faye G. Odom

Myra Miller
Monday, April 1, 2024
EUNICE–Faye G. Odom, beloved mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away at The Calcutta House in Lafayette on March 30, 2024, at the age of 89. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at St.
Harold James Gaspard

Harold James Gaspard

Harold James Gaspard

Myra Miller
Monday, April 1, 2024
Harold James Gaspard passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at the age of 81. A Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2024 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home Chapel with David Guillory officiating. Burial will follow in the new St. Ann’s Cemetery in Mamou.
Samuel “Sammy” Aaron McManus

Samuel “Sammy” Aaron McManus

Samuel “Sammy” Aaron McManus

Myra Miller
Monday, April 1, 2024
Samuel “Sammy” Aaron McManus passed away on Friday, March 29, 2024, at the age of 82. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at University Baptist Church with Reverend Ron Aguillard officiating. Burial will follow in St. Louis Cemetery.

Fugitive nabbed in Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Eunice Police received multiple tips at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday that Theobegi Levier, 30, Eunice, who had several felony warrants out for his arrest, was at a private residence on Alexandre Street. According to Police Chief Kyle LeBouef, Levier is known to be armed and dangerous.

Krotz Springs woman guilty of killing ex-husband

Rebecca Chaisson
Saturday, March 30, 2024
A St. Landry Parish jury convicted a Krotz Springs woman of second-degree murder of her ex-husband, John Barker, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish District Attorney Chad Pitre. Margaret Yvette Barker, 52, shot her ex- husband five times.
Nine Acadiana artists were announced on Friday as the 2024 cohort for Acadiana Center for the Arts individual artist funding program, ArtSpark.

Nine Acadiana artists were announced on Friday as the 2024 cohort for Acadiana Center for the Arts individual artist funding program, ArtSpark.

Acadiana Center for the Arts awards $50,000 to local artists

Rebecca Chaisson
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Nine Acadiana artists were announced on Friday as the 2024 cohort for Acadiana Center for the Arts individual artist funding program, ArtSpark.
Both Chinese and American fringe trees are stunning in the landscape and are great small-to-medium-sized trees that fit well in urban settings. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Both Chinese and American fringe trees are stunning in the landscape and are great small-to-medium-sized trees that fit well in urban settings. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Fringe trees present a spring spectacle

Rebecca Chaisson
Thursday, March 28, 2024
If you’ve caught sight of those stunning, petite, white-flowered trees this spring, you’re witnessing one of the most dazzling spectacles of the season: the fringe trees.

Shorty’s infield dash just part of the game

Rebecca Chaisson
Thursday, March 28, 2024
In early 1919, a newspaper writer mused that “with the advent of spring comes the yearning in the heart … for the great national past-time — baseball.” It was a sentiment shared across south Louisiana, where rivalries had been building at least since the 1880s.

Ever have a work spouse?

Rebecca Chaisson
Thursday, March 28, 2024
You probably have quite a few co-workers with whom you exchange chitchat, banter and superficial observations on current events. (“I fervently believe both Hamas and Putin could be nullified simply by … oooo…fresh Krispy Kremes! Never mind.”) And then there are the “work spouses.