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Principles of our Founding Fathers

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Our Founding Fathers established the United States of America in 1789, and after 234 years we are sadly witnessing the social and moral decline of America. It is time to call “time out” and go back to the roots of our founding to see what made us great in the first place.

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Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Dear Generac standby home generator, I want to apologize for calling down multiple elaborate curses upon you for being so expensive as you sat loitering beside the house almost completely idle for the three years since I financed you – despite the fact that the electricity in our neighborhood had...

Codes didn’t zip into popularity

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
It was not universally popular when five-digit postal ZIP codes went into effect 60 years ago, on July 1, 1963. And that’s probably an understatement.

Is your food ultra-processed enough?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
When I was a young adult living under my parents’ roof, my late father always made sure I had Beanee Weenees, Vienna sausage, potted meat and other such snacks to take to my graveyard-shift factory job.
Landry’s Feed Store, an institution in Rayne for over 70 years, was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Units from Rayne, Branch, Mire, Scott and Crowley responded to the blaze. Dan Landry, who owns the business with his brother Kenneth, was recently honored by Purina as a dealer of the animal nutrition product for 70 years. The building had stood in the 600 block of East Texas Avenue for the past 60 years after it was moved from its original location at 801 S. Polk St. “People have been asking me for years

Landry’s Feed Store, an institution in Rayne for over 70 years, was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Units from Rayne, Branch, Mire, Scott and Crowley responded to the blaze. Dan Landry, who owns the business with his brother Kenneth, was recently honored by Purina as a dealer of the animal nutrition product for 70 years. The building had stood in the 600 block of East Texas Avenue for the past 60 years after it was moved from its original location at 801 S. Polk St. “People have been asking me for years

Rayne landmark destroyed

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Landry’s Feed Store, an institution in Rayne for over 70 years, was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Units from Rayne, Branch, Mire, Scott and Crowley responded to the blaze.

Sober driving urged for holiday

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
With record numbers of vehicles expected to hit the road this Independence Day holiday, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission is sponsoring “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” to protect travelers from people who insist on driving while impaired.
Berline Boone waves to the crowd during the 2014 La. Swine Festival Parade.

Berline Boone waves to the crowd during the 2014 La. Swine Festival Parade.

Basile’s longest serving mayor dies

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Berline Boone’s life came to an end on June 20 after an illness that had her on hospice care at her home. Her death gives us time to recall her unselfish lifetime of service to the Basile community and her notable marks on the town’s history.

Smoke testing is complete in Chataignier, leaks are found

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Gail McDavid, village administrator of Chataignier, reported, during the council meeting held June 26 that Louisiana Rural Water Association has completed smoke testing the sewer lines and found about 30 different leaks. According to McDavid, there are four leaks that are “pretty bad.

Eunice mayor declares Monday, Tuesday as holidays

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot has decided that the City of Eunice will follow the State of Louisiana and St. Landry Parish Government and declare Monday to be an administrative holiday. This administrative holiday will pair with the city’s holiday of Tuesday.
Ken Peart holds the three special shells he plans to use at the Eunice Fourth of July fireworks display. The show starts at 9 p.m. at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Sittig Road. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Ken Peart holds the three special shells he plans to use at the Eunice Fourth of July fireworks display. The show starts at 9 p.m. at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Sittig Road. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Eunice Fourth

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 30, 2023
Ken Peart holds the three special shells he plans to use at the Eunice Fourth of July fireworks display. The show starts at 9 p.m. at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Sittig Road. (Photo by Myra Miller)