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Belinda Chatman Ashford

Belinda Chatman Ashford

Belinda Chatman Ashford

Myra Miller
Monday, June 12, 2023
Belinda Chatman Ashford passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023 at the age of 62. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 12, 2023 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Stacey Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Surprising gardening hacks

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 9, 2023
It’s always fun to find new and interesting ways of doing things. Here are some different tips on how to grow plants from seeds or propagate from cuttings.
Bees collect pollen from blanket flowers.

Bees collect pollen from blanket flowers.

Nurturing nature’s champions with plants for pollinators

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Friday, June 9, 2023
Gardens come alive with the buzzing of bees, fluttering butterflies and graceful hummingbirds each spring and summer. In June, we celebrate National Pollinator Month in the U.S.
Gov. John Bel Edwards (Photo by Allison Allsop / LSU Manship School News Service)

Gov. John Bel Edwards (Photo by Allison Allsop / LSU Manship School News Service)

Edwards says he expects to veto three transgender bills

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 9, 2023
Gov. John Bel Edwards said he expects to veto three anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed in the legislative session that ended Thursday.
Flag poles were placed on the roof of the St. Landry Parish courthouse on Thursday. The poles are returning to the roof where they originally were located. There will be three placed on the roof. The pole on the roof will be brought down. It’s part of the courthouse renovation work that includes waterproofing, new energy efficient windows and doors, new awning, a handicapped ramp, new courtroom on the third floor, renovated tax assessor’s office and the old courthouse bell will be placed on the grounds in

Flag poles were placed on the roof of the St. Landry Parish courthouse on Thursday. The poles are returning to the roof where they originally were located. There will be three placed on the roof. The pole on the roof will be brought down. It’s part of the courthouse renovation work that includes waterproofing, new energy efficient windows and doors, new awning, a handicapped ramp, new courtroom on the third floor, renovated tax assessor’s office and the old courthouse bell will be placed on the grounds in

Courthouse flag poles

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 9, 2023
Flag poles were placed on the roof of the St. Landry Parish courthouse on Thursday. The poles are returning to the roof where they originally were located. There will be three placed on the roof. The pole on the roof will be brought down.
Ricky Fontenot, of Bayou Chicot, holds an 11.22-pound, 26-inch bass t he caught at Chicot Park on March 22. (Photo courtesy of Marianne Fontenot)

Ricky Fontenot, of Bayou Chicot, holds an 11.22-pound, 26-inch bass t he caught at Chicot Park on March 22. (Photo courtesy of Marianne Fontenot)

Fontenot catches 11-lb. bass at Chicot Park

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Friday, June 9, 2023
What started out like a normal day on the water at Chicot Park turned into a day where a local fisherman hauled in the biggest fish he had ever caught. “I just had got there and started going into a little cove where I normally fish,” said Ricky Fontenot, of Bayou Chicot.
State Sen. Heather Cloud

State Sen. Heather Cloud

Bill to limit minors’ access to sexually explicit materials passes

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Friday, June 9, 2023
A bill that would limit minors’ access to sexually explicit materials in public libraries received final legislative passage Thursday. While lawmakers are rushing to pass their bills before the session ends at 6 p.m. Thursday, the final version of Republican Sen.

Forget the mint. How about a fresh pillowcase?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 9, 2023
At the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Carlsbad, Calif., guests were piling trash and dirty towels in the hallway, and by the looks of things you’d think the staff had gone on strike.

Ready to fire up those Father’s Day memories?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 9, 2023
It’s difficult to wrap my mind around it, but this will be my 20th Father’s Day as a father. All of those third Sundays in June have blurred together, but I certainly have warm memories of son Gideon’s everyday march toward adulthood. (He marched.

Persistence created ‘miracle’ waterway

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 9, 2023
Someone once called the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway a “thousand-mile miracle,” but there was nothing miraculous about getting it built. The miracle was that the idea for the canal came from west Texas, not south Louisiana.