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A good day to celebrate an extraordinary mother

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

She was only 18 when rheumatic fever damaged her heart. The doctors said she’d be lucky to live into her 40s — that she was no longer strong enough to bear children. Lucky for my five sisters and me, she ignored them!

Have you heard of After School Satan clubs?

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items with the proper balance of bemusement, curiosity and wariness. (Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items at all, when there are shouts of “When are you going to carry out the garbage?” and “That lawn isn’t going to mow itself!” But I digress.

Picks and shovels, then bats and balls

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

Organized Little League baseball was still far in the future when the Crowley Rotary Club decided in the spring of 1923 to set up a four-team league for any boy between the ages of 12 and 16 “whether he be a star or whether or not he feels that he is a good player.

Coushatta Tribe announces 26th annual Powwow June 9-10

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

KINDER — The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana will host its 26th annual powwow in The Pavilion at Coushatta Casino Resort on Friday and Saturday, June 9-10. Admission for the general public is $8 per day; children ages 6 years and younger are admitted free of charge.

Louisiana state income tax filing and payment deadline is Monday

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

The filing and payment deadline for 2022 Louisiana state individual income tax is Monday. Taxpayers can file their returns electronically through Louisiana File Online, the state’s free web portal for individual tax filers.

Lane to close on U.S. 190

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

The outside lane of U.S. 190 westbound will be closed at the St. Landry/Evangeline Parish line near Eunice on Monday from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting. This closure is necessary to allow crews to remove drift from Bayou des Cannes.

Rep. Delisha Boyd, D-Orleans, discussed her bill that would have provided exceptions to abortion in cases of rape and incest. (Photo by Molly Ryan/LSU Manship School News Service)

Panel rejects abortion exceptions

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

A bill that would have added exceptions to Louisiana’s abortion ban for cases of rape and incest was rejected Wednesday by the House Criminal Justice Committee. After hours of emotional testimony on both sides of the issue, lawmakers shot down the measure in a 10-5 vote, marking another blow to Gov.

From left, are Victoria Throop, LSUE Phi Theta Kappa advisor; Kenzie Borill; Amber Deshotel; Olivia Luquette; Amit Ahraoni; Mya Velasquez; and Teresa West. (Submitted photo)

LSUE Phi Theta Kappa chapter wins national awards

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

The LSU Eunice chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) recently took home several major honors at the organization’s National Conference, Catalyst 2023, it was recently announced. For a fourth consecutive year, the LSUE chapter was named a “Top 100” chapter in the world.

Edward Bush, executive director of Capital West Chapter of the American Red Cross, spoke to Eunice Rotarians. (Photo by Myra Miller)

House fires are the most common disaster in La.

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

Edward “Ed” Bush, executive director of Capital West Chapter of the American Red Cross, was the guest speaker Wednesday at the Eunice Rotary Club. Bush said, “The Red Cross covers 22 parishes that goes from Baton Rouge over to Lafayette and all the way to Lake Charles.

Newl elected St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Milton Batiste II, right, is congratulated by School Board member Mary Ellen Donatto, left, as Board member Timmakah Hardy, center, looks on at Wednesday’s meeting. Board member Robert Gautreaux is at far right. Batiste won the superintendent’s job on a 12-1 vote. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Batiste is the new school superintendent

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 12, 2023

The St. Landry Parish School Board voted 12-1 to hire Milton Batiste III as the next school superintendent. The vote at a special meeting on Wednesday was greeted by cheers from the crowd that included his family and former St. Landry Parish School Board co-workers.