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Fallen leaves can be raked and used as mulch in landscape beds and gardens or composted. (LSU AgCenter file photo)

Fallen leaves can be raked and used as mulch in landscape beds and gardens or composted. (LSU AgCenter file photo)

Leave the leaves and join the festivities

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist I say it each fall: This is an excellent time of year to work in the landscape. The weather is cooling, and the days are getting shorter.

The pen is sillier than the sword

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
For those of you who don’t know, my more respectable gig for the past quarter century, or so, has been teaching college English. (Scary, I know.

“Quiet quitting”: Is that a thing or not?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
Have you heard of the “quiet quitting” trend that is being breathlessly reported on social media? Quiet quitting refers to doing the minimum requirements of one’s job and putting in no more time, effort or enthusiasm than absolutely necessary.

Gold fever reached south Louisiana

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
The famous California gold rush in 1849 was caused by dreams of vast fortunes made by just wandering around and picking up nuggets — something like picking up pecans in the fall.

LSU combines studies to benefit coastal communities

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
With support from the National Academy of Sciences, LSU will build a new undergraduate research and creative works program focused on supporting people, ecosystems and industries in and around the Gulf of Mexico.

Information sought about home burglaries in Roberts Cove

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
Acadia Parish Sheriff’s detectives are investigating two residential burglaries that occurred in the Roberts Cove Community, north of Crowley. Both occurred during daytime hours on Sept. 28.
UL Lafayette researcher Dr. Robert Miller, center, is among seven people appointed by President Joseph Biden to the Mississippi River Commission. It advises federal agencies in areas such as engineering and flood control. He is an assistant professor of civil engineering and assistant director of the University’s Louisiana Watershed Flood Center. The other two people in the photo are not identified. (Photo by Rachel Rafati / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette researcher Dr. Robert Miller, center, is among seven people appointed by President Joseph Biden to the Mississippi River Commission. It advises federal agencies in areas such as engineering and flood control. He is an assistant professor of civil engineering and assistant director of the University’s Louisiana Watershed Flood Center. The other two people in the photo are not identified. (Photo by Rachel Rafati / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette researcher appointed to the Mississippi River Commission

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette researcher is among seven people appointed by President Joseph Biden to serve on the Mississippi River Commission. Dr.
The Kyiv City Ballet will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette. (Submitted photo)

The Kyiv City Ballet will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette. (Submitted photo)

Kyiv City Ballet to perform Oct. 23 at Heymann Center

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
The Kyiv City Ballet, with 35 extraordinary dancers, will make its first-ever tour of the United States this fall and the magnificent company will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette.
Bayou State Waste trash cans are on Perchville Road on Thursday. A dark blueWaste Connections can be seen in the background. The change in trash pickup service was chaotic last week. Richard LeBouef, executive director of the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission, said the service should improve starting Monday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Bayou State Waste trash cans are on Perchville Road on Thursday. A dark blueWaste Connections can be seen in the background. The change in trash pickup service was chaotic last week. Richard LeBouef, executive director of the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission, said the service should improve starting Monday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Trash pickup change turns into chaos

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
The change in trash pickup service from Waste Connections to Bayou State Waste was chaotic last week. Bayou State’s light blue cans and Progressive’s dark blue cans dotted roadsides. Trash pickup service was reported delayed across the parish. Schedules were running a day behind in many areas.

Eunice Police deal with shootings

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 7, 2022
A Eunice man was shot in the butt in an incident off Mayers Street near an apartment complex, said Police Chief Randy Fontenot. No arrest has been made in the Wednesday shooting, he said. The adult victim was driven to the hospital by a family member.