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Myra Miller

Monday, June 20, 2022

Pickleball every Monday, Wednesday You are invited to play Pickleball every Monday and Wednesday during the month of June from 1 to 3 p.m. inside the gym at LSUE. Newcomers are welcomed. Anyone 10 years old and older can play.

Helen Ardoin Johnson

Myra Miller

Monday, June 20, 2022

Helen Ardoin Johnson, 81, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Katy, Texas. She was born in Basile on December 24, 1940 in Basile, to Adam and Annabelle Ardoin. Visitation for family at 8 a.m. and for friends and community from 9 a.m.

Pollinator gardens filled with colorful annual and perennial plants provide a burst of color to the landscape and a place for pollinating insects and other wildlife. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Creating green spaces with garden zoning

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

Gardening offers so many options to create relaxing green spaces. Whether you have a great deal of land to create sprawling gardens or you are working with a small patio, a well-thought-out design can help make useful and unique outdoor spaces.

Should ‘eyes up here’ be enforced?

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

“Did you know that your rear passenger tire is a little underinflated?” I harbor a grudging appreciation for a potentially life-saving hint like that.

Wishing for Pop Rouge on a hot day

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

People who were kids about the same time I was will testify (though memories fail about other things) that they remember clearly that Joe D’s Pop Rouge was the best red soda pop ever produced, anywhere.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office released this photo of seized cash, drugs and guns.

3 arrested, more than $200K worth of drugs seized

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

Thee Opelousas residents were arrested marijuana valued at more than $200,000 was seized at a rural Opelousas residence, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. Lee Sam, Jr.

Acadia Parish Sheriff's arrests

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

Arrests reported by the Acadia Parish sheriff include the following. June 10 Harley Deshotel, 28, Iota. Detainer for Probation and Parole. Brittany Dietz, 32, Iota. Bench warrant for forgery and bank fraud. June 11 Shanta Garrick, 27, Church Point, Bench warrant.

Eunice Police arrests

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. June 15 Cameron Miller, 30, 300 block of Mayers Street, Eunice. Distribution of Schedule II. Christopher Washington, 29, 300 block of Rex Alley, Eunice.

Eunice Police radio dispatch logs

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Traffic stops are not normally included. June 16 04:51 Pig on College Road near the graveyard. 05:59 Caller reported large hog in the backyard in the 500 block of College. 06:27 Contact the slaughter house.

Area non-profits are a little more equipped with the necessary tools to operate their programs thanks to the generosity of Schlumberger’s Sustainability Program and St. Landry-Evangeline United Way.

Laptops distributed to non-profits

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 17, 2022

Area non-profits are a little more equipped with the necessary tools to operate their programs thanks to the generosity of Schlumberger’s Sustainability Program and St. Landry-Evangeline United Way. Twenty laptops donated by Schlumberger and refurbished by TechnoCycle was received by St.