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Hayward Johnwell Jr.

Hayward Johnwell Jr.

Hayward Johnwell Jr.

Myra Miller
Monday, June 6, 2022
EUNICE–On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, Hayward Johnwell, Jr, husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away at the Opelousas General Hospital at the age of 78. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15 ,2022, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice.
Salvias perform well in containers. These red, tubular flowers are pollinator magnets. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Salvias perform well in containers. These red, tubular flowers are pollinator magnets. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Salvias are a super selection for summer landscape color

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
Here at the LSU AgCenter, we choose new Louisiana Super Plant selections each fall and spring. Usually, only a particular cultivar or variety of a plant receives this prestigious designation. But this year, we couldn’t pick just one.

Gov. pushes university faculty pay higher with veto pen

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
Gov. John Bel Edwards has used his veto power to give higher education faculty a larger pay raise than the one legislators approved last month. Edwards restored funding for the LSU, Southern University and the University of Louisiana systems by a total of $8.7 million.
The St. Landry Parish School Board recognized retirees at its Thursday meeting. From left, are Albert Hayes Jr, Board presidnet; Brenda Ardoin, retired from Eunice High as a teacher with 34 years of service; Mary Ellen Donatto, Board member; and Patrick Jenkins, school superintendent. Eighteen retirees were recognized. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

The St. Landry Parish School Board recognized retirees at its Thursday meeting. From left, are Albert Hayes Jr, Board presidnet; Brenda Ardoin, retired from Eunice High as a teacher with 34 years of service; Mary Ellen Donatto, Board member; and Patrick Jenkins, school superintendent. Eighteen retirees were recognized. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish School Board honors retirees

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
Rep. Danny McCormick

Rep. Danny McCormick

‘Constitutional carry’ morphs to allow concealed carry for teachers

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
A Senate committee struck provisions Wednesday that would have allowed for permit-less concealed carry dramatically altering a bill to instead allow for teachers to carry concealed guns on school property in certain circumstances. House Bill 37, sponsored by Rep.

It’s inflation, stupid

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
When the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning the constitutional right to an abortion was leaked to the media last month, it tore through Washington, D.C., with the force of a category five hurricane.

Are you wild about bookazines?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
Did you get your copy of “Queen Elizabeth II: Reign in Pictures” in time for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee ceremonies? As a bookazine fanatic, I certainly did. Beg pardon? What’s a bookazine, you ask? (I promise I am merely making educated guesses about your inquiries.

They used to dig for oil

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
When we say that some of the early oil wells in south Louisiana were shallow wells, we mean really shallow. Some of them were dug with long-handled post-hole diggers.
Suspects caught in the act.

Suspects caught in the act.

Thieves steal $15K worth of cigarettes

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
Two thieves broke into Vautrots Mini Mart south of Church Point in the early morning hours of March 23 and loaded two trash cans with cartons of cigarettes. Acadia Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s help to nab the thieves.

Eunice Police arrest

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 3, 2022
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. June 2 Thomas A. Glass, 39, 200 block of Simar Street, Iota. Probation warrant.