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Heath Bergeron

Heath Bergeron

Heath Bergeron

Myra Miller
Monday, September 15, 2025
Heath Bergeron passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at the age of 53.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Friday, September 12, 2025
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Friday, Sept. 12 Gaige White, 28, 1000 block of Grave Street, Jennings. Domestic abuse battery (strangulation). Arrested by Opelousas Police.
The Friends of the Eunice Public Library is selling yard signs promoting the library for $15 each. The signs, which were introduced at Tuesday’s Eunice city council meeting, are available at the library. Holding a yard sign are, from left, Jena Donaldson, children’s program librarian; Tony Baltakis, president of the Library Board of Control; and Allison Duplechain, librarian. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The Friends of the Eunice Public Library is selling yard signs promoting the library for $15 each. The signs, which were introduced at Tuesday’s Eunice city council meeting, are available at the library. Holding a yard sign are, from left, Jena Donaldson, children’s program librarian; Tony Baltakis, president of the Library Board of Control; and Allison Duplechain, librarian. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice Library starts fundraiser

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Friends of the Eunice Public Library is selling yard signs promoting the library for $15 each. The signs, which were introduced at Tuesday’s Eunice city council meeting, are available at the library.
As summer vegetable gardens succumb to the heat and slow down, consider leaving your plants for a while longer so you can collect seeds to grow next year. Southern peas, like these Louisiana Purchase peas, can be left on the vine to dry. (Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter)

As summer vegetable gardens succumb to the heat and slow down, consider leaving your plants for a while longer so you can collect seeds to grow next year. Southern peas, like these Louisiana Purchase peas, can be left on the vine to dry. (Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter)

As summer comes to a close, save seeds for next year’s garden

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
It’s always a bit sad to see our summer vegetable gardens peter out as the season comes to a close. Those once-verdant plants are now fading as the long, hot summer takes its toll.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio Log

Myra Miller
Friday, September 12, 2025
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls. Wednesday, Sept. 10 There were three traffic stops from 11:50 a.m. until 9:34 p.m. Officer A. Pousson 4:20 a.

Did oysters on half shell lure ancients?

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
If we think at all about the earliest inhabitants of south Louisiana, we tend to think of them as living on the higher and drier places away from the coast.

The new golden age of the automobile

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
Flooring the accelerator of Donny Krieger’s ‘69 SS Chevelle was one of the great thrills of my life. I was only 15 when I slammed the Chevelle’s four-speed Hurst shifter into second and stomped on the gas.

Are you guilty of ‘weekend rentals’?

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
“And if it comes back the very next day, well, then I’ll go bankrupt…” — apologies to Elvis. It started with “wardrobing.” Unscrupulous shoppers would buy expensive outfits for a special occasion and return them to the store the next day. (“I guess I just trusted this once-great store too much.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Thursday, Sept. 4 Kaleb Gerard Jordan of Breaux. Bridge and Destiny Jhailing LeDoux of Opelousas. Friday, Sept. 5 Aidan Joseph Cochran and Jillian Eve DeLucca, both of Opelousas.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 12, 2025
The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial Court District. Thursday, Sept. 4 Derafecus Williams vs Logan Handy et al, damages. Buddy’s Enterprise Inc vs Oger Francisco Iraola Palma etal, executory process. Angelica Nimer Johnson vs Keith Johnson, divorce.