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Monica Lynn Dietz Thompson

Myra Miller

Monday, September 8, 2025

Monica Lynn Dietz Thompson passed away on Friday, September 5, 2025 at the age of 65. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at Richie House of Prayer with Bishop Mike McConnaughey officiating and Pastor Joey Reed assisting. Burial will follow in St.

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Monday, September 8, 2025

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Friday, Sept. 5 Derrick Lafleur, 45, 1900 block of Dudley, Eunice. Bench warrant. Sunday, Sept. 7 Derius Kennedy, 29, 1400 block of Dudley, Eunice. Remaining after being forbidden.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Monday, September 8, 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. Friday, Sept. 5 There were eight traffic stops from 1:50 p.m. until 1:53 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. Officer A.

Al Devon Hayes Jr., 18, of Washington, was arrested on charges of pornography involving juveniles, cyberstalking, and improper telephone communications.

Washington man arrested on charges of pornography involving juveniles

Myra Miller

Monday, September 8, 2025

Al Devon Hayes Jr., 18, of Washington, was arrested on charges of pornography involving juveniles, cyberstalking, and improper telephone communications. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz reported, “On August 13, the St.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Monday, September 8, 2025

Downtown Litter Walk set Sept. 20 The National Public Lands Day will have a Downtown Eunice Litter Walk Day on Saturday, Sept. 20 with registration from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and the walk from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and water and snacks from 11:30 until noon. Volunteers are needed.

Bulb & Blossom Garden Club

Flower bulbs: Little packages of hope

Myra Miller

Friday, September 5, 2025

From Bulb and Blossom Garden Club Flower bulbs can be like little packages of hope that help invigorate and encourage us. There is nothing like the promise of a colorful spring garden. Fall is a good month in Louisiana to plant a variety of flower bulbs.

Warm-season weeds like chamberbitter should be pulled to prevent seed drop. (LSU AgCenter file photos)

Here’s what do in the garden as fall nears

Myra Miller

Friday, September 5, 2025

From the LSU AgCenter The kids have gone back to school, football season is upon us and pumpkin spice-flavored products are back. That can mean only one thing: Fall will be here soon — on Sept. 22, to be exact.

Danny Tyree

Shall we welcome back fall 1975 TV?

Myra Miller

Friday, September 5, 2025

“Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out…” —John Sebastian The fall 1975 TV season remains special for me for several reasons. For one thing, it’s when I began my life’s mission of collecting Fall Preview issues of “TV Guide.

Tom Purcell

Real crime in the U.S.A. : fatherlessness

Myra Miller

Friday, September 5, 2025

In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan was roundly criticized for predicting the violent, hopeless future millions of children from broken families now face.

Jim Bradshaw

Instead of dying, he changed face of farming

Myra Miller

Friday, September 5, 2025

When the railroad crossed the Louisiana prairies in 1880, land thought only suitable for wild cattle became accessible to farmers from the Midwest who flocked here to firmly establish Louisiana’s rice industry. One of those emigres was Seaman A.