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Sheriff launches ‘contactless’ crime reporting

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz has started a Contactless Self-Reporting System that allows citizens to file a crime report online. Guidroz stressed the system is for minor crimes in his announcement on Monday.

Louisiana rice harvest reaching half-way mark

The harvest for the 2020 rice crop in south Louisiana is nearing the halfway point, and the result is a big improvement over a string of bad to mediocre years.

4th child death related to COVID-19

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting a fourth death related to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19. MIS-C is a serious health condition in young people less than 21 years of age where different body organs can become inflamed and fail.

LSU holds virtual graduation celebration, confers 609 degrees

LSU honored more than 600 spring graduates with a virtual graduation celebration, and during the ceremony, 609 degrees were conferred on Aug. 7.

LSU professor receives $1.5M award for oyster research

Each year, nearly 2 billion oysters are consumed around the globe. The Gulf of Mexico produces more oysters than anywhere else in the United States, with Louisiana accounting for more than a third of the nation’s annual harvest.

UL Lafayette summer 2020 commencement caps historic academic, pandemic year

Fireworks capped the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Summer 2020 Commencement Friday at Cajun Field, a historic ceremony that was held outside because of bans on large gatherings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Don’t use ‘Karen’ to objectify women

I’ve been pretty lucky in the name department.

The longer we’re isolated, the less productive we get

COVID-19 is getting old — particularly for employees who’ve been working from home for months. That’s the finding of a Wall Street Journal article, “Companies Start to Think Remote Work Isn’t So Great After All.

UL Lafayette’s College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions creating telehealth system

The College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is developing a telehealth network designed to ease workloads of health care professionals in emergency rooms and urgent care clinics.

2 people wounded in shootings inside vehicles

Eunice Police investigated two shootings that occurred inside vehicles and ruled both accidental. In the first incident, Police received a call from McDonald’s at 10:44 p.m. Sunday about a subject shooting himself in the foot, Chief Randy Fontenot said.