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Wood stork, wading bird viewing set at Sherburne WMA

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host their Wood Stork and Wading Bird Viewing Event on Aug. 2 at the South Farm of the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area (WMA) complex. The event will be from 7-10 a.m.

Trooper, motorist injured in St. Landry Parish crash

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
Louisiana State Police Troop I continues to investigate the July 16 serious injury crash involving a trooper on U.S. 190 in Opelousas. The preliminary investigation revealed a trooper was investigating a prior two-vehicle crash near the intersection on U.S. 190 and La. 104.
This savannah at the Marsh Bayou WMA shows some of the success of the initial restoration efforts from 15 years ago, with a mixture of longleaf pine in a diverse ecosystem that allows sunlight to get to the ground, encouraging growth of grasses and other plants animals like Eastern wild turkey, bobwhite quail and whitetail deer need to survive.

This savannah at the Marsh Bayou WMA shows some of the success of the initial restoration efforts from 15 years ago, with a mixture of longleaf pine in a diverse ecosystem that allows sunlight to get to the ground, encouraging growth of grasses and other plants animals like Eastern wild turkey, bobwhite quail and whitetail deer need to survive.

Cost-sharing assistance available to landowners for longleaf pine restoration and management

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, along with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, conducted a Longleaf Pine...
Lantana leaves have a velvety feel and a distinct scent. These traits help deter deer. (Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter)

Lantana leaves have a velvety feel and a distinct scent. These traits help deter deer. (Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter)

Deer eating your plants? Try these strategies

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
When you gaze upon your garden, you might see many things. Perhaps you delight in the bright colors of your flowers, the lush foliage of other plants. Maybe your eye is drawn to the delicate butterflies and buzzing bees that come to visit Deer, on the other hand, see a garden differently.
Cleco representatives volunteer at the Eunice Community Garden Wednesday morning. Weeding planter boxes from left are Candice Serie, Ivon Stutes, Erika Thompson and Latasha Malveaux.

Cleco representatives volunteer at the Eunice Community Garden Wednesday morning. Weeding planter boxes from left are Candice Serie, Ivon Stutes, Erika Thompson and Latasha Malveaux.

Cleco employees volunteer at Eunice Community Garden

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
Eight Cleco volunteers from the Acadiana region were at the Eunice Community Garden Wednesday from 9 until 11 a.m. The event was part of Cleco’s Done In A Day program where Cleco volunteers work on a project in the company’s service territory that can be completed in a few hours.

Covering Uncle Sam’s debt

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
My hat goes off to them. I speak of the wonderful people who give their own money to Washington in hopes of reducing the national debt. Since 1961, the U.S. Treasury Department has accepted these “gifts” — though by law, they can’t be used to pay down the total debt.

Shot through screen door sealed killer’s fate

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
No roads led to Cameron in the 1920s, but that didn’t keep crowds of people from gathering there for the trial of the man newspapers called “the pivotal figure in the worst crime ever committed in Cameron Parish.” Ned Harvey was accused of killing Archie A.
Calvin Scott

Calvin Scott

Church Point man sought on murder charge

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
The Church Point Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance with locating Calvin Lawrence Scott. Calvin Scott is a black male, 26 years of age. He is 5’, 8” in height and weighs about 230 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. His last known address is 639 N. Wilson St., Church Point.
The seen of the Aguillard Trailer Park shooting that occurred on July 15, 2020. (Submitted photo)

The seen of the Aguillard Trailer Park shooting that occurred on July 15, 2020. (Submitted photo)

Tips sought about Eunice cold case shooting in 2020

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 18, 2025
Deputy Rayvin Chenevert with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office comes to Crime Stoppers and requests help in solving a five-year-old shooting case. On July 15, 2020, deputies responded to a shooting at the 4500-block area of U.S. 190, just out of Eunice. At about 2 am, nine shots from a .