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California’s population swells; leadership wants immigration

The California Department of Finance announced that the state’s population fell just 40,000 people short of a historic 40 million residents. Sacramento demographers, as well as population experts nationwide, agree that California will reach a nightmarish 50 million people by mid-decade.

Can you possibly meet your savings goals?

A recent “Wall Street Journal” article touted New Year’s as one of the optimal “clean slate” times to draft a financial plan. (“Ahem…unless that plan involves something foolhardy like cutting back on a newspaper that costs four dollars an issue. Just wing it. YOLO.

United Way of Acadiana offering free tax preparation for qualifying families

The VITA program and United Way of Acadiana are offering free income tax preparation to qualified individuals and families.

Cleco golf tournament aids education fund for fallen, disabled veterans’ families

Cleco presented a check for $45,421.22 to Folds of Honor, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 that provides educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members.

2 teens die in single-vehicle crash

A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near La. 91 in Acadia Parish took the life of 19-year-old Kylan Mier and 19-year-old Dante Lacomb, both of Morse, at about 8 p.m. Dec. 29, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.

Researchers bringing rice ancestors back for new variety development

The LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station is collaborating with a Cornell University-based project aimed at studying the ancestors of what became the modern rice plant.

RoyOMartin announces $25M investment

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Chairman Roy O. Martin III of forest products company Martco LLC announced the company will invest a combined $25 million to modernize its production facilities in Louisiana.

Decade’s top stories

The decade that ended Tuesday included the 2016 flooding that inundated 200 residences in Eunice and a tax election that changed rural St. Landry Parish for at least the next decade. Sunday’s edition listed some of the top stories for 2019.

Active election year ahead

This year promises to be an active one politically from the local to national level. Locally, the announcement by St. Landry Parish District Attorney Earl Taylor that he would be stepping down in February opened the race for that office.

Bessie Brunet LeDoux

A Funeral Service will be held for Bessie Brunet LeDoux on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church in Basile, with Reverend Paul Estes officiating. Interment will follow in Baptist Cemetery in Basile.