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Bobbie Ann Andrus

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. at Northside Assembly of God for Bobbie Ann Andrus, 80, who died Jan 10, 2019, at her residence. Services will be conducted by Rev. Stacey Poullard. Interment will be in Mermentau Cemetery. Sister Bobbie Anne Andrus was born on Oct.

Eli Cormier

RAYNE - Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 at 3 p.m. in Gossen Funeral Home Chapel in Rayne, for Eli Cormier, 81, who died Thursday, Jan. 17, at his residence in Rayne. Interment will be in the Assumption of the BVM Cemetery in Mire. Rev. Kevin Bordelon, Pastor of St.

Home of the bald eagle

Cajun Coast’s annual Eagle Expo will take a different look at St. Mary’s bald eagle populations this year. There will be more looking for eagles. Organizers have added more of the popular boat tours through St. Mary waterways where bald eagles and their nests are regularly spotted.

Guest editorial: From The Advocate

Fans of the New Orleans Saints were famously noisy on Sunday as the team squared off at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in the NFC championship against the Los Angeles Rams for a chance to compete in this year’s Super Bowl.

Starred in any porn videos lately? Are you sure?

“Deep fakes.” According to Great Britain’s “The Guardian” newspaper, that’s the next big threat to privacy rights, economic stability and the remaining vestiges of civil discourse.

Corporate players love the name game

Owners of the Giants baseball team have never struck me as stupid — greedy, perhaps, since they shamelessly sell a bottle of Bud for eight times what it’s worth, but not stupid.

Corporate players love the name game

Owners of the Giants baseball team have never struck me as stupid — greedy, perhaps, since they shamelessly sell a bottle of Bud for eight times what it’s worth, but not stupid.

Baseball star had a top beagle in Ville Platte

Lots of folks had stories about him when Henry John (Zeke) Bonura visited Ville Platte in January 1954. The “famous … baseball star” was then a “prominent New Orleans sportsman,” according to the newspapers. That’s why he’d been invited to speak at the first meeting of the Ville Platte Beagle Club.

UL Lafayette gets in the ‘swing’ of C-SPAN’s Southern tour

C-SPAN’s “Southern Swing” will include a stop at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The public affairs television network’s high-tech classroom – housed in a 45-foot customized bus – will be parked at Edith Garland Dupré Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Jan. 25 09:32 911 advised a juvenile called about other being hit in the 1000 block of Joanne Drive.