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St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Thursday, June 5 Austin Samuel Guedry, 29, 100 block of Nelson G Lane, Port Barre.

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June programs at the Prairie Center Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, 250 W. Park Ave, Eunice, has several programs in June. For more information about the center visit www.nps.gov/jela @JeanLafitteNPS. Thursday, June 5 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Crafts Club.

Joseph Dwight Manuel

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Joseph Dwight Manuel, who departed this life suddenly at his residence on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the age of 75. A visitation to honor Dwight will take place at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Eunice on Wednesday, June 11, starting at 8 a.m.

Betty Jean Marcantel

Betty Jean Marcantel, a cherished mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2025, in Basile, Louisiana at the age of 81.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, June 4 Jimmy Rene Billiot, Jr., 28, 6000 block of S. First Street, Chataignier. Domestic abuse battery, criminal damage to property.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Wednesday, May 21 Darvin Allen Biddle Sr. and Amber Denee St. Andry. No addresses available. Thursday, May 22 Jacob Paul Credeur of Port Barre and Hailey Marie Perry, of Washington.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial District Court. Wednesday, May 21 Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs Sheryl Louise Devillier Hands, executory process. LVNV Funding LLC vs Darlene Meza, open account. Kenneth Wayne Hicks vs Latarsha Demetria Harrison, divorce.

Senate reins in tax cut and school voucher plans

The Louisiana Senate is reining in several major proposals pushed by Gov. Jeff Landry and House conservatives, rejecting additional tax cuts and scaling back spending on private school vouchers amid caution over the state’s longer-term financial outlook.

Weaponized words behind killings of embassy staffers

When the Tufts student was arrested by ICE for an op-ed she wrote condemning Israel, many protested the “criminalization” of words. “She just wrote a column,” they said.

Saving America’s Southwest water reserves

Some say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Cute. But try telling that to the ghosts of 20th-century water policy, especially the concrete evangelists who brought us the Hoover Dam. They didn’t just build a dam. They built a monument to a myth: man’s dominion over nature. A beacon of grit.