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Charmaine Dietz Wiley

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Charmaine Dietz Wiley

Myra Miller

Monday, December 2, 2024

Charmaine Dietz Wiley passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at the age of 55. No Services have been planned at this time.

20-year-old driver killed in crash on La. 13

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, November 29, 2024

Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I troopers were notified of a two-vehicle fatality crash on La. 13 near Gradney Lane shortly after 12 a.m. on Thursday. The crash claimed the life of 20-year-old Kimberly Thomas of Ville Platte.

The Eunice Community Concert Band, Community Choir & Children’s Choir have been busy rehearsing for their annual Christmas Concert scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the First Baptist Church of Eunice, Park Avenue and 3rd Street. Rehearsing Nov. 26, from left, are John Havard, Cindy Mouton, James Naquin and Connie Beaugh. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice community Christmas events begin

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

A bit of a cold snap coincides with Eunice Christmas events this week. Thursday is the big day this week and next week. The Eunice Community Concert Band, Community Choir & Children’s Choir will stage its annual Christmas Concert at 7 p.m.

Sheriff issues news release on jail suit filed

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz issued a news release on Wednesday following a suit by Parish President Jessie Bellard on jail costs. “The St.

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Fun gift ideas for your favorite gardener

Myra Miller

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

From Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club Add whimsy to a garden with Bee Cups ($12.50 by PondsScumCeramics on Etsy), designed to attract and nourish essential pollinators. These ceramic puddlers resemble a poppy flower and come in a variety of bright colors.

Obedient plant has tall, purple flower spikes that pollinators love.

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Fall is for planting flowering perennials

Myra Miller

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

From the LSU AgCenter Fall is an ideal time for planting flowering perennials. And we could write a long list of reasons why you should think about adding some to your garden. First, perennials don’t have to be replaced each season like short-lived annual bedding plants.

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American Indians have a long history in baseball

Myra Miller

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Between 1884 and 1947, from the year that Moses Fleetwood Walker played for the American Association’s Toledo Mud Hens until the Brooklyn Dodgers inserted Jackie Robinson into the lineup, the most prominent minority in baseball was American Indians.

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Why kids can’t walk alone

Myra Miller

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

A story from my childhood came to mind as I read a recent ABC News report about a mother who was arrested after her son was seen walking alone to the Dollar Store a half mile away from his home.

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Cool weather revives a culinary debate

Myra Miller

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

When the first cold front pushes into south Louisiana in late fall, the thoughts of right-thinking people naturally turn to gumbo. Everyone agrees, or should, that cool weather and gumbo go together like, well, gumbo and rice.

Pecans grow on a tree in Pointe Coupee Parish in early November. (Photo by Kyle Peveto/LSU AgCenter)

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Dry early fall affecting pecan quality for some producers

Myra Miller

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

By Kyle Peveto kpeveto@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — Some Louisiana pecan producers could amass a larger pile of rejected nuts because of abnormally dry weather through the late summer and early fall, said Michael Polozola, the LSU AgCenter state fruit and nut specialist.