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Let the holiday cage matches begin

Since the chaos of election season has ended, and we’ve stopped receiving daily text messages asking us to contribute a few dollars to our favorite candidate’s legal expense fund or celebrity endorsement financing plan, we can turn our attention to more important matters, like gravy.

Is it normal to be thankful for these things?

I would love to revolutionize your Thanksgiving Day speeches, but I must admit that the blessings I feel gratitude for are embarrassingly mundane.

Strangers took me around the world

Strangers often sat at our Thanksgiving dinner when I was a boy, and I learned a lot from most of them. In fact, those strangers nearly changed the course of my life.

Sex Offender Unit seeks 3 fugitives

Lt. Karen Frilot with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Unit returns to Crime Stoppers and needs your help in locating three fugitives. Willie James Joseph is a 53-year-old black male who is 5 foot 7 and weighs 170 pounds.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial District Court. Wednesday, Nov. 13 Manuel Meche vs Dennie Brown, monies due. Shales R. Fuller vs Jordan Jamal Colla, custody. Wells Fargo Bank NA vs Vernon Jones et al, promissory note. State of Louisiana vs Lawrence Levy III, non-support.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

The following people obtained marriage licenses at the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Wednesday, Nov. 13 Michael Jackson Sr. And Trivella Q. Savoy. (No addresses available) Christian Michael Abshire and Emma MacDonald Sullivan, both of Sunset. Hayward Clofer Jr.

Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn

Houston OB-GYN Dr. Hillary Boswell says she has seen how abortion bans affect teenage girls: More of them are carrying their pregnancies to term.

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments in classrooms law remains on hold

A law to require all public school classrooms in Louisiana display the Ten Commandments won’t take effect until a court case plays out on whether the law is constitutional, a federal appellate court has ruled. The U.S.

3 LSUE faculty members named Board of Regents Meauxmentum Scholars

LSU Eunice announced that three faculty members have been named Meauxmentum Scholars by the Louisiana Board of Regents.

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. Friday, Nov. 22 Loresa Jean Strahan, 46, 700 block of W. South Street, Opelousas. Aggravated second degree battery. Arrested by Opelousas Police.