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Don’t count on a solution to gun violence

If you have small children or grandchildren, it’s difficult to process how a deranged assassin could slaughter such innocent youngsters. Yet it has become a regular happening all over America.

For many students, school started Monday

Another school session started Monday in St. Landry Parish as the school district started Camp Accelerate to help students overcome any learning loss that occurred during the COVID pandemic.

Chief: Wounded man knew nothing

A man who was wounded in the leg told police he was minding his own business and realized he was bleeding, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.

Police beef up patrol

Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said there was a last minute decision to place six additional officers on patrol Saturday night.
“They said by 9 o’clock Saturday night, Eunice was like a ghost town,” he said.

Edwards reflects on session

As the Legislature adjourned Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards expressed his support for the investments in education and infrastructure, including a teacher pay raise of $1,500 and $300 million toward a new Mississippi River bridge.