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Drucella Young Guillory

Drucella Young Guillory

Drucella Young Guillory

Myra Miller
Monday, April 22, 2024
Drucella Young Guillory passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024 at the age of 69. No Services have been planned at this time.
Louisiana Spirits investigators climb to the third floor of the St. Landry Parish Courthouse on April 14 as they looked for spirits. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Louisiana Spirits investigators climb to the third floor of the St. Landry Parish Courthouse on April 14 as they looked for spirits. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Searching for spirits in the courthouse

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Got ghosts? Who are you going to call? In Louisiana, it is Louisiana Spirits to help with your strange noises, unexplained happenings and the plain weird things that might be spirits. The St. Landry Parish Courthouse is the site of suspected spirit issues.
Michelle Brown browns the meat for the “CFMA Stew” during a cooking demonstration Thursday at LSUE. The pork stew was prepared for a networking session of the St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Michelle Brown browns the meat for the “CFMA Stew” during a cooking demonstration Thursday at LSUE. The pork stew was prepared for a networking session of the St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Tourism over pork stew

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Tourism mixed with pork stew provided a blend of conversation on Thursday at the St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission’s monthly networking meeting held at LSUE.
Shane Garrard speaks at Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Shane Garrard speaks at Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Garrard uses technology to fight crime

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Shane Garrard, chief information officer and cyber crime commander with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office, said he is working with the Eunice Police Department to set up a shared dispatching system. Garrard spoke at Wednesday’s Eunice Rotary Club meeting.

Friend or foe: Vermiculite, perlite and horticultural grit

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
Vermiculite, perlite, and horticultural grit can be added and mixed with compost to make your soil more open structured, more free-flowing, and free-draining. However, they each have different qualities and do not necessarily work the same way.
Right now is a great time to get those vegetable gardens growing. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Right now is a great time to get those vegetable gardens growing. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Spring showers to summer flowers checklist

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
As we transition from the lower temperatures of winter to the vibrant energy of spring, gardeners throughout the state are rolling up their sleeves, ready to nurture their green spaces into lush, blooming spaces.
Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, pictured at the March 21, 2023, Senate Finance Committee meeting. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, pictured at the March 21, 2023, Senate Finance Committee meeting. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Bill advances to exempt most state government records from public disclosure

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Friday, April 19, 2024
A Louisiana Senate panel signed off on a bill Wednesday that would essentially rewrite state public records law by exempting nearly every record at all levels of government from public scrutiny.

Take our daughters and sons to grandma’s

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
“Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” is on April 25th, and I think we should try something different this year: Let’s take our daughters and sons to grandma’s.

Would Mamou tea kill or cure you?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, April 19, 2024
There was at least a minor hullabaloo in the spring of 1941 when health officials in Washington made the claim that the Mamou plant widely used in south Louisiana to make a herbal tea could kill you.