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Ready for the bathroom of tomorrow?

Bathroom floor tiles that weigh you, analyze your gait and evaluate your fall risk. Bathroom mirrors that initiate telehealth conferences based on your complexion or facial tics. Toilet seats that check your vitals (temperature, heart rate, oxygenation).

St. Landry Parish civil cases

The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial Court District, Opelousas. Thursday, April 11 Portfolio Recovery Assciates vs Patsy Lewis, monies due. TD Bank USA vs Clara A. Langlois, open account. Stephanie Myers vs City of Eunice, write of mandamus.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office, Opelousas. Thursday, April 11 Brent Dale Langley of Mamou and Shelly Lynn Smith of Mamou. Ngoc Bich Le of Broussard and Kyle Keith Alcock of Broussard.

Eunice police officer seeks back pay

A hearing in response to a writ of mandamus filed for Eunice Police Officer Stephanie Myers is scheduled Monday. The action filed by her attorney, William Goode, of Lafayette, asked that Myers be promoted to sergeant with full back pay from Sept. 13, 2022.

Study finds postpartum depression costs state millions

A study commissioned by the Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families shows that Postpartum Depression (PPD), a condition affecting about 7,500 mothers in Louisiana, costs the state economy an estimated $280 million over a five-year period.

6 tons of litter later, Burden borrow pit becomes lab for environmental research

A little more than two years ago, elected officials, community leaders and volunteer groups descended on a borrow pit and wetlands area at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden for a press conference calling attention to the problem of litter. The scene then was much different than it is now.

Acadia Parish road crews returning to 4-day work week

The Acadia Parish Road Department is returning to a four-day, 10-hour-a-day work week schedule. The decision to return to that schedule was voted on at the April 9 Acadia Parish Police Jury meeting.

The Impossible Burghers to perform free at NUNU

A free concert is scheduled at 2 p.m.. April 28 at NUNU Arts & Culture Collective, 1510 Bayou Courtableau Hwy., Arnaudville . Performing will be The Impossible Burghers, a band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band started through a class at Sunburst School of Music..

Church Point resident arrested for financially exploiting infirmed woman

A woman hired as a 24-hour caretaker for a 72-year-old woman turned access to the woman’s bank account into a $20,543.79 spending spree, according to a report from St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobbby Guidroz. Charged is Vanessa M.

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, April 19 Robert Louis Long, 39, 2500 block of Viva Plaza, Stockton, CA. Home invasion, criminal damage to property, domestic abuse battery.