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Getty Eval

Myra Miller

Monday, September 11, 2023

Getty Eval passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at the age of 84. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at St. Anthony Catholic Church with Deacon Gary Gaudin officiating. Burial will follow in St. Paul Cemetery.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Monday, September 11, 2023

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Sept. 9 - Sept. 11 Wayman E Abernathy, 59, 1900 block of Prairie Ronde Road, Opelousas. Simple battery. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Devin C Carriere, 27, 200 block of Rene Road, Bunkie.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Monday, September 11, 2023

911 ceremony planned In Honor and Remembrance 911 Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Eunice Circle Park. The ceremony is hosted and sponsored by Woodmen Life Chapter 243, American Legion Post 129, VFW Post 8971, and DAV Chapter 19. The public is invited to attend.

Frederick "Freddy" Regan

Myra Miller

Monday, September 11, 2023

We regret to announce the passing of Frederick “Freddy” Regan, a beloved father, grandfather, and brother. Frederick was born on April 15, 1938, and he left this world on September 7, 2023. In celebration of Frederick’s life, a visitation event will be held on September 11 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Vincent Perron

Myra Miller

Monday, September 11, 2023

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Vincent Perron on Friday, September 8, 2023, at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home in Jennings. Vincent was 94 years old and leaves behind a legacy of love and cherished memories.

Compact Cinnamon Girl distylium is a versatile and attractive evergreen shrub prized for its gorgeous foliage, unique growth habit and year-round appeal. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Cinnamon Girl distylium selected as Louisiana Super Plant for fall 2023

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 8, 2023

The LSU AgCenter is pleased to announce its 2023 fall Louisiana Super Plant selection: Cinnamon Girl distylium (Distylium ‘PIIDIST-V’). Distylium hybrids are relatively new to the plant nursery trade, making their debut in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Karen Vidrine is among the retirees from the St. Landry Parish School District recognized at Thursday’s meeting in Opelousas. Vidrine retired as principal at the Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts in Opelousas after 32 years of service. Also honored, but not present, was Sharon Dietz, a teacher at Eunice Junior High School, who retired with 28 years of service. Vidrine is with Superintendent Milton Batiste III.(Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Retiring principal

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 8, 2023

The root cause of education crisis

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 8, 2023

A recent op-ed by The Advocate newspaper questioned whether “School Choice” and the “political plea to let the state money follow the child” was just “Campaign Rhetoric” that fails to address the root problem of poverty—as Louisiana’s child poverty rate is the second highest in the nation—and that...

Jimmy Buffett was a super-spreader of happiness

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 8, 2023

There’s a reason the name “Jimmy Buffett” elicits immediate joy in the hearts of millions: happiness contagion. A study conducted by Harvard University and the University of California followed 5,000 people for 20 years to determine if happiness was contagious.

‘Pleasure seekers’ were caught in great storm

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 8, 2023

After the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, that destroyed Galveston, the headline in the Abbeville Meridional read, “We Missed the Storm.” It’s true that south Louisiana felt nothing like the Texas coast, but we were not entirely missed.