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What to like about the GOP’s primary debate

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 1, 2023
As usual, there was too much cross-talk and chaos on stage. And there was way too much partisan cheering and hooting by the audience. But the first Republican presidential primary debate on Fox News was an entertaining spectacle.

Is your house too large?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 1, 2023
When I was five years old and my father worked for a subdivision developer, the Tyree family was giddily comparing floorplans for constructing a new house on a wooded lot next to our crowded domicile.

Leather Britches came up short on a draw

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, September 1, 2023
Some say the man known as Leather Britches Smith was the meanest man ever to set foot in Louisiana, a man you’d better not cross.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. August 31 James Kevin Chavis, 43, 300 block of Castille Street, Sunset.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. August 30 12:53 a.m. Suspicious person at Park and Viola. 2:30 a.m. Suspicious subject in the area of the 1600 block of West Vine. 3:53 a.m.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Bulb & Blossom Club meeting set Sept. 5 The Eunice Bulb & Blossom Garden Club will hold its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, at 501 S. 5th Street. Hostess Debbie Cristiano will present a program on herbs. Light refreshments will be served.

Small Business Summit planned in Lafayette

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Registration is open for the 2023 Louisiana Small Business Summit, the annual Louisiana Economic Development event that connects small business leaders with an array of resources available to them from across the state.
Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion use bulldozers to move burnt forestry and clear a firebreak near Pirate’s Cove in Florien on Aug. 29,. The Pirates Cove area caught fire on Aug. 25 and Louisiana Army National Guard aviators helped with the initial response. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis)

Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion use bulldozers to move burnt forestry and clear a firebreak near Pirate’s Cove in Florien on Aug. 29,. The Pirates Cove area caught fire on Aug. 25 and Louisiana Army National Guard aviators helped with the initial response. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis)

La. Guard aviators, engineers execute rapid response to Pirates Cove wildfires

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Louisiana National Guard aviation and engineering assets were activated to assist the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Louisiana State Fire Marshal office in fighting wildfires on Aug. 23 and 24.

Le Grand Hoorah returns

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
VILLE PLATTE — The Board Members of Prairie Heritage, Inc., which produces Le Grand Hoorah Cultural Celebration, announce the return of the music and cultural event on Sept. 30 with a Special French Celebrated Catholic Mass on Oct. 1, at 9:30 a.m.