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Getting figgy with it

It’s fig season in Louisiana! This year turned out an excellent crop here on LSU’s main campus. Figs (Ficus carica) are native to the Middle East and Western Asia but have become naturalized here in North America.

Do you love or dread family portraits?

My family took the easy way out — again.
We had our annual chance at a professional portrait and decided to let (insist) son Gideon pose solo for the umpteenth time.

Shot At A Million winners named

Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health announced the second winners of the Shot At A Million COVID-19 campaign.

Eunice, Northwest High students attend NASA Astro Camp

UL Lafayette brought NASA Astro Camp to St. Landry Parish. Central Creativity partnered with NASA to bring students in grades 7th to 12th a fun-filled science camp July 12-16 at Northwest High School.

Whooping cranes are returning

By the time the 1950s arrived, the whooping crane population in Louisiana was down to about 15 birds.

Herbicide use questioned

A biologist and a St. Landry Parish Council member asked that parish government restrict spraying herbicides to control roadside vegetation.