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Man, 68, charged with multiple sexual battery counts

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A 68-yeaar-old Opelousas man is charged with two counts of sexual battery and five counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. A parent of a juvenile victim met with deputies about his daughter being sexually abused by Alan Courville, Guidroz reported.

Johnathan Jay Arabie

Eunice man wanted for Rayne attempted burglary

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Rayne Police are asking for the public’s assistance locating Johnathan Jay Arabie. Arabie is wanted for attempted burglary. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Johnathan Arabie is described as a white male, 33 years of age. He is 5’9” in height and weighs 200 pounds.

Tips sought in Palmetto shooting that left 1 dead

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Detective Blair Bouget of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office returns to Crime Stoppers and needs help in solving a homicide in the Palmetto area. On June 10, at about 10:48 p.m., deputies with the St.

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected UL Lafayette to lead a statewide initiative designed to expand the solar energy workforce in underrepresented communities and create jobs. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette tapped to lead solar energy workforce project

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among 12 entities across the country – and the only university – selected for a $13.5 million Department of Energy initiative designed to expand the solar energy workforce and create jobs in underrepresented communities.

Todd Fontenot, the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s new crawfish agent, hauls in a crawfish trap at the Crowley Rice Research Station’s South Farm. (Photo by Claudette Olivier/Crowley Post Signal)

Fontenot is LSU AgCenter’s new crawfish agent

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Balancing family, farming, a full time job and getting a Ph.D. might sound like a plate full, but imagine adding the weight of more than 171 million pounds of crawfish to the equation.

The debt deal: Unspoken truths

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

President Biden gave his first speech from the Oval Office on June 2nd in which he celebrated the debt deal as “we averted an economic crisis and an economic collapse as nothing would have been more catastrophic than defaulting on the country’s debt.” Sadly, this was all misinformation.

Good luck paying Uncle Sam’s debt

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The national debt broke the $32 trillion barrier this week. It’s a number so huge it’s incomprehensible to the average citizen. We knew $32 trillion was coming.

In defense of dumb country lawyers!

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

I have a confession to make. And former President Trump is not going to like it. I’m a southern country lawyer. Darn proud of it. In the president’s words, I may be a “dumb southern country lawyer.

Summer exhibits on display at UL Lafayette’s Hilliard Art Museum

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A neon, text-based installation visible outdoors and only at night and an exhibit of pieces from renowned Southern art collector Roger Houston Ogden are among summer offerings at The Hilliard Art Museum – University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Descriptions of exhibits in place this summer are below.

(Photo courtesy of McNeese State University)

Eunice saddle bronc rider places 3rd in national

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The McNeese State University men’s rodeo team claimed its second consecutive reserve championship – second best in the nation – at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, and also won two reserve national individual championships on June 17.