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Is your refrigerator running?

If some retro prankster had asked me a week ago, “Is your refrigerator running?,” my reply would have been, “It’s complicated.”

A summer perch in a mulberry tree

As you may have surmised one of my favorite things to do is to poke around in old newspapers, looking for little items that reflect the character of a place or of the times, or that just catch my fancy.

Take advantage of trial garden evaluations

I recently visited a few trial gardens across the South to see what’s new in the ornamental plant world. I saw some wonderful plants and got excited about some of the up-and-coming cultivars being tested for use in the landscape.

Liberty Theatre maybe gets a new source of funding

Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation adding the Liberty Theatre as a recipient of a portion of a 2% sales tax on room rentals in the parish.
But the Senate Bill 80 by Sen. Heather Cloud may be problematic in its execution.

Supreme Court clears cloud over criminal cases

Eunice attorney Jacque Pucheu said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared a flood of criminal cases in Louisiana from felons convicted in non-unanimous verdicts.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office Arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
June 25
Johnny Dwayne Neely, 56, 500 block of Gum Street, Melville. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
June 24
02:22 Suspicious vehicle reported in the area of West Laurel behind the Physical Therapy.