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Daryl Purpera, CPA, CFE and the former Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) from 2010 to March 2021, was recently interviewed by the State Society of Louisiana CPA’s with an article titled “Better Information, Better Louisiana”. State taxpayers should read this article closely, especially considering the $405 million (LLA says “number is probably much higher”) of unemployment benefits the state sent to 100,000 ineligible people — and legislative leaders have called for fiscal reform to the $36 billion state budget that the Edwards Administration has proposed to increase again by $18 million.

Did I ever tell you about my late Uncle Vernon and the time his slanderous lies about a respected business got unceremoniously debunked? In the mid-70s Uncle Vernon hired a Nashville company to apply vinyl siding to his home. When he was completely disgusted with the finished product, he tried and tried to get satisfaction from the company.

State representative District 41 Rep. Phillip DeVillier (R), P.O.

Garden centers are full of color right now. Plants of all kinds — from annual and perennial bedding plants to flowering shrubs and flowering trees — are available to add to your landscapes.

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 5 15:58 Wreck reported at 4th and Park.

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 6 David L.

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Expect another more active hurricane season in 2021, with 17 named storms, including eight hurricanes, with four of those being major, Category 3 or above, climatologists with the Colorado State University Tropical Weather and Climate Research team said Thursday.

The distance is about 700 miles as the crow flies. But a brown pelican transported from Louisiana to Georgia in 2010 was bound and determined to cover that ground and return to the Bayou State.

PORT BARRE – A single-vehicle crash on La. 103 near Cheramie Road near Port Barre at about 2 p.m. Wednesday took the life of 46-year-old Avery Charles Hudson of Opelousas, according to a Louisiana State Police Troop I news release.