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Myra Miller

Monday, February 20, 2023

Guns Down Power Up event at the Opelousas Museum Feb. 25 In honor of Black History Month, Guns Down Power Up and the Opelousas Museum are teaming up for a day dedicated to peace, creative expression and youth.

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Saturday, February 18, 2023

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. February 16 Robert Watford, 46, 500 block of College, Eunice. Probation warrant.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Saturday, February 18, 2023

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. February 16 06:08 Caller said a juvenile child is screaming and crying in Super Auto parking lot. 10:20 Lobby complaint in reference to a stolen weapon.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Saturday, February 18, 2023

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. February 17 Tevin Kendrick Charles, 32, 500 block of Vidrine Street, Ville Platt. Theft. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Nathaniel Wright, 40, 600 block of Vine Street, Bunkie. Non-support.

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday unveiled his last state budget proposal to a joint legislative committee. (Photo by Molly Ryan//LSU Manship School News Service)

Edwards proposes budget with teacher pay raise

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, February 17, 2023

Gov. John Bel Edwards proposed a budget Friday that includes a $2,000 pay raise for K-12 teachers that could climb to $3,000 if more money becomes available. He also called for a $1,000 pay raise for support workers at schools. Those basic raises would cost the state about $200 million each year.

Farmers markets help support communities and Black farmers.

Celebrating Black History Month in the garden

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, February 17, 2023

For nearly 50 years, Black History Month has been celebrated in the U.S. The story took root when Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-trained historian, and minister Jesse Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1926.

A painting by Eunice artist Amelia Vidrine was unveiled at the Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting on Feb. 14. The painting depicts the Dewey Balfa homestead is on a poster for the Dewey Balfa Cajun & Heritage Week set March 20 to 25 at Lakeview Park & Beach in Eunice. From left, are Mayor Scott Fontenot, Louisiana Folk Roots Director Jeanne Solis and Vidrine. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

City welcomes upcoming Balfa Week

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, February 17, 2023

A poster was unveiled and a proclamation made at the Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting on Feb. 14 to welcome the Dewey Balfa Cajun & Heritage Week set March 20 to 25 at Lakeview Park & Beach in Eunice. The poster is from an original artwork by Amelia Vidrine, of Eunice.

The mistruths of politics

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, February 17, 2023

There are no small number of accusations lately that — shocking as it may be — some of our politicians are lying to us. Some Republicans shouted the “L” word during President Biden’s State of the Union Address, when he said Republicans wanted to end Social Security and Medicare.

Journalism: can’t live with it, can’t live without it

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, February 17, 2023

I was saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Glenn Himebaugh, co-founder of the journalism department at my alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University. Although I hadn’t kept in touch with Dr.

The frozen Mardi Gras of 2021. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

When Mardi Gras collided with a blizzard

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, February 17, 2023

Big preparations had been afoot for weeks for Mardi Gras celebrations across south Louisiana in 1899. It was to be especially festive because Mardi Gras fell on Valentine’s Day that year. Nobody anticipated that what may have been the worst blizzard ever to hit the state would undo it all.