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Carl Wilson Domingue

EUNICE-It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Carl Wilson Domingue, of Eunice, announces the unexpected loss of a beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at St.

Glenda Lou Young

Glenda Lou Young passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the age of 76. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Louisiana’s unemployment rate continues to fall

Data released Friday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Louisiana’s September 2022 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.4 percent. This is the lowest rate in the state’s history and the fourth consecutive month with a new record.

State Treasurer’s Office has $900M in unclaimed funds

Readers of your newspaper should find extra value in reading your paper Thursday when the State Treasurer’s Office will publish the names of individuals for whom we received new, unclaimed property money in the preceding year.

Does Halloween candy trivia drive you crazy?

Perhaps it’s partly because my mother owns a huge antique desk from Milky Way Farm (the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies), but I pay keen attention to the annual flurry of “filler” news items about Halloween candy. “Prices up or down? What’s hot and what’s not?

Rooting for my baseball heroes

It was one of the most awesome experiences of my childhood. It happened 50 years ago on an overcast day in Pittsburgh on Sept. 30, 1972. My Little League team had cheap-seat tickets in right field in Three Rivers Stadium.

Did they celebrate Emmeline’s birthday?

Even the New York Times took notice of the “literary birthday” at the end of October 1967 of Emmeline Labiche, “heroine who made her name … in real life and then gained immortality in the lines of a poem.

Annual Acadiana Food & Wine Soiree includes raffle for 52 weeks of dining

The Louisiana Restaurant Association’s (LRA) Acadiana Chapter and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s (ULL) Department of Hospitality Management will be holding the 4th annual Food & Wine Soiree from 6 to 9 p.m. at the ULL Alumni Center,600 E St Mary Blvd, Lafayette.

Cheer up with the swamp sunflower

Bright and cheery yellow sunflowers are popping up everywhere — in ditches along roadways, in open fields, along fence lines and from woodlands to swampy areas. Spread among other native species such as goldenrod (Solidago spp.

Louisiana farmers now face disappointment at harvest

To say 2022 has been a challenging year for Louisiana farmers would be an understatement. Back in the spring, as farmers prepared to plant their fields, they knew they would be facing hefty input costs.