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Beatrice Ann Langley

Beatrice Ann Langley

Beatrice Ann Langley

Myra Miller
Monday, August 15, 2022
BASILE–Mom, Grandma, Sister and friend, Beatrice Ann Langley passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette at the age of 85. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Basile.
Gwendolyn Kay Thibodeaux

Gwendolyn Kay Thibodeaux

Gwendolyn Kay Thibodeaux

Myra Miller
Monday, August 15, 2022
Gwendolyn Kay Thibodeaux passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022 at the age of 68. A Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 15, 2022 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Gary Gaudin officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Rock garden with plants. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Rock garden with plants. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Finding garden inspiration

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist I have the great fortune in my profession to get to visit many gardens. Some are associated with land-grant universities and some are large-scale nursery producers, with many having trial gardens to evaluate new plant cultivars.
Patricia Dossman was honored as Eunice’s Rotarian of the Year at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. Presenting the award was Coby Clavier, immediate past president, who said Dossman is “Rotary through and through.” Dossman called Rotary Club members outstanding citizens. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Patricia Dossman was honored as Eunice’s Rotarian of the Year at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. Presenting the award was Coby Clavier, immediate past president, who said Dossman is “Rotary through and through.” Dossman called Rotary Club members outstanding citizens. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice Rotarian of the Year

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
Patricia Dossman was honored as Eunice’s Rotarian of the Year at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. Presenting the award was Coby Clavier, immediate past president, who said Dossman is “Rotary through and through.” Dossman called Rotary Club members outstanding citizens. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

If you can’t beat the heat, join it

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she’s mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she’s lounging by the pool with her laptop.

Do you love state welcome centers?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
My family made a recent day trip to a neighboring state, so I decided this week’s column should be a tip of the hat to those oases of the interstate highway system, the state welcome centers.

Of ice, fish, and high-octane booze

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
More than a half century ago, Atchafalaya Basin fish buyers who knew what they were doing stopped at “Uncle Tom” Bernard’s post office before running up or down the river.
Emergy Savoy Jr.,

Emergy Savoy Jr.,

Opelousas man arrested for indecent behavior with juveniles

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
A 54-year-old Opelousas man was arrested for indecent behavior with two juveniles. Emergy Savoy Jr., 200 block of School Road, is charged with first-degree rape, two counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, and two counts of sexual battery.

Eunice Police arrests

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. August 11 Roddy D. Manuel, 56, 4100 block of Duralde Highway, Eunice. Cyberstalking/electronic mail. LJ Ardoin, 60, 400 block of North St. Joseph St., Eunice. Stop and yield signs, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Juvenile, 17.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's arrests

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. August 12 Korey Damion Ward, 21, 919 block of East Street, Opelousas. Possession of Schedule I CDS, illegal carrying of weapons, illegal possession of stolen firearms, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.