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Myra Miller

Monday, June 13, 2022

Pickleball every Monday, Wednesday You are invited to play Pickleball every Monday and Wednesday during the month of June from 1 to 3 p.m. inside the gym at LSUE. Newcomers are welcomed. Anyone 10 years old and older can play.

Dr. Russell Pavich

St. Landry Parish coroner Dr. Russell Pavich dies

Rebecca Chaisson

Sunday, June 12, 2022

The death of Dr. Russell Pavich, St. Landry Parish coroner, is being reported by Quirk & Son Funeral Home, of Eunice. Pavich died Friday. According to the funeral home, the following services have been scheduled: Visitation, from 4 to 9 p.m. June 14 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home - Eunice, 121 S.

Church Point man dies in crash in St. Landry Parish

Rebecca Chaisson

Sunday, June 12, 2022

A two-vehicle crash on La. 35 near Mandy Road in St. Landry Parish. The crash claimed the life of 23-year-old Scotty J. Cormier, Jr. of Church Point at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.

Gail Heinbach Savoie

UL Lafayette mourns first lady and ‘greatest cheerleader,’ Gail Savoie

Rebecca Chaisson

Sunday, June 12, 2022

 The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is mourning the loss of its First Lady. Gail Heinbach Savoie, the wife of UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie, passed away on Sunday following an extended illness. She was 67 years old. In a statement to the campus, Dr.

Compact SunPatiens come in a variety of colors. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Dan Gill)

Out of the shade and into the sun

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

When I think of color for shaded areas in the landscape, my thoughts immediately go to impatiens. Impatiens have been the go-to annual bedding plant for decades to provide bright, beautiful flowers in partial to heavily shaded areas of the landscape.

UL Lafayette’s Dr. Heather Stone (left) and Chief Albert Naquin of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe of Native Americans, will appear in a short film about she and tribe members’ oral history project. The film will premiere at noon on Tuesday via a free livestream. (Photo credit: Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Film to feature UL Lafayette researcher’s oral history project with coastal residents

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has tapped the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Dr. Heather Stone for a role in its “In Times of Crisis: Stories from the Gulf of Mexico” film project.

Craving fatherhood advice?

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

Wow! Will this really be my 19th Father’s Day as a father? My biggest regret is that I’ve had to learn so much the hard way.

Memories from the summer of 1962

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

June 1962 was the opening of Gurney Baseball Park. At last we had organized baseball, as we had played backyard, empty lot games with neighborhood kids. If our wooden bats broke or cracked we would nail, glue and tape them back together. So, here I was, a 9-year-old, red-hair and freckles.

Band wasn’t greatest, but was sober

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

A brass band playing on the town square was a prime-time affair in summers long past. Practically every community of any size had one to provide weekend concerts and to play at fairs, festivals, and celebrations like the Fourth of July.

Xavier Berrnard Watson

Eunice shooting suspect identified

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

Eunice Police Department and St. Landry Crime Stoppers need help in locating a suspect wanted for the shooting of a 14-year-old victim in the city of Eunice. On May 4, just after 10 p.m., Eunice Police responded to a call of someone being shot in the 200 block of Acadia Street.