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Plan to use technology to prevent the next crisis

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

It’s time to be honest. Despite all the scientific chatter, nobody yet has a handle on the COVID-19 crisis. No one can pinpoint for certain where or how it started. No one knows when it will end. The possibility COVID may be with us for some time (despite predictions by Dr.

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Should churches have a dress code?

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Where do you reside on the “holier than thou” versus “holeyer than thou” spectrum?

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Chenieres have romantic history

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

The word cheniere is unique to the Cajun coast, as are the little islands it describes. The word comes from the Acadian word chene, meaning “oak,” and describes groves of live oak trees bent by Gulf winds along a series of ridges rising from south Louisiana wetlands.

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Eunice Police radio logs

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. November 10 03:31 Suspicious vehicle reported behind The Arc. 03:33 Subject behind the dumpster. 10:21 Ungovernable juvenile in the 200 block of Mamie. 12:16 Lobby complaint about theft.

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Eunice Police arrests

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. November 10 Mark C. Miller, 39, 400 block of Suzie Drive, Eunice. Probation violation and bench warrant.

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St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s arrests

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. November 10-12 Cedrick Dwayne Antoine, 32, 700 block of Hall Street, Opelousas. Domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and strangulation, bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

A wreck on Interstate 10 on Thursday killed one man and injured two others. (Photo from The Crowley Post Signal)

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Fatal wreck on Interstate 10

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Authorities have identified the victim of the fatal crash that occurred Thursday morning on the exit 80 overpass in Crowley. Leon Lamarcus Horhn, 32, of Houston, Texas, died when the 18-wheeler he was driving overturned, according to police.

Pollinators love cosmos. They attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and many other types of pollinators. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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A cosmopolitan flower that thrives on neglect

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Are you looking for a gorgeous flower that thrives on pure neglect? Try cosmos. They are one of the most beautiful and easiest flowers to grow. While you’ll have to wait until the spring to plant seeds, look around this fall, and you may notice these flowers blooming profusely in local gardens.

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Cassidy touts infrastructure legislation

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), praised the historic bipartisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in a bipartisan stand-alone vote in the House of Representatives. “This is a major victory for Louisiana and our nation.

State Rep. Phillip DeVillier, right, speaks at the Eunice VFW Veterans Day celebration on Thursday. Also shown, from left, are David Crader, American Legion Post commander, Donald Estilette, VFW Post chaplain; and Donnie Fontenot, VFW Post commander. More photos on Page 16. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Veterans celebrated

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Veterans Day is nearly always a mix of celebrating the living veterans and those who died in service to the nation. At the Eunice VFW Post 8971 the ceremony is usually outside and then moved inside for a gumbo. Thursday’s celebration was held entirely inside the Post home as rain threatened.