Soybeans await harvest. (LSU AgCenter Photo)
Low grain prices are not expected to increase soon because of excess supply and lower demand, according to an LSU AgCenter economist who spoke with farmers at a wheat and feed grain meeting on Jan. 21.
“Prices are still under significant pressure,” said Kurt Guidry.
In an effort to increase motorcycle safety and awareness across the state, the Department of Public Safety’s Motorcycle Safety, Awareness, and Operator Training Program currently offers Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and Instructor training courses and promotes motorcycle awareness projects.
A greenhead horse fly sits next to a drop of blood on human skin. (Photo by Claudia Husseneder, LSU AgCenter)
The presence of a top predator of other invertebrates in Louisiana’s coastal marshes may shed light on how the marshes are recovering from the effects of the BP oils spill in April 2010.
A public hearing will be conducted by the Joint Transportation, Highways, & Public Works Committee in Lafayette on Wednesday.
Employment in education and health services grew by 2,400 jobs in December 2015 to the highest level since the current employment tracking system began in 1990, while Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, according to seasonally-adjusted data released today by the federal Bureau of L
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Jan. 25
09:53 White Lincoln Town Car with no license plates parked in the median on West Park.
10:44 Wreck at Tractor Supply. Subject hit a pole.
13:16 Fight at Eunice Junior High School.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Jan. 25
Otis Guillory Jr., 18, 700 block of Lewis Street, Eunice. Disturbing the peace and criminal trespassing.
Oterraius S. Mason, 20, 200 block of South Beulah, Eunice. Simple assault and disturbing the peace.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Jan. 26
Louisiana State Police Troop D troopers arrested 4 people and seized 12.8 lbs. of cocaine valued at more than $150,000 early Monday after traffic stops on Interstate 10 near Iowa in Calcasieu Parish.
No injuries were reported when this two-seater airplane crashed in a field at the western edge of Acadia Parish around noon on Saturday. Acadia Parish Sheriff’s officials said the pilot, Eric Chauvin of Baton Rouge, was headed for a landing strip at D.I.’s Restaurant and came up short, landing instead in a field of rye grass off Harry Doucet Road. (Submitted Photo)
A Baton Rouge pilot escaped injury when the small plane he was piloting flipped over in a field near Basile during landing just after noon Saturday.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Jan. 25
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Jan. 22
05:47 Note of a bomb threat at Highland Elementary.
06:03 Note was located Jan. 21 and written in Crayon.
07:55 Officer requested to clear cafeteria at Highland Elementary.
MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.
Dash cam footage of the shooting of the 6-year-old in Marksville.
Karla Bellon, left, and Michelle Brown shop Saturday at Gossip Boutique during the annual Noel on The Prairie.
The 17th annual Noel on the Prairie held Saturday and Sunday in Eunice drew many pre-holiday shoppers with 32 Eunice merchants offering customers discounts and sales. Above are shoppers at Holly’s Hobbies. (Photos by Myra Miller)
Irice Ann Darbonne Lavergne passed away on Thursday November 17, 2016 at the age of 73.
Burial will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.
