Tyler Joseph Breaux
The 79th International Rice Festival will recognize Tyler Joseph Breaux as the 2015 Junior Rice Farmer of the Year, according to Troy Perry, festival president.
From the August 1993 files of The Eunice News
Arlene Tucker has been appointed vice chancellor for business affairs at LSU Eunice.
On a blistering Monday afternoon, Tommy Frey finishes off the harvest on the last of his rice crop at his Acadia Parish farm northwest of Crowley.
Improvements on U.S. 90 are being made Thursday, while nearby, at the Billeaud Companies offices on St. Nezaire Road, One Acadiana officials explain why upgrading U.S. 90 to interstate status is one of the regional development organization’s top priority. Supporters say creating I-49 south would improve safety and hurricane evacuation efficiency and attract economic development. (Photo by Bill Decker of the Morgan City Daily Review)
Hurricane evacuation. Economic growth, especially along the U.S. 90 “Energy Corridor.” Fewer car crashes on a stretch of highway once known as Blood Alley.
In the early 1930s, a former German princess, Alexandra Victoria, lived for several months at the Ardennes Hotel in Jennings with her second husband, Arnold Rumann, causing a great deal of speculation about what they were doing here.
