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As Shelly Fontenot says, “I never dreamed that I would give birth to 4 children..and now raising four teenagers. It has always been a challenge in every way possible. However, it’s also so rewarding.”

He did what they haven’t done, but they did what he couldn’t do.
Veteran Karl Crooks was in the Army from 1985-90 and injured his back jumping out of airplanes as part of the 82nd Airborne.

Home is where the heart is, and for one South African native, the heart lives on in Eunice.
“Even with all the towns we have lived in, we still call Eunice home,” said Jenny Hewett Smith, author of “A Land Far Away.”

27th District Judicial Court Judge-elect Gerard Caswell will take the bench on Monday, Dec. 1.
He was elected in the Nov. 4 primary to fill the seat formerly held by Judge Ellis Daigle, who left the bench to run for St. Landry district attorney.

A detour was posted at La. 13 and Maple Avenue today as DOTD again prepared for a major repair at the intersection.
Replacement of subsurface drainage is expected to take about 30 calendar days, weather permitting.