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Katrina still among Atlantic’s most deadly, costly

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

By: ALAN WOOTEN The Center Square (The Center Square) – Twenty years ago this Friday, Hurricane Katrina – once a Category 5 beast – made landfall as a Category 3 first in southeastern Louisiana and then again on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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SMC is awarded accreditation

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

MAMOU - Savoy Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards.

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CES is named school of merit

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

CHATAIGNIER - Chataignier Elementary is proud to announce that is has been named a 2024-2025 National Beta School of Merit. This recognition was earned by offering National Beta to all eligible grades on our campus.

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Arrest is made in theft of outboard motor

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a suspect in connection to a theft of an outboard motor. On July 18, deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a residence off Lanse Bleu Rd. for a theft of an outboard boat motor.

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Family trusts and Percy J. Fontenot Inc. transition

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

(Editor’s Note: The following article is courtesy of Anita M. Fontenot, trustee, 1984 Fontenot Family Trust; trustee, Percy and Elsie Mae Fontenot Family Trusts; and president, Percy J. Fontenot, Inc.) For more than a decade, the trustees of the family trusts established by Percy J.

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Search of storage unit leads to drug arrest

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reports an investigation of a storage unit led to the recovery of narcotics and a firearm.

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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

David Guillory was the guest speaker Wednesday, August 20, at the Eunice Rotary Club meeting. Guillory is an avid collector of arrowheads and artifacts. He has about 850 arrowheads collection. Guillory is holding up a Coral Wacissa arrowhead from Florida. Guillory was the guest of Rotarian David Clause. (LSN photo by Myra Miller)

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Guillory: Arrowheads, artifacts reveal ancient world

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

David Guillory presents a glimpse into history through his arrowhead and artifact collection. Guillory, an avid arrowhead and artifact collector for the past 30 years, spoke at the Eunice Rotary Club meeting Wednesday. Arrowheads are a big business, he said. “They have big shows in Temple, Texas.

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The woke left wants lock, stock and Cracker Barrel

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

It happened again. Another legendary American institution has been targeted by woke leftists. This time it is the popular family restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel, founded in 1969.

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SoLAcc selected as one of 10 colleges driving the future of apprenticeships

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

South Louisiana Community College (SoLAcc) has earned a spot in an elite national cohort, joining only ten colleges in the country chosen by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) to spearhead its new Scaling Apprenticeship at Community Colleges project.

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