October 2020

LAHS features junior Homecoming maids

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Homecoming preparations are well underway within the halls of Lake Arthur High School (LAHS) as well as across the entire town. With this in mind, we continue the Homecoming season by giving a spotlight feature each week to the year’s Lake Arthur High School Homecoming Court Maids.

O Holy Night

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(Columnist’s Note: I have the deepest compassion and respect for those in Louisiana who survived Hurricane Laura and now must survive the days that follow. This column was written two years ago after Hurricane Michael destroyed so much peace on earth…right before we were slated to celebrate peace on earth. It is my prayer that God will comfort and strengthen you, my Louisiana friends, and keep you safe. Christmas or not, I hope you hear the angels’ voices.)

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Nelda Landry

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A funeral mass for Nelda Landry, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, located at 209 N. Washington St. in Elton.

Lonnie Wayne Broussard

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LAKE ARTHUR - On Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at 1:34 p.m., Lonnie Wayne Broussard, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away at the age of 65.

Tropical Storm Delta joins Gamma in busy hurricane season

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As deadly Tropical Storm Gamma stalled just north of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Monday, a potentially more threatening Tropical Storm Delta formed in the Caribbean, aiming to hit western Cuba and eventually the U.S. Gulf Coast, likely as a hurricane.

Gamma lashed Mexico’s resort-studded coast with nearhurricane force winds, and drenched Tabasco and Chiapas states with a deluge that killed at least 6 people and forced thousands from their homes. But on Monday forecasters said it could dissipate Monday night.

Fourth grader sues school system over BB gun suspension

HARVEY (AP) — The family of a Louisiana fourth-grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room during an online class session.

The lawsuit filed Friday in Louisiana’s 24th Judicial District Court seeks monetary damages from the Jefferson Parish school system, a hearing by school officials on the decision to discipline the boy as well as an opportunity for him to make up any work he missed during the six days he was suspended from class, The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported.

Two-term La. Governor Mike Foster dies at 90

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Murphy J. “Mike” Foster Jr., a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit rules through an increasingly conservative state Legislature in the 1990s, died Sunday. He was 90.

Marsanne Golsby, who was Foster’s press secretary when he was governor, said that Foster died Sunday at his home in Franklin, sur rounded by relatives.

Stocks jump on stimulus hopes, Trump’s hospital departure

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied Monday as hopes for economic aid from Washington helped it recover all its knee-jerk losses after learning President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.

The S&P 500 jumped 60.19 points, or 1.8%, to 3,408.63 amid widespread gains, with nine out of 10 stocks in the index rising. Energy producers and tech companies led the way.

Biden aims to expand map as Trump recovers from virus

MIAMI (AP) — As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Republican bastions that he hopes might expand his path to victory.