January 2021

Are you and your middle name on speaking terms?

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There’s no middle ground with middle names. You either love them or hate them.

King cakes terrorize local man

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Wien I started seeing pictures of Mardi Gras beads, it was time to ask one of my coworkers an important question: “Does our office do the king cake thing?”

Brister’s 34 leads Lady Tigers to big win over ND

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CROWLEY - The Lake Arthur Lady Tigers cruised to another district 6-2A win Tuesday night by riding the first-half scoring of senior Deonna Brister and three others double figures to claim an 83-40 win over the Notre Dame Lady Pios. Brister dumped in a blistering 30 points in the first two quarters of basketball as the Lady Tigers jumped out to a 46-22 lead at the half. Kali Hornsby, Vivian Sketoe and Darrah Broussard would notch double figures in thew win, and moved Lake Arthur to 23-3 overall, 4-0 in league play. Brister would finish with a gamehigh 34 points, while the Lady Tigers continue to use the 3-pointer to their advantage by draining 12 in the contest.

TODAY IN HISTORY

1886 - Karl Benz patents the “Benz Patent-Motorwagen” in Karlsruhe, Germany,the world’s 1st automobile with a burning motor

Protect yourself with early detection

January is recognized as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. If you are a woman and have not had a Pap smear in the past year, take the time to schedule an appointment today.

Group wants ULL fined for three monkey deaths

LAFAYEITE (AP) — A group opposed to experiments on animals says a Louisiana university should be fined $30,000 because heat stroke apparently killed three research monkeys in different outdoor cages on the same day last summer. The Ohio-based group Stop Animal Exploitation Now issued a news release about the deaths at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center.

OSC to host pop-up prayer event

LAKE ARTHUR — Today from 3-5 p.m., Our Savior’s Church (OSC) will be hosting a pop-up prayer event in Lake Arthur.

La. renews search for vendor to replace voting system

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has resumed efforts to replace thousands of decades-old voting machines, with the state’s elections chief issuing a new solicitation for bidders Wednesday amid a political climate where such contracts are getting intensified scrutiny.

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New Biden health care orders begin to unspool Trump policies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking steps on Thursday to get more people health insurance in the middle of the raging coronavirus pandemic, a down payment on his pledge to push the U.S. toward coverage for all.