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FERRIDAY -- The sea of cotton appears to stretch all the way to the horizon.
The gentle, and ever so slightly, afternoon breeze, sways the rows upon rows of open bolls that engulf more than 1,000 acres located 20 miles west of the Mississippi River. The sight is one that the cotton kings of the antebellum South must have dreamed of, and one that

LAFAYETTE – Billy Nungesser, candidate for Louisiana Lt. Governor, received a high profile endorsement today with Sammy Kershaw’s announcement that he was throwing his support behind Nungesser. The country music star made his own run for Lt.

ABBEVILLE -- When the goal is successful developing the economy in an area, it’s best when the people vested in that success see the area.

BIG BEND -- Jimmy Bernard is a passionate storyteller.
The 62-year-old has always loved sitting down and listening to people tell tall tales, whether that was at the country general store or at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where Bernard worked at for 24 years.

HENDERSON -- As one drives along the outside perimeter, a six-strand cable fence is marked with a large sign that warns of high voltage.

A visit to the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas allows one to discover a history that the museum’s historian Flo Inhern said “has never been put in the history books.”

By: CLAUDETTE OLIVIER
Eunice News

By: CHRIS ROSA
LSN Writer

OPELOUSAS - When you walk through the ornate wrought iron gate outside the front of the Michel Prudhomme House, located on Prudhomme Circle in Opelousas, you are instantly transported to another time. A time where the way of life is something we today can never fully understand.

By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III
Managing Editor