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Martha Hanks Ogima

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at Indian Bayou Cemetery for Martha Hanks Ogima, 80,

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Dorothy Ann Zaunbrecher

Graveside services were held Thursday, March 19, at 10 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church Mausoleum for Dorothy Ann Zaunbrecher, 82, who died Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at 12:40 p.m. at Cedar Crest Memory Care in Lafayette.
She was born Oct. 5, 1937, in Mowata, the daughter of Annie Dischler and Joseph A. Zaunbrecher. Dot graduated from St. Francis High School in Iota with the class of 1955. She completed a secretarial science program at SLI (ULL).
She was employed as a secretary for several oil and gas companies including United Gas, Entex and Colinga. She volunteered as a Eucharistic Minister at Lafayette General Hospital for 20 years.
Ms. Dot is survived by three sisters, Edna Broussard, Joyce Melancon and husband Howard all of Lafayette, and Genevieve Tate of Nacogdoches, Texas; two brothers, Dr. Hilary Zaunbrecher and wife Suzanne of Lafayette and Donald Zaunbrecher of Baton Rouge. She is also survived by 21 nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph A. and Annie Dischler Zaunbrecher; four brothers, Leo, Harold, Gerald and Ferdinand Zaunbrecher; her nephew and godchild, Timothy Zaunbrecher.
A heartfelt appreciation is extended to her caregivers, Cedar Crest Memory Care, Cornerstone, Right at Home and Hospice of Acadiana.
Family requests memorial donations be made to, Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St., Suite, 200, Lafayette, LA 70503
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 301 N. Avenue F, Crowley, 337-783-3313.

Restaurant closures spell trouble for crawfish producers

As the nation’s economy has ground to an abrupt halt, crawfish producers are dealing with fallout. Restaurants have shuttered, with many ...

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Coronavirus reaches Acadiana

Four cases of positive novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Lafayette and two in St. Landry Parish. The news of the ...

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LDH retracts Acadia coronoavirus finding

UPDATE: Earlier reports that a patient in Acadia Parish had tested positive for the coronavirus were wrong.

According to Chance Henry, president of the Acadia Parish Police Jury, the Louisiana Department of Health contacted parish officials and retracted the information. “The patient appears to have been from a parish other than Acadia,” according to a statement from LDH.

More details will be released as they become available.

Thursday, March 19, 2020
Acadia Parish officials have reported the first case of COVID-19 in the parish.

At 5:15 p.m. Thursday, the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness was notified that a patient in Acadia Parish had tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Ashley LeBlanc, director.

“We are working closely with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Louisiana Department of Hospitals,” LeBlanc said. “More details will be released as they become available.”

This is the fourth coronavirus case reported in the Acadiana in the last 24 hours. Two were reported in Lafayette late Wednesday night and another in St. Landry Parish just before noon on Thursday. More positive cases are expected as test results are returned from private labs, according to state officials.

LDWF offices closed to the public indefinitely

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) offices throughout the state will be closed to the public indefinitely beginning Tuesday,

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Droddy earns national honor

For the second week in a row an Acadia Parish athlete has earned national recognition by Extrainningsoftball.com. Northside Christian’s Makenzie Droddy ...

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Lady Dogs’ duo tabbed to All-District team

The Iota Lady Bulldogs had a wealth of experience returning in 2020, but none excelled more than Avery Young and ...

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