by J. Christian Lewis | Oct 29, 2022 | Government
WILL LAFAYETTE FIND TRUE JUSTICE WITH NEW JUDGE? When sunglasses come off revealing a black eye, questions arise: was there an accident? a mugging? an abusive relationship? Judge Michelle Odinet’s recorded use of racial slurs knocked Lafayette’s sunglasses off for the...
by J. Christian Lewis | Oct 29, 2022 | Government
On New Year’s Day 2021, Jules Edwards awakened for the first time in 28 years no longer a judge. His tenure on the state court bench since 1993 had officially ended. Though now in retirement, he kept with military precision the morning routine he had...
by J. Christian Lewis | Oct 29, 2022 | Church
Editor’s Note: This is the first in an anticipated series on evangelism in Acadiana. The inspiration for this series came from a conversation with a friend last year. Around Christmas of 2021, the Opelousas Pregnancy Center hosted a party for...
by J. Christian Lewis | Oct 29, 2022 | Government
Grand Lake, Louisiana, rests along Highway 384 between Lake Charles and the Gulf. Its fields of rice and livestock lay crisscrossed with canals and inlets. For generations, the neighbors of the Cameron Parish community have helped one another through harvest and...
by J. Christian Lewis | Oct 29, 2022 | Government
“One of the first cases I got at the DA’s office was a case where a little girl was raped by a friend’s father,” Roya Boustany related. “I didn’t have children at that point. It shaped very early on what my husband and I have done with our children....
