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Campaign finance update
Four more City of Eunice candidate campaign finance reports have been recorded by the Louisiana Ethics Administration. The reports are the first required for the Oct. 2 primary election. The deadl...
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From the Files-September 1960
From files of The Eunice News September 1960 Margie Laney Lively is Miss Eunice 1960. The 16-year-old is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lively, who reside on the Mamou road. The Police Departm...
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Huey and Earl cast Long legacy over Louisiana politics
BATON ROUGE — With a conservative Republican occupying the governor’s mansion in Baton Rouge, it’s not likely that any official commemoration will be given the dates of September 5 and S...
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Capt. Eddie Thibodeaux and Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz with the awards Capt. Thibodeaux was honored with.  The awards included Hall of Fame Belts, Certificates and a Hall of Fame inductee ring. Local deputy inducted into a second Hall of Fame
Captain Eddie Thibodeaux a 24-year veteran of law enforcement and Director of Training and Professional Development for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office was recently honored in a ceremony in...
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Guidroz announces six arrested, one wanted in internet child sex sting operation
St. Landry Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz announced that six men have been arrested as part of an internet sting operation aimed at catching pedophiles online. Another man is also being sought in connec...
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Briggs Brown "Family Night" theme of Saturday night's "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" show
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 6:00 PM “Rendez-vous des Cajuns” Cajun Music Radio and TV Show Historic Liberty Theater 200 West Park Ave. Eunice, LA Saturday, 4, 2010, the Liberty Theat...
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City Inspector/Code Officer resigns
Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer Gary Bult resigned Tuesday, blaming what he called a lack of desire or ability on the part of City Council members to perform their duties. Contacted ab...
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Teal hunters ready, some marsh habitat impacted by spill
Teal season opens Saturday, Sept.11, and thousands of hunters will make their first waterfowl hunts in the coastal marshes since last winter. Although no areas in Louisiana are closed to hunting ...
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Hermine opens peak storm month
This coming week will take us right into the peak of the hurricane season and a newly formed Tropical Storm Hermine has begun to meander around the Gulf of Mexico. That might be trouble, but most...
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Erath pilot killed in Vegas crash
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LSN An Erath resident, who was the pilot, was killed in a small plane crash Monday morning in Las Vegas. Douglas Touchet, 45, and three other passengers, including his wife Susan, piloted the pla...
Backseat seat belt usage doubles
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BATON ROUGE -- Fifty-eight percent of backseat passengers over 13 years old are buckling up in accordance with a 2009 law extending Louisiana’s seat belt use requirements, according to an observati...
Got goats? Moreauville dairy does
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MOREAUVILLE. – Besides saying cheese, visitors can taste it at WesMar Farms, a self-proclaimed agricultural respite owned by West and Marguerite Devillier Constantine. “The ultimate goal is for th...
That's not toys in the attic
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ABBEVILLE -- A narcotics suspect led agents on a brief chase Monday before they found him hiding in an attic. According to Vermilion Sheriff Mike Couvillon agents received a tip that Colby Comeaux...
Carnal knowledge of juvenile charged
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CROWLEY -- Consensual sex between an adult and a minor is illegal and police have charged a man here accordingly. Patrick Jones, 21, of Crowley is charged with felony carnal knowledge of a 15-year...
Gentlemen, and ladies, dip your paddles
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LSN ST. MARTINVILLE – Entries are starting to come in for the inaugural running of the Tour du Teche, including the second-place winner of last month’s 340-mile race across the state of Missouri, ...
'Connie' LaFleur
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Consuela “Connie” LaFleur died on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 at Acadian Medical Center in Eunice. She was 85. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 11:00 am Wednesday, September 08, 2...
Leroy Fruge
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IOTA ~ Leroy James Fruge died Sept. 6 at the Jennings American Legion Hospital. He was 90. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 pm in the Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel in Iota on Wednesday, S...
Hazel Guidry
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Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, for Hazel Johnson Guidry, 85, at Quirk & Son Funeral Home with burial in the Courville Cemetery. Fr. Cedric Sonnier, Pastor of St. Thomas More Catholic...
Former ULL coach
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Services are Monday, Sept. 6 for former UL Lafayette head basketball coach James Hall. He died Sept. 2 at age 51. Hall was ULL coach from 2002 until 2007. He also coached at ...
Otho I. Blanksenship
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SHREVEPORT ~ Mr. Otho I. Blankenship, 87, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Visitation was held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 30, 2010, at Osborn Fu...
Charles Mitchell Marcantel
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EUNICE ~ Family and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass on Friday, September 10, 2010 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice for Charles Mitchell Marcantel. Charles Mitchell Marcant...
St. Landry arrests
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Sept. 7 Ron Dell Mott, age 29, 443 W. Park Avenue, Opelousas, La., charged with criminal trespass and resisting an officer. Chris Jude Sonnier, age 40, 579 Joe W. Road, Church Point, La., charged...
Arrests
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Sept. 2 Audra Bushnell, 32, 1620 West Peach, resisting an officer, interfering with duties of an officer. Sept. 3 Robert Jones, 46, 507 Roosevelt, disturbing the peace, simple assault. Jimmy Yo...
Police Report
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Monday, Sept. 6 0539 Subjects in AOK Transmission. 1225 Break-in, air conditioner taken, Jelks. 1344 Hit and run, Farris & Beulah. 1822 Accident, MLK & Laurel. 1921 Theft by three juveniles, W...
Mamou arrests
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Travis Thomas, 30, 1724 S. Washington St., Opelousas, was charged August 25, with no license plate, suspended driver’s license, possession of marijuana, no insurance, expired MVI and no registratio...
Evangeline arrests
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Jordan David Ortego, 18, 1536 Etienne St., Ville Platte, was charged August 27, with criminal damage to property. Ortego was released on a $5,000 bond. •Murphy Lamelle, 29, 714 N. Stagg St., Ville...
DWI arrests
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Aug. 28 John Eric Carrier, 28,DWI 2nd. EPD. Joshua Oneal Davis, 29, 1316 Fourth, Mamou, DWI 2nd, speeding (67 in a 45 mph zone), suspended driver’s license. LSP.
Corners good for signs, but would anyone pay attention?
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By Jim Butler A candidate in the Oct. 2 city election knocked on our door last week, hoping to get permission to put a sign in the yard. Once I answered the door, the candidate realized that wasn...
Nathan Abshire made music legends
by Jim Bradshaw
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The inscription on Nathan Abshire's accordion box read, "The Good Times are Killing Me." Eventually, they did. But not before he established himself as one of the best Cajun accordion players eve...
Political pins betokened a different kind of circus coming to town
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Even with the oppressive heat and the locusts singing their little hearts out, it’s hard to imagine that fall may just be right around the corner. In the “olden days”, you could always tell the ti...
School system headed toward financial nightmare
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Barring wholly unexpected good news, the St. Landry Parish School Board is heading toward a debacle this time next year. First, the state anticipates a budget shortfall somewhere in the neighborho...
Don't undervalue role of City Council members
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Most of the attention to this point on the Oct. 2 primary seems to be on the mayor’s race even though it’s the City Council where decisions are ratified or rejected. The mayor is the day-to-day ex...
Today is special to Acadians
by Jim Bradshaw
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August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, is a special day to Acadians around the world. It’s officially been National Acadian day since the first National Convention of the Acadians declared it so i...
John Hancock: Forgotten patriot
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By Dr. Gary Scott Smith As we celebrate the Fourth of July this year, our attention will once again turn to such luminaries as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams...
Collectibles at the Eunice Depot Museum
by Georgie Manuel
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Speaking of root beer-did anyone try to make some? I find it remarkable that a homemade recipe can produce something that fizzes like that. Yes, it is an acquired taste but liquid nonetheless. The...
Root beer and the ice man helped beat the heat
by Georgie Manuel
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Been outside lately? The sidewalks are already melting and it’s only the beginning of June! Makes any outside chore a penance which brings to mind the art of cooling off, back in the “old days”. O...
Stop and remember their sacrifices
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By J.H. Campbell, Jr. Associated Grocers Baton Rouge On Monday, May 31, the United States of America will celebrate Memorial Day. Some will be able to enjoy time away from their employment and p...
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