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At left, Cecile Carson, senior director of the national "Keep America Beautiful" program, teaches participants to "focus on results" in litter control.
Keep America Beautiful reps discuss challenges of changing public attitudes about littering
It’s about changing attitudes and creating effective partnerships between business, government and communities, Cecile Carson, senior director of Keep America Beautiful, told members of the Eunice ...
Sep 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tips sought on missing St. Landry fugitive's whereabouts
St. Landry Crime Stoppers is seeking information for alleged home invader considered armed and dangerous. Gerald “Papoose” Matt, Jr., of the Eunice area, has been at-large since authorities secured...
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Manager Drew Miller explains the ins and outs of the Eunice Municipal Airport to Eunice Kiwanians during last week's meeting.
Airport win-win situation for Eunice, manager tells Kiwanians
Manager Drew Miller said the Eunice Municipal Airport may be one of the best-kept secrets in the city. Miller said the airport is funded through the Federal Aviation Trust Fund, which receives its ...
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St. Landry board says deseg plaintiff's counsel overvaluing his work, wants $10 million bill tossed
The St. Landry Parish School Board thinks the desegregation plaintiff’s counsel is overvaluing his work. Board attorney Gerard Caswell on Monday filed a federal court motion to toss out Marion Whit...
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Forest Huval, Rachel Wilson on Liberty fare
Saturday, September 3, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show presents performances by FOREST HUVAL and Friends, followed by RACHEL WILSON and Cajun Express...emcee for the evening wi...
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Parish reapportionment plan approved; elections scheduled for Oct. 22
St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters John Alcee Moreau announced that the parish council reapportionment plan has gotten the go-ahead from the U.S. Department of Justice, allowing the parish to h...
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The Eunice News is looking to share your 9/11 stories
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed the lives of millions of Americans, all over the country, in numerous different ways. The Eunice News is looking to hear how your life was change...
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Panel rejects Jake Street re-zoning
The Municipal Planning a & Zoning Commission rejected a request to re-zone to industrial two lots on Jake Street. The lots, at 331 Jake, are owned by Church of Christ of DeQuincy. There is an empty...
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Mayor relents, will replace library air conditioning unit
Mayor Rusty Moody said the city has received a $1,400 quote for replacing a kaput air conditioning unit on the second floor of the library building at 2nd & Park. His decision to authorize the proj...
Aug 27, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Man arrested for soliciting sex, woman arrested for providing it
A Eunice man was arrested Wednesday night on charges of driving under the influence and soliciting sexual services, and a Eunice woman was arrested shortly afterwards for providing those services. ...
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Alleged pot farmer busted in Basile
BASILE – The drought apparently wasn’t hurting an alleged pot farmer’s crop. Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office Detectives arrested Connie M. Fuselier for alleged possession of Schedule II narcotic...
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Evangeline gets $1.5 million for disaster recovery costs
The Louisiana Office of Community Development - Disaster Recovery Unit has awarded $1,519,484 in disaster recovery funding to Evangeline Parish for five infrastructure projects, allowing parish off...
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Farmer's Market returns to downtown Eunice April 13
The Eunice Farmers’ Market will celebrate its 11th anniversary when it opens Wednesday, April 13 in downtown Eunice by the Liberty Theater and Eunice Library. The Eunice Farmers’ Market will run We...
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ag contribution to La. economy jumps 20 percent to almost $10 billion
Louisiana agriculture contributed $9.9 billion to the state’s economy in 2010 – up 20 percent from the year before, according to the latest figures compiled by the LSU AgCenter in its annual Ag Sum...
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Terry Huval, left, and DL Menard. Photo by David Simpson
Jambalaya Cajun Band, with legends Paul Daigle, Camey Doucet and DL Menard, play Eunice's Liberty on April 2
The Jambalaya Cajun Band with Grammy nominee DL Menard and Louisiana legends Paul Daigle and Camey Doucet headlines the April 2 music show at Eunice's Liberty Theater. This show is sponsored by the...
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26th Annual World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-Off Winners named
Despite early morning rain and overcast skies, cooking, serving etouffee, children enjoying fun slides and jumps, dancing to Cajun bands, shopping at arts and crafts, the annual Crawfish Cook-off w...
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Shelia Richard, back left, and her three younger children, Styles, Tabitha and Chase.
Birth mother searching for son adopted in Eunice 35 years ago
For more than 25 years, Shelia Richard of Lafayette has searched for the son she had to give up for adoption; now, she hopes clues to end her search can be found here in Eunice. Richard was born Sh...
Mar 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Part of the 2010 championship cookoff crowd. Admission is free.
Cooks caging crawfish, guarding recipes as Eunice's World Championship etouffee cookoff nears
The City of Eunice, Louisiana’s Prairie Cajun Capital, is hosting the 26th Annual World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-Off this Sunday, March 27, at the Northwest Pavilion (651 Samuel Drive)...
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St. Landry school system moving out from under court's thumb
The St. Landry Parish School Board has talked the talk, now it must continue to walk the walk. A proposed settlement to the 45-year-old school desegregation case in the parish will conclude formal ...
Mar 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Palmetto driver in accident that killed ex-Eunice woman, her 3 children was legally drunk, police say
The man whose pickup hit Liz Fontenot’s car head-on, killing her, her three children and another woman, was driving drunk. According to the State Police arrest warrant, David Ryan Leger, 28, of Pal...
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Eunice man charged with child molestation over period of four years
A Eunice man has been charged with molestation of a juvenile girl over a period of about four years. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said the initial complaint in the case was received on Jan. 12 of this ...
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Eunice police say pair had partied with tax refund before murder; a robbery occured; contents of his suicide note confidential
Peter Batiste allegedly shot and killed Shantelle Williams after she stole his money at the end of a Mardi Gras weekend of purchasing and partying. According to information developed by the Eunice ...
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies holds a picture of Peter Batiste, the deceased suspect in the Shontelle Williams murder.
Eunice police say suspect in Williams murder killed self as authorities prepared to arrest
Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies said Wednesday evening that Peter Randy Batiste, 38, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound before authorities could arrest their prime suspect in the Ma...
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice murder suspect kills self as officers charge building
The suspect in the March 8 murder of a Eunice woman shot himself to death before police stormed a Lawtell apartment where he was holed up Wednesday afternoon. Police said Peter Batiste killed himse...
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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