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Remember: This weekend is hurricane preparedness state sales tax holiday
Don’t forget to stock up on emergency supplies during the Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday this Saturday and Sunday. The Louisiana Department of Revenue, in recognition of Hurricane Prepare...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left, Roland Miller, Jimmie Edwards, Elbert Guillory and Rusty Moody pinpoint location of gravel roads.
Sen. Guillory working to get funds for Happy Hill-area roads
Sen. Elbert Guillory told Eunice officials that the money needed to surface four gravel streets in the Happy Hill area is not yet secure but he’s working on it. The city would like to have the esti...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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The St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, located off Exit 23 of I-49.
St. Landry Visitor Center open for business
OPELOUSAS – Monday marked the official grand opening of St. Landry Parish’s 4,600-square foot Visitor Information Center, located just off Exit 23 of Interstate 49. A host of community members and ...
May 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Huval & Dixie Club Ramblers playing Liberty
This Saturday, May 28, 2011, the weely "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will present a performance by KYLE HUVAL & the Dixie Club Ramblers. The "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" show is performed live ev...
May 23, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Civil War Series - Union takes Alexandria, Virginia, while Confederacy holds Ship Island
MAY 1861 -- Union troops occupied Alexandria, Va, across the Potomac River from Washington, on May 24, 1861. A few blocks up King Street from their landing site, the commander of the New York Fire ...
May 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Looking Back - May 1978
From files of The Eunice News: May 1978 Three new staffers have joined the Eunice News advertising staff. They are Robert Kibodeaux, Merella Richard and Linda Shaw. Sixty-nine racing days, beginn...
May 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Office of Juvenile Justice seeking community recommendations from 12 parishes for detention center
After failing to secure a suitable location in St. Landry Parish, the Office of Juvenile Justice is now asking Acadiana communities for recommendations for the location of a proposed 72-bed juveni...
May 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Playground donated by Junior Auxiliary, Rotary opens this week
It’s been over five years in the making, but the new playset at the Eunice Recreation Complex is finally open for business. The Eunice Junior Auxiliary began the project in 2005, raising over $12,0...
May 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Motorcycle-car collide; bike driver airlifted to hospital
No information was yet available Friday morning regarding a motorcycle-car accicent in Eunice Thursday night. According to radio logs, the accident happened on La. 13 South near Town Homme Dr. shor...
May 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bengals win regional opener
Goodman, MS - The second-ranked LSU Eunice baseball team (44-13) defeated Northwest Mississippi Community College at the NJCAA Region 23 tournament by a score of 2-1. Brady Wilson (10-1) earned th...
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Parish council moves to evict airport tenant, takes a pass on trail ride revision
Airports and trail rides continued to vex the St. Landry Parish Council at its Wednesday meeting. St. Landry Parish Airport tenant John Weinstein spoke to the council regarding his concerns about h...
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Council votes to accept redistricting ordinance
By a 9-3 vote, the St. Landry Parish Council adopted an ordinance adjusting districts based on the results of the 2010 U.S. Census. District 10 Councilman Dexter Brown put forth a substitute motion...
May 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Elton woman walking on US 190 near Eunice struck, killed; Welsh man injured
A woman was killed Saturday night when she and a man she was walking with were hit by a truck on U.S. 190 east of Eunice. State Police said the two were walking near the centerline of the roadway n...
Dec 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Supt. Michael Nassif, left, and attorney Gerard Caswell discuss with the St. Landry Parish School Board the attorney's request for increases in his compensation.
St. Landry School Board delays vote on attorney's pay request
The St. Landry Parish School Board has delayed until January consideration of its attorney’s pay change request. Gerard Caswell of Eunice, who has had the same retainer fee since 1997 and the same ...
Dec 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alleged receipt scam fails; two arrested at Eunice Wal-Mart
There’s a reason door watchers put an indentifying mark on receipts as customers leave such places as Wal-Mart. Two Eunice women learned Wednesday what the reason is. According to police records, t...
Dec 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chris Stafford and Chris Segura of Feufollet performing at the Liberty on July 17, 2010
Three Grammy nominees among Rendez-vous des Cajuns artists in Eunice
Three of the five nominees for the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album of 2010 have performed at the Rendez-vous des Cajuns show at the Liberty Theatre. The Cajun music radio & TV sho...
Dec 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kim Bourgeois holds a picture of herself and her late son, Ryan Blake Dunn, alongside her friend Eileen Turner. The two sit in front of a model of the planned “Pathways of Hope” memorial walking garden.
Eunice mother's quest for peace leads to memorial garden for parents who have lost children
Drawing strength from the depths of tragedy, Kim Bourgeois is looking to create a positive place for parents who have dealt with the death of a child to know that they are not alone. The sense of l...
Dec 01, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rachel D. Smith
Eunice High Teacher reaches Teaching’s Top Milestone
Eunice High’s Math Teacher Rachel Darbonne Smith has made a name for herself at Eunice High School and St. Landry Parish. Smith has taken a step forward in teaching excellence by achieving National...
Nov 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two charged in Eunice Samurai face-off
Two brothers were apparently uninjured when they allegedly got into a dust-up involving Samurai swords. Police received a 911 call about noon Monday saying two men were fighting with the swords in ...
Nov 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Burglar takes Ruby Cafe safe, leaves it, empty, in Eunice alley
Police continue their investigation into the theft of a safe and its contents from Ruby’s Cafe on Thanksgiving weekend. According to police, they were called to the West Walnut Street restaurant la...
Nov 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Santricia O’Neail of Ville Platte took advantage of Black Friday sales to get some Christmas shopping done at the Eunice Walmart.
Black Friday was a big day for retailers
Neither cold, nor winds nor heavy rains could keep shoppers away from sales on electronics, toys and other merchandise early Black Friday morning. That was good news for retailers, who have seen st...
Nov 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stormy weather, possible tornadoes, damage Acadia Parish homes
The National Weather Service says possible tornadoes damaged houses in Acadia and Jefferson Davis parishes. Reports show that just before 11 p.m. Thursday, winds damaged roofs and uprooted trees on...
Nov 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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“Red” Vidrine stands atop ladder to install wood duck boxes on Park Avenue, replacing one that had hosted ducks since 1990.
New homes for wood ducks come spring
New, furnished houses went up on Park Avenue this month, but it won’t be occupied until next Spring. The all-wood abodes are nesting boxes for wood ducks, put up on the avenue median near 4th Stree...
Nov 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Expect to pay more for Thanksgiving dinner, according to study
Louisiana cooks shopping for Thanksgiving will find the costs of basic dinner items up this year. The 2010 Thanksgiving market basket will average $40.64 for 10 people, according to an LSU AgCenter...
Nov 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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