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Economic development district expects new man by mid-May
The St. Landry Economic Industrial Development District expects its new executive director to be on the job on May 20. Board members worked through details of Bill Rodier’s proposed contract at a s...
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News Notes
This Week -- Pre-k registration at Eunice Elem. Eunice Elementary will be signing up Pre-K students for the 2013-2014 school year on Monday and Tuesday. The child must be 4 years old on or before ...
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Grand jury indicts Eunice man in baby's death
Robert H. Miller, III of Eunice has been indicted for second-degree murder in the Feb. 24 death of 19-month-old Victoria LeJeune. Responding to a 911 call, St. Landry Parish deputies found the baby...
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LSU Supervisor Duplessis to speak at May 18 LSU Eunice commencement
LSU Board of Supervisors member Anne D. Duplessis will be the commencement speaker at LSU Eunice’s ceremonies later this month. LSU Eunice’s Spring Commencement is May 18 at 10 a.m. in the universi...
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LSU Eunice athletics boosts area's economy
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com There’s gold in the purple and gold. LSU Eunice athletics have an often-overlooked economic impact on the local economy, according to members of the...
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From the Files ... April 1998
From files of The Eunice News: April 1998 A two-year-old was struck and killed by a passing vehicle when he chased a ball on U.S. 190 east of Eunice. Kelli Ardoin and Tim Fontenot have been named...
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Portion of Vine closing for 30 days
Beginning Monday, April 22, 2013, Vine Avenue in Eunice, between North 12th Street and Rodney Street, will be closed to thru-traffic while contractors make repairs to the road that crosses Richard ...
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St. Landry arrests
April 15 Jason Wayne Dean, age 30, 403 Guilbeau Rd., Carencro, LA, obscenity. Bronson Dodge, age 31, 511 Odessa Rd., Duson, LA, bench warrant. Jeffery Thomas Barnwell, age 40, 1008 N. 2nd St., Eu...
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Former Eunice officer dies when her Opelouas PD unit hits tree
Arrangements are pending for Opelousas police officer and former Eunice officer Peggy Sylvester, who was killed early Sunday during a heavy thunderstorm. State Police said Sylvester, 50, an assista...
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From the Files ... April 1933
From files of The Eunice News April 1933 Five men were sentenced to life imprisonment for the attempted burglary and abusive treatment of an elderly Basile farmer. Mrs. Andre Arceneaux was awarde...
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Follow up: Reed finishes three-year labor of love
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com It’s complicated. After three years of splinters in his fingers and an intense labor of love, Benny Reed has completed the renovation and constructio...
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DA Taylor filed a motion to remove SLSB Richard
OPELOUSAS — The Quincy Richard saga took a new twist on Thursday when St. Landry Parish District Attorney Earl Taylor on Thursday filed a petition to remove the St. Landry Parish School Board membe...
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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
Lafayette DA declines charges against videotaper of cop stops
A Gueydan man who was arrested after videotaping a traffic stop in Lafayette Parish, and also arrested following similar incidents in Eunice, will not be prosecuted on the Lafayette charges. Alexan...
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Library manager leaving for private industry job
According to Michelle Meche, Librarian Manager at Eunice Public Library, her last day as manager is Saturday. As Meche, departs her post at the library, and another manager fills her space, she sa...
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The Rev. Clint Sensat
The Rev. Sensat appointed St. Thomas More pastor
The Rev. Clint Sensat has been appointed pastor of St. Thomas More Parish in Eunice for a six-year term beginning July 1. The appointment was announced Saturday afternoon by Bishop Michael Jarrell ...
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Lela McManus Fontenot, left, and Helen Wyble reminisce about their years at Eunice High (Class of 1934) and events in the decades since during a visit last week
At graduation seasons, members of Class of 1934 share memories
By Myra Miller myra.miller@eunicetoday.com Two surviving members of the Eunice High Class of 1934 enjoyed a recent visit, sharing many laughs, memories and stories. When they graduated from high s...
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Former teacher says evidence doesn't support charge in sexting case
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com A motion filed last week by the lawyer of Jacqueline Fruge – a former Eunice High School teacher charged with prohibited sexual conduct between educ...
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DA's Office files bills against activist Lawrence in alleged theft case
The St. Landry Parish District Attorney’s Office has filed a bill of information against Eunice community activist Joseph Lawrence, charging him with three counts of theft over $500. Lawrence was a...
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Sales tax collection bills pending in Legislature
By John Maginnis & Jeremy Alford LaPolitics.com BATON ROUGE – With the U.S. Senate approving legislation Monday to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, attention turns to ...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Allegedly shoplifting sisters from Ville Platte busted in Eunice
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Two sisters allegedly made a list of things to pick up at their local Walmart: clothes, snacks, DVDs and computer accessories. However, it doesn’t me...
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Traffic stop leads to intent to distribute charges against Church Point trio
Devon Powell might have felt a little like the pig in that insurance company commercial when his vehicle was pulled over Saturday night in Eunice. In the ad, the officer asks the pig if it knows wh...
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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
Chief says cop-watching is 'borderline terroism'
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies said in a recent interview posted on YouTube that the alleged actions of “Cop Watcher” Alexander Lege were “borderli...
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Hank Brodt, left; St. Edmund Catholic High School Principal Sister Joel; Rabbi Arnie Task of Alexandria and students following Brodt's talk last week.
He talks for 6 million Holocaust victims who can't
Sixty-eight years ago Monday -- on May 6, 1945 -- Jew No. 12891 took back his name. Hank Brodt had survived five Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust and was free again. Sixty years later, Br...
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Newly elected St. Landry Parish Supt. of Schools Edward Brown is greeted by granddaughter Morgan Green following his selection Thursday.
Brown first African-American superintendent
Lost in the hoorah of embattled member Quincy Richard’s decision to vote was the St. Landry School Board’s selection Thursday of the parish’s first African- American superintendent of schools. Edwa...
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