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Veterans advocate shares thoughts on Osama bin Laden's demise
September 11, 2001 marked a new chapter in American history when hijacked planes were used to attack the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. But a page was turned Sunday when U.S. Navy...
May 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Basile man booked with alleged knife-point rape
BASILE – A Basile man is charged with aggravated rape and aggravated battery after allegedly raping a woman at knife point. John Blake Doucet, 23, is accused of taking his victim to a secluded area...
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Probationary fireman, from Chuch Point, pleads, sentenced on two arson counts in West Feliciana
ST. FRANCISVILLE – A Church Point man, training to be a fireman, has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to two counts of simple arson. According to the St. Francisville Democrat, Adam P...
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Cody White
Arraignment set for alleged Eunice home invader
A Eunice man will be arraigned Thursday, May 5 on home invasion and other charges. He allegedly entered his ex-girlfriend’s home last July and beat her and a five-year-old child, then escaped after...
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Civil War Series - Confederate soldiers went to war with a poem on their lips
May 1861 -- By now, a month into the war, men across the South are rushing to join up as hundreds of units are formed to ally with the Confederate Army. A poem of the time: THE Confederate Soldier...
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From the Files - May 1935
From files of The Eunice News: May 1935 One hundred and sixty four students at Eunice High, the largest number in school history, will receive a certificate for making the required 100 percent on ...
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Prince
3rd Circuit bars some testimony in Acadia double-murder case, pre-trial maneuvering continues
CROWLEY -- Legal maneuvering continues with no new trial date yet set in the capital murder trial of Daniel Prince, accused of killing two Branch women in January 2005. Prince’s most-recent trial d...
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No hearing yet on EPI-Eunice TRO; lawyer withdraws
A hearing has not yet been scheduled on the City of Eunice’s motion to lift the Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting it to interfere in any manner with Environmental Processing’s access to the w...
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St. Landry grand jury indicts Air Force man in wedding day shooting death of wife's ex-husband
OPELOUSAS – An Air Force serviceman who police say told his brother earlier that he would need a gun has been indicted for the manslaughter on their wedding day of his wife’s ex-husband. Jason Roll...
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Jacque Pucheu, right, presents Administrative Professional of the Year Janet Miller with her award, including a plaque, a bottle of champagne and a free trip to Branson, Mo.
Janet Miller named "Secretary of the Year" by Eunice Rotary
Janet Miller, secretary at Heinen Medical Review, was named the “Administrative Professional of the Year” by the Eunice Rotary Club during their 25th Annual “Administrative Professionals Day Lunche...
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Proposed parish redistricting ordinance would shuffle some Eunice precincts
An ordinance to redistrict the 13 St. Landry Parish districts was introduced during last week’s council meeting which would cause minor changes to several Eunice precincts. The proposed redistricti...
Apr 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teen drug suspect put in pre-trial diversion
A Eunice teenager, scheduled for jury selection on April 12, waived further delays in his narcotics case and entered the St. Landry District Attorney’s pre-trial diversion program. Vondray Vallare,...
Apr 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three charged with Medicaid fraud
A Eunice woman and two Basile women are charged with Medicaid fraud. Attorney General James D. “Buddy” Caldwell’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit this week arrested three individuals on charges that i...
Nov 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mayor-elect Rusty Moody was all grins when the election results are announced at the KEUN Radio station, while in the background, his wife Dolores is congratulated by KEUN’s Linda Bellow.
Moody elected mayor of Eunice; Dies wins chief's post, Miller in Ward 1
Rusty Moody can start putting his administration together after defeating incumbent Eunice Mayor Bob Morris in Tuesday’s run-off election. Moody got 69 percent of the vote. In the Oct. 2 primary, h...
Nov 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Moody
Moody wins mayor's post; Dies overtakes Fontenot for chief's seat; Miller in
Rusty Moody consolidated his first primary lead to win the Eunice mayor's seat in Tuesday's voting, while Ronald Dies came from second in the primary to win the police chief's post. Moody got 69 pe...
Nov 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rain or shine, voting under way, politicking continues
A late-morning break Tuesday in a steady rainfall caused a surge in the number of people going to polls in Eunice. The steady rain of earlier in the day didn't put a damper on voting or on politick...
Nov 02, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ryan Brunet
Main to Main fun and Liberty music
Saturday, NOVEMBER 6, 2010, the Liberty Theater's "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Cajun Music Radio and TV Show in Eunice, LA, presents performances by RYAN BRUNET & les Malfecteurs and RICHARD MILLER & t...
Nov 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chief of Police candidates Randy Fontenot, left, and Ronald Dies as Oct. 28 forum.
City candidates stick with script at final forum
Candidates danced with who brought them Thursday night as they took one last opportunity to address city voters before Tuesday’s run-off voting for mayor, chief of police and Ward 1 alderman. No ne...
Oct 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Salute cancelled - 21 guns recovered
CHURCH POINT – The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Department received a report of burglary of a house and mobile home at 383 Highway 178, Church Point. It was reported that several firearms in a gun s...
Oct 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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IESI Truck strikes man-hole cover, leaks diesel
An IESI trash truck pick up struck a man-hole road culvert around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, damaging fuel tank on Hwy. 190 West near Larry's Tire Company. Eunice Police Officer Ryan Young said it appear...
Oct 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chief, sheriff caution Halloween fun-seekers
Halloween fun-seekers can stretch their celebration over two days if they plan correctly. In Eunice, Halloween will be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 6-8 p.m. Other media reports that it would ...
Oct 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jury selection set in attempted feticide case
Jury selection has been scheduled for a Eunice man accused of trying to kill an unborn child to avoid paying support. Judge James Doherty has set jury selection for Kenneth Myers’ trial on Jan. 11....
Oct 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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'Out of gas, out of money', out of Time
By Tom Aswell Capitol News Service BATON ROUGE -- Time magazine describes half the states as having joined the federal government “in the fiscal sick ward” as high unemployment and the recession c...
Oct 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Officials urge flu shots for all
Health encourages everyone older than six months to receive the flu vaccine this fall. It is the best way to prevent or lessen the severity of the flu, they said. “The 2010-2011 flu vaccine will ...
Oct 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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