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LSU Eunice Continuing Education is offering courses a series of leisure learning course this spring.
One person is injured following a shooting at a business in Eunice Saturday evening.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’s Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice is accepting applications for week-long day camps Camp de Cuisine and Camp Bonjour.
A preseason seafood meeting for mariners, boat owners, dock managers and seafood processors will be held Tuesday at the LSU AgCenter office at 1105 W. Port St. in Abbeville.
Central Middle School teacher and 4-H leader Amy Duplechin and her 4-H members helped with the Cleanest City Contest preparations by picking up a truck load of pine cones at the corner of Maple Avenue & Viola Street. Helping out was Bulb & Blossom Garden Club member Jeanita Morris. Judging is Wednesday.
From the March 2009 files of The Eunice News.
Sports
Eunice High senior Stacie White was named District 5-3A MVP, while three other Lady Bobcats earned all-district basketball honors.
LAKE CHARLES – The Lady Jays exploded for 13 runs in the first inning as St. Emund cruised to a 16-1 mercy-rule victory over Lake Charles College Prep.
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Tom Dodge
The Lady Cats fell to 1-3 in District 5-3A with a pair of losses to rivals Port Barre and Iota.
Iota 11, Eunice 2
St. Edmund grabbed a pair of impressive victories this week over Class 3-A baseball teams as the Blue Jays prepare for next week’s District 4-1A opener.
SEH 4, Port Barre 3
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Tom Dodge
Five St. Edmund Lady Jays earned a spot on the 2019 All-District 4-1A basketball team.
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Tom Dodge
Lifestyle
Guest speaker the Rev. Tre’ Clark at Eunice High's Black history month program.
Eunice High School held a Black history month program recently in the auditorium with a theme of “Black to The Future”.
Michael Godfrey, a fourth grader at Highland Elementary, was chosen as the student showing the best leadership role during the school’s Black History Month. Godfrey’s teacher is Gail Clark.
Highland Elementary welcomed guest speakers during the school’s Black History Month program. Speakers included the Rev.
Public Safety
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
March 18
5:57 Truck and trailer in ditch in front of high school.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
March 18
Anisha Devall Forbes, 41, 30500 block of Oak Crest Drive, Walker. Monetary instrument abuse and theft less than $1,000.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
March 16 - 18:
Obits
A funeral service for Betty Ann Labbie McManus, 75, will be held on Wednesday, March 20 at 2:00 PM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home with burial to follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
EUNICE~It is with the heaviest hearts that the family of Jim Adkins announces his passing on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Lafayette General Medical Center with loving family by his side.
A funeral service will be held for Delton Darbonne, 77, on Monday, March 18, 2019, at 10:00 AM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home. Deacon David Guillory will officiate.
John Albert Guidry Sr. passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the age of 74.
EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts that the family of Audrey Duplechain announces her passing on Thursday, March 14, 2019 in the comfort of her home with loving family by her side. She was 82.
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