News
There were 7,549 votes cast in early voting in St. Landry Parish ahead of Saturday’s election.
There 1,143 early votes cast at poll in the Eunice Municipal Complex.
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) held its 21st Annual Adoption Celebration at the Governor’s Mansion on Thursday to celebrate the 893 children who found permanent hom
Students of the Month at Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary recently announced its October Students of the Month. Standing, from left, are Skyla Dupre, Audrey Marks, Ivy Alleman, Dareth Allison, and Cameron Vail. Sitting in front, from left, are Zanaya Guillory, Hannah Freeman, Shaniah Ceasar, A.J. Fontenot, McKenzie Smith and Ajani Wiley.
From the November 2009 files of The Eunice News.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Bryant Fontenot by a UH--60 Black Hawk helicopter. Fontenot is a Eunice native and a leading pilot and leader in the Army. (Submitted photo)
Bryant Fontenot graduated in 1980 from St. Edmund High School with the desire to become a pilot and not just any kind of aviator.
I thought we had come close to ending the conversation over interpreting the holiday recipes handed down from grandmothers and great aunts, but apparently not.
Sports
LHSAA High school Playoff Brackets
Class 5A
First round
(32) Benton (5-5) at (1) Acadiana (10-0)
(17) Thibodaux (7-3) at (16) Walker (7-3)
Byline
Tom Dodge
NEW ROADS – Catholic High of Pointe Coupee rolled to a 30-6 win over St. Edmund as the Hornets sealed the District 5-1A championship.
Byline
Tom Dodge
Eunice defeated LaGrange 21-18 to finish the regular season at 8-2 overall and the Bobcats are expected to open the playoffs with a first-round home game.
Byline
Austin Phillips
NEW ROADS – The Blue Jays are right where they wanted to be heading into the final week of the regular season as St.
Byline
Tom Dodge
For those who like math equations, the Bobcats statistically still have a chance to share the District 4-4A title heading into the regular season home finale against LaGrange.
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Tom Dodge
Lifestyle
Each grading term, one St. Edmund Elementary student from each grade is chosen for demonstrating outstanding Christian character.
In observance of Drug Awareness Week, students kindergarten through second grade participated in “RED-y to Be Drug Free” Day by wearing Red.
Lisa Fuselier, facilitator of Eunice Career & Technical Educations Center, and Walter Enny, a Eunice High School senior, visited the students in Leslie DesHotels’ 8th grade ELA classes.
Public Safety
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
November 8 - 12
The following are excerpt from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
November 8
09:30 Noise complaint at Crestview Apartments.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
November 8
Freeman Nathaniel, 18, 400 block of Corn Street, Eunice. Bench warrant.
Obits
Lou Anna Manuel Doucet passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at the age of 78.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Paul Anthony Leger will be held at 10:00 a.m. on November 9, 2019 at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Lawtell, LA. The Reverend Austin Leger will celebrate the Mass.
Harold Anthony Gournay passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at the age of 100.
EUNICE- Our hearts are filled with sadness as our family announces the passing of our loving Father, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Friend, James “Robert” Mire on November 2, 2019 in O
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