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The LSU AgCenter has awarded the first cannabis-related research funds from an agreement with GB Sciences Louisiana, the company working with the AgCenter to produce therapeutic cannabis, said Ashl
Eminent Faculty Award honorees are, top row, from left, Dr. Daniel Gang, a civil engineering professor; Dr. Jeffrey George, an associate guitar studies professor; Dr. Deedra Harrington, an assistant nursing professor; Brian Kelly, a visual arts professor; Kari Smith, an associate architecture professor; and Jeffrey Lush, an associate graphic design professor.
UL Lafayette honors its top professors with faculty awards
The Acadia Parish Police Jury will hold a public hearing on May 14 to discuss setting millages for the 2019 tax year.
Greater Union Baptist Church. (Photos courtesy of Community Foundation of Acadiana)
The St. Landry Parish Foundation, an affiliate of Community Foundation of Acadiana, is accepting tax-deductible donations to support churches that were burned down in the parish of St.
Winners in The Eunice News Easter Ham Giveaway are listed below. Hams are to be redeemed from Champagnes by April 30.
T-Boy Pitre — Coburn’s Supply Co.;
Sports
IOTA – The Bulldogs earned an 8-1 win over the Bobcats on Monday to force a winner-take-all game for the District 5-3A championship.
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John Burson
It wasn’t the way the Blue Jays wanted to end the regular season as Westminster Christian Academy handed St. Edmund a 3-1 loss on Senior Night.
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Tom Dodge
It was Senior Night for the Bobcats Monday as Eunice took on the Iota High Bulldogs in a battle for the District 5-3A title.
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John Burson
IOTA – The Eunice Bobcats edged rival Northwest for the 2019 District 5-3A track championship.
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Tom Dodge
PRAIRIE RONDE – Eunice remained undefeated in District 5-3A with a 15-0, 20-2 sweep over the Northwest Raiders.
Lifestyle
Elizabeth Martin, center, displays her 2019 Young Dietitian of the Year award from the Louisiana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Association. She is flanked by the organization’s president Becky Laskowski, left, and Mary Russel, president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Photo provided by Allison Callahan.)
By Karol Osborne
Glendale Elementary honored its Students of the Week for April 1-5.
Pasilynn Semien, left, Aiden Cormier, Mariah LeBlanc and Kenslei Hill, pre k students in Jaimie Lavergne’s class at Highland Elementary learned the proper way to brush their teeth as part of their
Public Safety
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
April 17
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
April 17
04:47 Window damaged in the 500 block of Bernice.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
April 17
Thelma Lucille Guillory, 19, 700 block of Lewis Street, Eunice. Aggravated second-degree battery.
Obits
Clara Dale Roy Courville passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at the age of 69.
EUNICE-It is with great sadness that the family of Jack George announces his passing on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at The Carpenter House in Lafayette at the age of 75.
Loretta Hebert Burleigh passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019, at the age of 70.
BASILE~It is with great sadness that the family of Regina Ann Lopez announces her passing on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Harbor Hospice in Lake Charles. She was 58.
EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts that the family of James Raven Dupre announces his passing on Saturday, April 13, 2019 in the comfort of his home with loving family by his side. He was 78.
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