St. Landry Parish students showed their art, technology, and filled the Courthouse Square with music on Saturday during the second annual Arts and STEAM festival. “I think it was of the many good things that we have going on now,” said School Board President and Eunice School Board member Mary Ellen Donatto. “We intend to continue to be involved in this. I think it is awesome because we know what our students do, but the general public doesn’t know until you put on a function like this,” she said. Superintendent Milton Batiste III said, “I think it is important because again it helps spark student interest. It helps keep students interested in school.”

Sex offender convicted again

A registered sex offender has been convicted again — this time for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Education Savings Account may be costly

A proposal that would allow families to steer Louisiana public education dollars to private schools — regardless of their income — is expected to cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars, with a wide gap between legislative calculations and

Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
Wednesday, March 27
12:50 a.m. Disturbance reported in the 100 block of Pearl.

Deshotel named to LSBCA Hall of Fame

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
It was a big surprise for him as former Eunice High head softball coach Scott Deshotel has been selected to be inducted into the Louisiana High School Softball Coaches Asssociation Hall of Fame.

Eunice cruises past Washington Marion

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
Eunice continued to remain in the battle for the district title as the Lady Bobcats cruised to a 19-3 win over Washington-Marion.

Lady Jays roll on Senior Day

By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
St. Edmund softball honored its seniors Anna Chapman and Harlie Guillory with a strong showing as the Lady Jays rolled for a 11-2 non-district win over Church Point.

Six Easter egg coloring tips

Coloring Easter eggs is a time-honored tradition dating back more than 2,500 years. There is evidence that people living in the ancient settlement of Trypillia dyed eggs.

Attention all graduating seniors

Graduation will be approaching soon and much is needed ahead of time for the newspaper’s special graduation edition.
Eunice High and St. Edmund seniors are to email their senior bios.

NAUW Eunice Branch honors Women in the Community

Members of the Eunice Branch of the National Association of University Women sponsored its annual program recently to recognize women in the community for for their skills and talents to help others in various ways and to make life better for them

A huge crowd was at the Northwest Community pavilion Saturday for the 37th annual World-wide Crawfish Etouffee Cook-off.

Winners of the 37th annual Crawfish Etouffee Cook-off were named Saturday at the Northwest Community Pavilion.