Eunice City Hall offices closing,
but staff
available by phone
The following City of Eunice buildings are closed to the public:
The Eunice City Hall at 300 South 2nd Street
Cleco’s one-time electronic bill payment service will receive a credit on their bill for the processing fee.
The St. Landry-Evangeline United Way has established the COVID-19 Community Relief Fund to provide resources to nonprofits.
Vitalant is launching a program to treat COVID-19 patients with blood plasma donated by people who have recovered from the disease.
Thanks started when Deborah Sternberg wanted to turn the number 19 on its head.
“I understand the need to focus on the numbers associated with the pandemic,” Sternberg said. “But I wondered if we could turn COVID-19 on its head a bit.”
The Louisiana Department of Health is attributing 16 deaths in St. Landry Parish to COVID-19.
As of noon Wednesday there has been 116 cases of the virus in the parish.
An Easter weekend news conference in Opelousas was about telling people to stay home during a time when family and friends normally gather.
Schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. John Bel Edwards said on Monday.
Edwards ordered schools closed on March 16.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday he will grant the state school board’s request to close school buildings for the rest of the school year.
Opelousas General Health System now has an FDA-approved in-house test for the detection of COVID-19.