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Eunice High School celebrated its annual Renaissance Pep Rally Friday morning.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that requires National Park Service (NPS) to transfer its partial ownership of the Liberty Theatre to the City of Eunice.

A stone cold monument to Confederate soldiers on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse grounds managed to raise the heat in a Parish Council meeting.

A 40% voter turnout is forecast for the March 26 election that includes three St. Landry Parish School Board tax propositions.

Tri-Parish unemployment rates in January edged up compared to December, but are down from January 2021 rates, according to statistic released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

By Harlan Kirgan
Editor
North Acadiana is getting a case of fiber optic fever as the high-speed internet resource nears fruition due to a flood of federal dollars.

North Acadiana is getting a case of fiber optic fever as the high-speed internet resource nears fruition due to a flood of federal dollars.

Getting everyone on board to advance a plan to transfer ownership of the Walmart Distribution Center from a parish industrial development district to the company is still a work in progress.

As of Tuesday, 1,786 people had voted in the March 26 election that includes three St. Landry Parish School Board tax propositions.
Of the votes cast, 208 were at the Eunice City Hall polling site.

The St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission Visitors Center counted 3,776 visitors in 2021, 25% increase over the 2020 count, according to annual report by Herman Fuselier, executive director.