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Randy Miller, Eunice Community Garden director, covers plants Tuesday afternoon in preparation for freezing temperatures forecast Friday through Monday as an arctic front descends on the South. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Randy Miller, Eunice Community Garden director, covers plants Tuesday afternoon in preparation for freezing temperatures forecast Friday through Monday as an arctic front descends on the South. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Take precautions for coming arctic blast

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, December 22, 2022
It’s official — winter is here! And with it comes many questions about protecting landscape plants, pipes and pets during the cold months of December, January and February. According to the National Weather Service, a considerable change in the temperatures can be expected by Friday and Saturday.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, December 22, 2022
City holiday hours announced Mayor Scott Fontenot has granted full-time, non-civil servant employees of the City of Eunice, Dec. 23 off for the Christmas holiday. The regular scheduled Christmas holiday is Dec. 26 so for Christmas the City of Eunice departments and offices will be closed Dec.
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Myra Miller
Monday, December 19, 2022
City holiday hours announced Mayor Scott Fontenot has granted full-time, non-civil servant employees of the City of Eunice, Dec. 23 off for the Christmas holiday. The regular scheduled Christmas holiday is Dec. 26 so for Christmas the City of Eunice departments and offices will be closed Dec.

Rayne officials voted raises

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 16, 2022
An amendment to the 2022 – 2023 city budget will give all elected officials in Rayne a pay boost.

4 condemnations approved

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 16, 2022
Four condemnations were approved by the Eunice Board of Aldermen at their Tuesday meeting. Three other properties are on their way for Show Cause hearings next month. The Show Cause is to decide on condemnation. Approved for condemnation were: — 241 E. Oak Ave.

Threats raise school safety concerns

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 16, 2022
After a series of bomb threats at parish high schools, a St. Landry Parish School Board committee voted to forward the issue to its Executive Committee meeting. “Somebody innocent is going to be killed down the road ...
Eunice High School Principal Mitch Fontenot was named St. Landry Parish District High School Principal of the Year. (Submitted photo)

Eunice High School Principal Mitch Fontenot was named St. Landry Parish District High School Principal of the Year. (Submitted photo)

Fontenot earns district honor

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, December 16, 2022
Mitch Fontenot, principal at Eunice High School, is named the 2022-2023 District High School Principal of the Year. Fontenot, no stranger to receiving recognition, was named a state semi-finalist for Louisiana Principal of the Year in 2021.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, December 15, 2022
City holiday hours announced Mayor Scott Fontenot has granted full-time, non-civil servant employees of the City of Eunice, Dec. 23 off for the Christmas holiday. The regular scheduled Christmas holiday is Dec. 26 so for Christmas the City of Eunice departments and offices will be closed Dec.
About 450 people attended the Christmas Triad session organized by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and held at the Yambilee Building in Opelousas on Dec. 7. (Submitted photo)

About 450 people attended the Christmas Triad session organized by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and held at the Yambilee Building in Opelousas on Dec. 7. (Submitted photo)

Christmas Triad party held

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office held its annual Triad Christmas party for senior citizens at the Yambilee in Opelousas on Dec. 7. “We also honored our veterans who were in attendance and those who lost their lives in the bombing of Pearl Harbor,” Guidroz stated in a news release.
A file photo from the 2021 Eunice Christmas parade. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A file photo from the 2021 Eunice Christmas parade. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Christmas parade is today

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
The Eunice Chamber of Commerce will present its annual Christmas Parade of Lights beginning at 6 p.m. today. The parade will begin on North 2nd Street, will continue on 2nd, and Park Avenue, and will end near S. 9th Street.