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Eunice Manor employees played their part as patients and employees at a drill on Wednssday. The drill was conducted around a kitchen fire. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice Manor employees played their part as patients and employees at a drill on Wednssday. The drill was conducted around a kitchen fire. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice Manor trains for a fire

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 14, 2022
Fire breaks out in the kitchen of Eunice Manor and the wheels start rolling. Law enforcement, firefighters and ambulance personnel answer the call. Also answering the call is the years of training, from the first responders to the Eunice Manor employees.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, October 13, 2022
2nd Chance Job Fair set for Tuesday The Louisiana Workforce Commission in conjunction with Department of Corrections and St. Landry Parish Government will present a 2nd Chance Job Fair.
During July, August and September, the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office Litter Abatement Crew worked about 18 days each month picking up litter throughout Acadia Parish. The crew picked up 794 bags of trash and 199 tires. They also removed seven discarded sacks of crawfish, a swimming pool, three couches, six mattresses and numerous other items that werethrown alongside parish roads. The program is in partnership with the Acadia Parish Police Jury. (Submitted photo)

During July, August and September, the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office Litter Abatement Crew worked about 18 days each month picking up litter throughout Acadia Parish. The crew picked up 794 bags of trash and 199 tires. They also removed seven discarded sacks of crawfish, a swimming pool, three couches, six mattresses and numerous other items that werethrown alongside parish roads. The program is in partnership with the Acadia Parish Police Jury. (Submitted photo)

Litter abatement

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
During July, August and September, the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office Litter Abatement Crew worked about 18 days each month picking up litter throughout Acadia Parish. The crew picked up 794 bags of trash and 199 tires.
Dr. Kyle Smith

Dr. Kyle Smith

LSUE’S Dr. Smith recognized as outstanding administrator of the year

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
LSU Eunice Dean of Students Dr. Kyle Smith was awarded the Outstanding Two-Year College Administrator of the Year by the Louisiana Association of College & University Student Personnel Administrators (LACUSPA), it was recently announced.

New Hope Fellowship annexation approved

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Annexation of about 26 acres on Sittig Road that includes New Hope Fellowship was approved at Tuesday’s Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting. The ordinance was approved without comment.

St. Landry Parish sales tax revenues up 4.7%

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
St. Landry Parish sales tax revenues through September were up 4.7% compared to the same period in 2021, according to statistics released by the St. Landry Parish School Board tax division. The first nine month total of $67,827,502 is up $3,179,100 over the same period in 2021.
Bayou State Waste trash carts on the Perchville road.

Bayou State Waste trash carts on the Perchville road.

Patience asked for garbage situation

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot said garbage collection is the hottest topic in Eunice right now as he introduced Richard LeBouef, executive director of the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission, at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting. “No transition is easy,” LeBouef said.
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Myra Miller
Monday, October 10, 2022
NAUW host Breast Cancer Awareness Walk Oct. 20 Members of the Eunice Branch of The National Associational Association of University Women will recognize National Breast Cancer Month with a walk at 5 p.m. Oct. 20.
The Kyiv City Ballet will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette. (Submitted photo)

The Kyiv City Ballet will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette. (Submitted photo)

Kyiv City Ballet to perform Oct. 23 at Heymann Center

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, October 7, 2022
The Kyiv City Ballet, with 35 extraordinary dancers, will make its first-ever tour of the United States this fall and the magnificent company will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette.