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The former Moosa Hospital in 2019. (File photo)

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Demolition in the future for Moosa Hospital

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Bids will be sought this month to demolish Moosa Hospital which has been vacant since 2005 when Acadian Medical Center opened. Newton “Chip” Thibodeaux Jr., chairman of the hospital board, said the finances for the demolition finally came together.

Former mayor and pyrotechnist Ken Peart has been busy getting ready for the Fourth of July fireworks display he produces at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Sittig Road. (Photo by Myra Miller)

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Peart shares a blast with a July 4th tradition

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, July 2, 2022

The City of Eunice draws a huge crowd every July for its Fourth of July fireworks show. The 30-minute show is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Monday at the Eunice Recreation Complex.

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Workforce grows, jobless rates down

Rebecca Chaisson

Saturday, July 2, 2022

The Tri-Parish workforce grew by 778 people and the jobless rates were down in May compared to a year ago, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The Tri-Parish workforce number 68,618 in May, up from 67,840 a year ago. The workforce includes people employed and those looking for a job.

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Myra Miller

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Box Fan Drive through July 8 Many Eunice businesses, as well as local area ones, are sponsoring a Box Fan Drive beginning today through July 8. Drop off locations include Eunice Manor, First Baptist Church in Eunice, and The Road Home Therapy Center in Church Point.

From left are State Sen. Gerald Boudreaux, Distinguished Service Award recipient Garland Forman, and Louisiana Sports Writers Association President Raymond Partsch III. (Photo by Tony Marks/Ville Platte Gazette)

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‘Country Journalist’ Forman inducted into La. Sports Hall of Fame

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

All roads lead to the banks of the Cane River as a new class of inductees joined the ranks of legendary athletes enshrined in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on June 23. For this year’s 12 honorees, they all took different roads getting them to that point of their careers.

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LSUE to host Cajun Prairie Authors Expo on July 23

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Authors from across Acadiana will converge on the LSU Eunice campus on July 23 for the first Cajun Prairie Authors Expo. The LSU Eunice Library will host the free event inside the Dr. Anthony Mumphrey Center beginning at 9 a.m.

Emmerson Lyons, winner of the 2022 La. Farm Bureau Talk Meet, gives her speech at the Talent Contest during the 100th Annual Convention in New Orleans. (Submitted photo)

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St. Landry Parish student wins La. Farm Bureau Talk Meet

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

By Frankie Gould Louisiana Farm Bureau NEW ORLEANS—“You walk into a grocery store passing the fresh produce, meats and then notice the labeling with dates, grades and nutrition information, everything but place of produce origin on the package.

From left, Louisiana first lady Donna Hutto Edwards, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, McNeese mass communication major Samuel Gil, mother Nicole Gil and father Eric Gil. (Submitted photo)

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Evangeline Parish student tapped for Governor’s Fellows Program

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Samuel Gil, a mass communication major at McNeese State University, has been selected as a fellow for the 2022 Louisiana Governor’s Fellows Program.

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Fourth of July events start Friday in St. Landry Parish

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The Fourth of July celebration in St. Landry Parish begins Friday with the three-day St. Landry BBQ Festival at the Yambilee grounds, 1939 W. Landry St., Opelousas. Activities are to include carnival rides, petting zoo, local bands and food. The festival is to open at 5 p.m.

Mayor Pro-tem Ernest Blanchard

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City budget approved

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

A budget for the city fiscal year starting Friday was approved in a special meeting on Tuesday. In a special meeting presided over by Mayor Pro-tem Ernest Blanchard, the Board of Aldermen also approved an amended budget for the current year.