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COVID dominated the news again in 2021

As top stories go, COVID-19 persists with its widespread impact. The Delta variant hit hard and wide, but as the year comes to a close the a new variant, Omicron, is spreading.

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Rotary Club seeks nominees for its citizen award The Eunice Rotary Club is accepting nominations for the 2021 Citizen of the Year Award.

Road work on Hwy. 13 South

On Monday road work was seen at South Aymond, Highway 13 south, in front of The Eunice News. (Photo by Myra Miller)

573 awarded degrees at McNeese State

LAKE CHARLES — McNeese State University conferred degrees on 573 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 157th commencement Friday, Dec. 10, in Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. Tri-Parish graduates include: BASILE: Kaelan D.

Opelousas Main Street presents historic ornament

OPELOUSAS–Opelousas Main Street, Inc. and the City of Opelousas Tourism are excited to present the 2021 collectible holiday ornament featuring the historic silos located on Highway 190 at the east entrance to the city.

Eunice pharmacist recognized

Charles Feucht, of Acadiana Clinical Pharmacy Services, Inc. in Eunice was presented with the Consulting Pharmacist of the Year Award. Charles Feucht is current owner and president of Acadiana Clinical Pharmacy Services, Inc. He received his Pharm.D.

Two shootings, two gunshot victims reported

Eunice Police responded to two shootings Monday evening. According to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot, “The first shooting was called in at 7:21 p.m. having occurred at an apartment complex on Mayers Street.

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Rotary Club seeks nominees for its citizen award The Eunice Rotary Club is accepting nominations for the 2021 Citizen of the Year Award.

Christmas messages bless the season

Christmas messages fill the season, but come into focus this weekend. Christmas Day is Saturday and for many Christians it will be framed by services on Christmas Eve and Sunday. The Rev. Caleb Semien said many congregations heard Christmas messages this past Sunday.

Steamer ran ‘between death and destruction’

In the middle 1800s the main route from New Orleans to Bayou Teche, Bayou Courtableau and other points in south Louisiana took steamboats up the Mississippi River to Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, where the boat made a sometimes-treacherous turn into Bayou Plaquemine and followed its winding,...