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EnLink Midstream donates to Eunice Community Health Center

EnLink Midstream donated to the Eunice Community Health Center to help the nonprofit provide medical services to low-income, uninsured, or under-insured people in the Eunice area.

Taking their candy money

Some folks with a bit of white in their hair may remember the uproar in the 1950s when State Police superintendent Francis Grevemberg began to crack down on gambling, particularly slot machines.

Tri-Parish work force declines from a year ago

There were 2,936 fewer people in the Tri-Parish work force in January compared to January 2016, according to Bureau of Labor and Statistics released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The work force for St.

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Food drive at Walmart parking lot Nursing Specialties Home Health and Hospice, in conjunction with the Eunice food bank, will hold a food drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 18 at the Walmart parking lot.

From The Eunice News files

The following are items from the March 1991 files of The Eunice News. Dot Stagg was heading the Eunice Service League project to raise money for playground equipment at the Northwest Community Center. Janet Seale Marcantel was ordering the equipment.

City to adjust millage

Eunice aldermen will be asked to vote on a public hearing about a “roll forward” of the 2017 property tax millage rates. That tax question is one of several items placed on the agenda for the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting of the Board of Aldermen at the Eunice Municipal Complex, 300 S. 2nd St.

Litter targeted in Eunice

The forces against litter assembled Friday at the Eunice Municipal Complex in the third annual Leaders Against Litter event on Friday.

School Board takes step toward a tax vote

The St. Landry Parish School Board gave Superintendent Patrick Jenkins the green light to proceed with a plan to raise full-time employee salaries and fund capital improvements.

Forum for appellate court candidates is Tuesday at LSUE

LSU Eunice’s Student Government Association will host a forum for the candidates in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge’s race at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of the Health Technology Building on the LSU Eunice campus.

Newsnotes

Nursing Specialties Food Drive March 18 Nursing Specialties Home Health and Hospice, in conjunction with the Eunice Food Bank, will have a food drive on from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. March 18 in the Walmart parking lot in Eunice.