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From The Eunice News files

From the December 2009 files of The Eunice News. Child-bird case tops year’s story list. The alleged purchase of two children by a Eunice couple for $175 and a bird leads The Eunice News list of Top 10 stories of 2009.

​LSU expert talks holiday shopping

With the Thanksgiving holiday falling during the last week of November, this means there are six less days to shop between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

LSU recognized as a top tier national university

In U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 edition of Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the top tier for “Best National Universities” for the 12th-straight year, and the undergraduate petroleum engineering program ranks 3rd overall.

Mississippi River diversions: Driving land gain or land loss?

River diversions have not created or maintained land, but resulted in more land loss, according to a new paper in the peer-reviewed science journal Restoration Ecology. LSU Boyd Professor R. Eugene Turner and his LSU co-authors Erick Swenson and Michael Layne, and Dr.

Groundwater model could help conserve Louisiana resource

Working to save one of Louisiana’s most valuable resources, LSU Civil and Environmental Professor Frank Tsai is in the process of creating a statewide groundwater model that will enable future generations to conserve the state’s most precious commodity—water.

LSU lists fall graduates

LSU recognized 1,950 graduates at the university’s 297th commencement exercises on Friday. The 1,950 degrees awarded is a new record for LSU’s fall graduation.

Tri-Parish LSU graduates listed

BATON ROUGE — LSU alumnus Rep. Steve Scalise, U.S. House Majority Whip and the third ranking House Republican leader, delivered the keynote address, and LSU graduated one of its largest and most diverse classes at the university’s 295th commencement exercises on May 11.

LSU survey: Public favors Medicaid expansion, criminal justice reform

A survey by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab found that a majority of Louisiana residents support criminal justice reform and Medicaid expansion, two major policies pushed by the John Bel Edwards administration.

Tri-Parish LSU impact exceeds $52M

LSU’s economic impact on the Tri-Parish area exceeds $52 million a year, according to an economic impact study compiled by the Economics & Policy Research Group at LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business this month. The report stated, during the 2017 fiscal year, LSU was responsible for $5.

LSU system is a linchpin to success in the state

LSU, including LSUE and all eight campuses of the LSU family, is the linchpin in Louisiana’s success. When I spoke at LSUE’s commencement last semester, I looked out over the sea of excited faces and realized that I was seated within the engine that drives the future of this city.