Mardi Gras

Church Point Mardi Gras events canceled

The 2021 Church Point Courir de Mardi Gras and Courir de Mardi Gras Petit Enfant events have been canceled.

Mardi Gras runs nearly died away

Courirs de Mardi Gras, rowdy horseback runs through south Louisiana’s countryside, now rival urban parades and pageants as local celebrations and attractions for visitors. They have deep roots in many smaller communities, but they were nearly done in by World War II.

GOP budget proposal awaited

As the window for calling a special session tightens, Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republican leaders are still fencing over the details of his doomsday budget proposal and whether the Republicans will come up with an alternative plan next week.

Mardi Gras math: UL Lafayette researchers tally parade crowd size

A team of researchers from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette who attended the city’s recent Mardi Gras King’s Parade wasn’t interested in catching beads or doubloons. It was after data. The group of four, which included students and postdoctoral researchers, fanned out along the parade route.

The possibility of penance

I have contended for years that folks who fast during Lent in south Louisiana should be forced to give up seafood, not meat.

Government spending’s burden of proof

In the United States, an individual is considered innocent until the government proves them guilty by a specified burden of proof.

Mardi Gras for children on Saturday

The Junior Auxiliary of Eunice and the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’s Prairie Acadian Cultural Center are planning a Mardi Gras event for children from 10 a.m. to noon at the Jean Lafitte Center, 250 Park Ave; Eunice. Admission is free.

From The Eunice News files

From the January 1999 files of The Eunice News. Elizabeth Reed Guillory, of Eunice, was presented the Martin Luther King award at the Liberty Theater as part of the Martin Luther King celebration. She was honored for her work with Parent’s Reach Out.