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Are you bathing too frequently?

When I worked at my late uncle’s junkyard during junior high school, one of the regular customers (a crusty coot who resembled a cantankerous Roy Rogers sidekick wannabe) assured us that he luxuriated in a steaming bathtub each and every night.

Pay or punish the un-vaxed?

When society seeks to influence behavior, is it better to pay people to act a certain way, or to penalize them if they don’t? The pandemic and the urgent need for COVID-19 vaccinations brings the question into focus.

Murder wasn’t part of the act

It was sensational news when actress Julia Morrison walked onto the stage and shot her leading man dead.

Eunice Library summer session draws praise

Staff Report Following a presentation on the Eunice Library’s summer reading program, the program earned praise. Judy Kittles, children’s librarian, gave a report to the Board of Aldermen at Tuesday’s meeting at the summer reading program.

Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve Civil Rights cold cases?

By Liz Ryan and Lara Nicholson LSU Manship School News Service A retired FBI agent was at a Christian retreat in the late 1990s when a churchgoer confided that he had witnessed a shooting of five Black men in 1960 that he believed had been racially motivated.

Bulk trash issue seems to be solved

Problems with the removal of bulk waste from Eunice streets seems to have been solved. In July, city officials went to a St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission meeting to air complaints about bulk waste removal.

Fire chief reports on city’s response to Hurricane Ida

The Eunice Fire Department led a four-day response to assist with Hurricane Ida recovery in parishes of Terrebonne and Lafourche. At Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting, Fire Chief Mike Arnold detailed the response to Hurricane Ida that devastated areas of southeast Louisiana beginning Sept. 1.

Guillory selected for Tourism Commission

Angelia Guillory, of the Savoy-Swords community, was elected to fill a vacancy on the St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission. Guillory, an employee of the City of Eunice, will fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Lynn LeJeune, of Eunice. Guillory won the votes of Jerry Red Jr.

David "June" Middlebrooks Jr.

David “June” Middlebrooks, Jr. passed away on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at the age of 81. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with Brother Orville Rogers officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date.

When America follows its better angels

I recently filled in hosting a local Philadelphia talk show, which gave me the opportunity to interview Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Meyers, a retired Marine who’d recently written a memoir about his almost three decades in service: “American to the Corps.